Mei Bock
De 3 Horne Bierbrouwerij
- From:
- De 3 Horne Bierbrouwerij
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.93 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 21, 2006
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
2.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Purchased for take-away at the foreign beer bar, Catford Beerfest., 08/06/2006. Bottle-conditioned, coming in a 330ml brown bottle. BB end 2008, served slightly chilled in a large Burgundy bulb wine glass. BTW, the name Mei Bock actually means "May" Bock, thus pretty much in line with the German "Maibock" style I presume?
A: pours a dark orangey-amber hue, quite murky due to the disturbed yeast sediments; a restrained beer head settles soon to a thin carpet, on top of moderate fizziness.
S: a sour-sweet mixed exotic fruitiness (green mango, tangerine peel, pineapple) comes with a yeast-drink like sour yeastiness, backed by a slightly brown-sugary maltiness like pilsner malts and a sharp and stinky edge of semi-fermented honey in the background. Overall, the nose is unlike German lager-style bock, as the fruitiness is so assertive and not as settled and malty. Actually, the strong yeasty edge plus the sour-sweet fruitiness reminds me a lot of Hitachino's Pale Ale!
T: sharply-textured tart fruitiness (lime+soda) upfront, backed by plenty of rough, dryish and "gagging" yeasts; leading fast to an unusual floral as well as bready maltiness at the back, with a sour honeyish kick; a German lager-ish grainy but clean and short finish.
M&D: spritzy but not unpleasant, yet the body is way too light to be enjoyable, while the finishing touch falls slightly thin as well. As it's my first Dutch top-fermented interpretation of Maibock, I can't comment much on the quality but follow my instinct. A somewhat rough product it is, if I may. Not quite my cup of tea, but no harm to try it once in a life time.
Jun 21, 2006A: pours a dark orangey-amber hue, quite murky due to the disturbed yeast sediments; a restrained beer head settles soon to a thin carpet, on top of moderate fizziness.
S: a sour-sweet mixed exotic fruitiness (green mango, tangerine peel, pineapple) comes with a yeast-drink like sour yeastiness, backed by a slightly brown-sugary maltiness like pilsner malts and a sharp and stinky edge of semi-fermented honey in the background. Overall, the nose is unlike German lager-style bock, as the fruitiness is so assertive and not as settled and malty. Actually, the strong yeasty edge plus the sour-sweet fruitiness reminds me a lot of Hitachino's Pale Ale!
T: sharply-textured tart fruitiness (lime+soda) upfront, backed by plenty of rough, dryish and "gagging" yeasts; leading fast to an unusual floral as well as bready maltiness at the back, with a sour honeyish kick; a German lager-ish grainy but clean and short finish.
M&D: spritzy but not unpleasant, yet the body is way too light to be enjoyable, while the finishing touch falls slightly thin as well. As it's my first Dutch top-fermented interpretation of Maibock, I can't comment much on the quality but follow my instinct. A somewhat rough product it is, if I may. Not quite my cup of tea, but no harm to try it once in a life time.
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