Mountaineer
Barley Creek Brewing Company
- From:
- Barley Creek Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Friday at 09:14 PM
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Be careful with this big brew…it will sneak up on you. Aurora and Hallertau hops help balance the huge malty taste. Try Mountaineer with good, spicy Caribbean food or slow-roasted meats.
Flavor: Sweet caramel taste, with minimum hop characteristics
Malts: Pilsner, Vienna, Munich, Crystal
Hops: Styrian Aurora, Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Bitterness Units: 31
Flavor: Sweet caramel taste, with minimum hop characteristics
Malts: Pilsner, Vienna, Munich, Crystal
Hops: Styrian Aurora, Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Bitterness Units: 31
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by JMS1512:
Rated by JMS1512 from New Jersey
3.87/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 15, 2015
3.87/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 15, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the source.
A - Dark medium caramel colored pour with thin lacing and tight, light carbonation.
S - Nose is dim with barely detectable caramel anywhere to be found.
T - Lightly toasted biscuity caramel with a light earthy citrus lurking in the background that ebmventually surfaces at the end of the sip for some decent citrus bitterness on the back side.
M - Medium body with light prickly carbonation.
O - An intresting interpretation of the style.
Friday at 09:14 PMA - Dark medium caramel colored pour with thin lacing and tight, light carbonation.
S - Nose is dim with barely detectable caramel anywhere to be found.
T - Lightly toasted biscuity caramel with a light earthy citrus lurking in the background that ebmventually surfaces at the end of the sip for some decent citrus bitterness on the back side.
M - Medium body with light prickly carbonation.
O - An intresting interpretation of the style.
Reviewed by coalcracker from Pennsylvania
3.08/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.08/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Presented in a pint glass. Light golden/honey tint with foamy head. A little lacing noted throughout tasting.
Smell: Only a light malty aroma perceived. Malt aroma leans toward the sweet side.
Taste: Mildly sweet malts predominate. Honey very noticeable in this beer. Hops are minimally there, they really take a backseat. Aftertaste is fairly clean. Doesn't really represent a maibock that well.
Mouthfeel: Smooth but a little lighter than what I would be expecting from a maibock. Smooth quality.
Drinkability: Ok, but perhaps a little light for what I would expect.
Overall, perhaps a bit more malt/balancing hop presence and a little less honey would make this a less sweetand better-balanced brew. Not bad, but not very representative of the style, IMO.
Jun 03, 2008Smell: Only a light malty aroma perceived. Malt aroma leans toward the sweet side.
Taste: Mildly sweet malts predominate. Honey very noticeable in this beer. Hops are minimally there, they really take a backseat. Aftertaste is fairly clean. Doesn't really represent a maibock that well.
Mouthfeel: Smooth but a little lighter than what I would be expecting from a maibock. Smooth quality.
Drinkability: Ok, but perhaps a little light for what I would expect.
Overall, perhaps a bit more malt/balancing hop presence and a little less honey would make this a less sweetand better-balanced brew. Not bad, but not very representative of the style, IMO.
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