Bock Thread (2023)

@Bockfest. Drinking a Northern Row Brewery & Distillery Cooper Heller Bock...


Cheers!

 

To all our German members -- please avert your eyes from this less-than optimal drinking experience!

 

Proper glassware at a fest in the middle of a city would never work

 

They do it in Munich all the time.

Civilized beer drinkers.

(Yes all, this is an example of humor and sarcasm, please note emoji use)

 

What time are you showing up for the stump fire, @cheeseheadinMinneapolis?

 

Really? I wonder if they changed the recipe? Always been a solid Maibock to me.

Are you mixing up Märzen and Festbier? Festbier and Maibock can mingle characters, but I always find good Maibocks to be richer and "chewier" than Festbier -- which are always drier and crisper to my palate.

 

Gotcha. I will keep an eye out for it. Hopefully I will be able to find it.

Thanks!

 

Too late! I cannot unsee that!

(I had some imperial stout in a cup just like that last weekend The kicker is that I tapped it myself. )

 

I have had Maibocks that I thought at the time reminded me of an amped up Märzen. But you are correct - most Maibocks seem to be more similar to a Festbier than a Märzen.

Would you consider Hofbrau's Maibock to share more characteristics with their Festbier or their Märzen? I just read my review of this beer and one of my lines was "Very much a significantly dialed-up Oktoberfest (esp. a Marzen)".

 

I had some luck on my beer run today. My local Ayinger source had just gotten in their Maibock. They had also just gotten in Hofbrau's Maibock. I picked up some of each.

 

They have since at least 2016. I can't say for before that.

 

Dead Guy comes across as more of an ESB to me.

 

I found one of these at my local Wegman's last weekend. I have never had it, so of course I picked that bottle. I wonder how similar to (or different from) Andygator it is.

 

HB doesn't brew a Märzen (at least for export). I've only ever had their Festbier -- and it's one of my favorites.

Their Maibock is a really different animal than most Maibocks. It's supposed to follow the original HB recipe. To me it's an amped up... Maibock.

It's just got more chewy body than a Märzen as well as more alcohol.

 

Well, I haven't had it yet this year, so maybe Lakefront's done some tweaking. I've called it "deep gold" in the past, but I haven't updated my review since 2016. I definitely remember enjoying it to-style last year and the year before.

That said, I did notice Ayinger's Maibock is pretty pale compared to many others.

FWIW -- a LF Maibock from last year:


And Spaten Märzen from last year:

 

Cross-post from WBAYDN.

I could look longingly at this Bock thread no longer!

Gotta have me some Celebrator ♈ !!



Cheers!

 

Brewing Projekt Totally Kinda Evil Doppelbock, 8.4% ABV. Pours deep brown with a 1.5 finger tan head that left no lacing. Nose is malty. Taste is slightly sweet malt, moderately bitter. Excellent mouthfeel, overall excellent.

3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pretty rare around here to find any kind of bock in the wild, competing with all the IPAs, NEIPAs, sours, and stouts.

 

Capital Brewery Maibock. This is not very good.