Dump Truck
Bayern Brewing, Inc. / Edelweiss Bistro

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From:
Bayern Brewing, Inc. / Edelweiss Bistro
 
Montana, United States
Style:
Maibock
Ranked #62
ABV:
6%
Score:
85
Ranked #21,002
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 11.44%
Reviews:
23
Ratings:
77
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 13, 2023
Added:
Jul 01, 2010
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  12
The recipe for this light, unfiltered, lager bock beer uses German sauermalt, organic Montana “Spitz malt”, Pilsener malt, plus three hoppings using Hallertauer Perle and the rare Tettnang aroma hops (both imported from Germany).
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Ratings by philbertk:
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Reviewed by philbertk from Washington

3.58/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Bayern Brewing, Inc.--Dump Truck Extra Pale Summer Bock Lager--Class VI Rapids--Decoction Brewed--Unfiltered--Bottle-Conditioned--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. 20 IBU's? (3.75 / 5.0) Pale Lager? Lacy thin white head. Slightly hazy fizzy bright lemon yellow color. Mild floral Tettnang hop German Bock stank hint ester front. CO2 zesty mild sweet soft Pils wheat Hefe hint rich pale butter bock body. Smooth mild hop clean mild citrus end. Odd but tasty. Sampled 10/21/2010 from 6-Pack purchased for $8.25 @ PCC--Fremont, Seattle on 7/2/2010.
Oct 22, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.28 by _Adam_ from Maryland

Aug 13, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by shelby415 from Oregon

May 13, 2022
 
Rated: 3.92 by DownyIsHungry from Minnesota

Aug 26, 2021
 
Rated: 3.44 by zestd from Idaho

Jul 03, 2020
 
Rated: 3.01 by corywalston from North Dakota

May 01, 2019
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Reviewed by Kolb from Montana

3.91/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a slightly opaque cream with frothy head. Aroma has honey and lots of herbal hops. Great taste with flavorful bready malts and nicely balanced. Both dry, flavorful, and refreshing. This is a really nice beer for lager lovers, and I'm glad we have a laser-focused brewery in the state.
Apr 30, 2019
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Rated by ToddGriffin from Tennessee

5/5  rDev +33%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This my all time favorite beer!
Dec 27, 2018
 
Rated: 2.85 by TwiggyCZ from Czech Republic

Aug 13, 2018
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Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi

3.91/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very attractive slightly hazy light gold color with white cap.

A nice floral aroma of Noble German hops (imported) with a hint of sweetness and a lightly fruity honeyness. I think the aroma is more hop than malt but it works.

Taste on entry is a refreshing fullness of flavor in a stronger version of the scents. IBU is 28 which doesn't really stand out as a flavor so much as sits on the back of the palate balancing against and leaning on the malts. I do get a sense of the honeyed sweetness noticed in the scent yet it presents as dryer in the flavor.
Clean, crisp, and refreshing without being light, this is fairly complex and beautifully balanced.

Texture is medium with balancing carbonation.

Very even handed approach here, layers of flavor began to build with each layer being more complex. My first thought was a good, fresh German then an American twist on an Edelweiss theme. If I lived in the distribution area I'd buy this by the case.
Mar 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.64 by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)

Aug 30, 2017
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Reviewed by willsail4beer from Montana

4.84/5  rDev +28.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This is a great summer beer, especially on the river, in a crowler. Slightly cloudy, easy drinking beer, but be careful, ABV is over 7%. Sometimes the brewery does a Firken with this beer, which you may only enjoy during Missoula Craft Beer Week.
Oct 27, 2016
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Rated by jera1350 from Minnesota

3.99/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Citra Charged version. Solid beer.
Jun 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jun 29, 2016
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Reviewed by Impetuous from Montana

3.93/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Smooth smooth smooth citrus biscuits butter paying the price of freedom critical mass nuclear assault brutal truth hemlock puts the montucky in Montana the best thrash lurks behind the big four
Jun 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by ineluctablemodality from Washington

May 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.62 by bigleague from Michigan

Oct 09, 2015
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.71/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
i thought to myself, "a fall seasonal called dump truck should be a dark, autumnal beer, rich and big, powerful, maybe strong too" but i was really wrong. i couldnt believe when i ordered this at buffalo wild wings in billings and was delivered a beer so clear and yellow as this. i thought an amber at the very least, if not a big bock or something, but nope, a light lager for my troubles (it was raining sideways, gray and windy). seemed inappropriate as a fall seasonal but the beer is pretty good. im not sure it comes across as german as it is. i think the pils malt is really fresh, and i love the hop profile on it, but the yeast is wrong. it has some fruity notes like a wit yeast, and may have been fermented a little warmer than would have been ideal in this style. i see now that it says summer not fall, so perhaps this was a slow mover for buffalo wild wings and they still had it on. makes much more sense in that context. nice grassy euro hop profile and a dry finish to wind it down, but it was a little under carbonated and lacked body, even for a summer brew. solid on the whole, but not my favorite from bayern. nice with some hot wings though!

edit: had this on tap recently and was woefully disappointed, way worse than i remember all those years ago in the above, it was thin and watery, sweet and stale, metallic and with a vanilla element, almost assuredly a dirty tap line at a gross dive bar, these guys are better than this, but this stood out to me this time as well below their normal quality standard, no matter who is responsible. one of their worst beers, but i will leave original score in place and hope this hasnt gotten worse over time...
Oct 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by Flathead_Monster from Montana

Aug 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Aug 13, 2015
Dump Truck from Bayern Brewing, Inc. / Edelweiss Bistro
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 77 ratings