May Bock
Barley Days Brewery

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From:
Barley Days Brewery
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
Maibock
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
2.83 | pDev: 13.78%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 17, 2009
Added:
May 17, 2009
Wants:
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Reviewed by bobsy from Canada (ON)

2.43/5  rDev -14.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Pint at Volo.

Hazy apricot body with a small white head that fades to a film and leaves a few lace spots. Very obviously unfiltered. Yeasty aroma with apple and sweet malt is way off base for the style. Maibock's should be malty, but the presence of fruity esters is all wrong, and yeast shouldn't be even remotely detectable. Its early days yet, but I'm already thinking this is going to be a miss, and I'm surprised because the new brewer is German-born and I thought their first foray into a German style would be a lot more promising than this.

Taste is okay, but not to style and not what I expected. Calling this a maibock is criminal, and it seems closer to a Belgian ale than a German lager (how they've achieved this I do not know). The yeast dominates and throws up the same cider flavours that I found in their pale ale, and they belong neither here nor there. The malt is not nearly as apparent as I hoped it would be, and everything seems a little muddle, and there's certainly no cleanness to the flavours. A slight bitter sharpness crops up in the finish and the alcohol is present in a warming fashion, so at least one thing is as it should be. Medium body, with medium to high carbonation is where it should be.

Not at all what I expected, and a bit of a let-down considering the potential I've seen in this brewer and how much I've enjoyed their other seasonals. The appearance of the cider-green apple flavours suggests there's some kind of bug have fun at the brewery. I hope they clean it up because there's a lot of promise with this brewer. Until they do I'll be staying away.
May 17, 2009
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Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)

3.22/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Enjoyed on-tap at Bar Volo. Aroma is yeasllyt, and barley, faint citrus. Peachy colour, slight white caesar crown head. Initially asringent and below average mouthfeel. Carbonation turns out to be aggressive, and bring in sugar, a yeasty "cuvee" and a little citrus if you can continue to drink it.
May 17, 2009
May Bock from Barley Days Brewery
Beer rating: 2.83 out of 5 with 2 ratings