Maibock is Killing Me
Crowded Castle Brewing Company
- From:
- Crowded Castle Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 18, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 19, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Crowded Castle Brewing Co. "Maibock is Killing Me"
16 fl. oz can without production codes or freshness dating
$4.50 at the brewery
Notes via stream of consciousness: It's got a great name and a nice label on the can. The body is a somewhat hazy deep copper in color beneath a finger-width of creamy yellowed off-white foam. It's a little dark for a Maibock at about 20 SRM whereas Maibocks usually top out at about 11 or 12. I'm waiting to see how long it takes for the head to drop and I'm getting bored, It also appears that where it has dropped, there's some decent lacing. In the nose I'm getting a medium caramel maltiness with a suggestion of soft orchard fruit. So I just looked this up on their website and I came across this very weird line in the description: "While a traditional maibock uses bock yeast, we have lagered ours to lighten it up for spring and to cure any lingering winter-blues." I'm not sure how "bock yeast" isn't a lager yeast, but whatever. Back to the beer, the maltiness continues in the flavor with a light touch of toastiness and some fruitiness that might be coming from Vienna malts. It seems a little more like apples and berries whereas the aroma was more like peach and sweet apple. There's just a touch of hop flavor to it, leafy and very subtly herbal in the background. It's nicely balanced, and although sweetish both upfront and a little in the back, it's not cloying and it never builds on you. It's full-medium in body with a fine-bubbled, moderate carbonation that leaves it quite smooth. Personally I could use a little more zestiness on the tongue to help cut through the malt but it's OK as it is, and I'll go with whatever the brewer intended. In the end it's a decent take on the style forgiving a little darker than normal color, and certainly enjoyable. Malty beer lovers should be very happy with it.
Nov 18, 201916 fl. oz can without production codes or freshness dating
$4.50 at the brewery
Notes via stream of consciousness: It's got a great name and a nice label on the can. The body is a somewhat hazy deep copper in color beneath a finger-width of creamy yellowed off-white foam. It's a little dark for a Maibock at about 20 SRM whereas Maibocks usually top out at about 11 or 12. I'm waiting to see how long it takes for the head to drop and I'm getting bored, It also appears that where it has dropped, there's some decent lacing. In the nose I'm getting a medium caramel maltiness with a suggestion of soft orchard fruit. So I just looked this up on their website and I came across this very weird line in the description: "While a traditional maibock uses bock yeast, we have lagered ours to lighten it up for spring and to cure any lingering winter-blues." I'm not sure how "bock yeast" isn't a lager yeast, but whatever. Back to the beer, the maltiness continues in the flavor with a light touch of toastiness and some fruitiness that might be coming from Vienna malts. It seems a little more like apples and berries whereas the aroma was more like peach and sweet apple. There's just a touch of hop flavor to it, leafy and very subtly herbal in the background. It's nicely balanced, and although sweetish both upfront and a little in the back, it's not cloying and it never builds on you. It's full-medium in body with a fine-bubbled, moderate carbonation that leaves it quite smooth. Personally I could use a little more zestiness on the tongue to help cut through the malt but it's OK as it is, and I'll go with whatever the brewer intended. In the end it's a decent take on the style forgiving a little darker than normal color, and certainly enjoyable. Malty beer lovers should be very happy with it.
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