What maple syrup beer has the most maple syrup taste???

CBS is not made with maple syrup. It was aged in bourbon barrels that previously had maple syrup in them. Thirsty Dog Maple Porter (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/12516/222073/) has a lot of maple syrup smell and flavor in it. But it has a low ABV (for a barrel-aged beer) and it's highly over-priced.

 

Mikerphone’s Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit Double Maple

 

Probably one of the Funky Buddha beers... Morning Wood and Wide Awake It's Morning were both so amazingly maple-forward. Those are my top picks that I've had.

 

Gotta be Rogues Maple Bacon Donut voodoo beer from years ago for me...

 

^ Exactly what came to mind in order along with the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter. The Thirsty Dog was way too sweet. I couldn’t have ever finished that bottle by myself.

While I haven’t had this batch yet, I am surprised that you didn’t find the CBS maple forward. It would be right behind the Funky Buddha beers for me. Then, probably Saugatuck Blueberry Maple Stout and Hangar 24 Barrel Roll Pugachev’s Cobra

 

Evil Twin Michigan Maple Jesus is a great beer with plenty of maple.

 

Mad house Carpe Diem had big maple flavor.

 

CBS wasn't very maple forward, but was an absolutely incredible beer. Get a madhouse carpe diem.

 

A small local brewery with no distro made a one-off beer a couple of years ago called French Toast Ale (Amber/Red Ale) that was the best maple flavor that I've ever had. https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/37717/150939/

 

Great Notion Double Stack. I'm not a fan, mind you, but the maple syrup is aggressive.

 

Beat me to it, great beer yearly release with a reasonable limit. Last year was 4 and it was released with freedom toast, a maple ba scotch ale that'll be bottled this year for the first time.

 

I have yet to have CBS yet. Got some I am cracking into this weekend. I'll report back when I do!

 

Firestone walker Anniversary 15-20. No maple added, but lots of natural maple flavors from the blend of beers and barrels.

 

I've tried lots of maple syrup beers and gave up on them, because they are all underwhelming to me. The problem with adding maple syrup to a brew kettle is it's a simple sugar that gets readily fermented by beer yeast into alcohol, much like honey, Belgian candi sugar, etc. So, the wonderful god's gift sweet nectar, i.e. maple syrup, mostly just becomes boring old ethanol in a beer, and imparts little of it's original quintessential flavors to the beer. I love beer and I love maple syrup, but I honestly think adding maple syrup to beer is mostly gimmicky, and a sad waste of maple syrup* that could be used in much better ways. But, YRMV....

FWIW, I grew up in Vermont and was practically weaned on maple syrup. I won't touch that corn syrup goo most of America thinks is maple syrup [which is also why I would be very skeptical many people's opinions on maple flavors, beer or otherwise].

* - EDIT: Mind you real maple syrup can only be made for a brief few weeks in the very beginning of spring when the sap flows from sugar maple trees in specific regions with cold enough winters. It takes boiling ~15-30 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. So a lot of work in a small window of time, then brewers dump it in a beer for mostly a small percentage bump in ABV.... That makes me sad.

 

Just drop a strip of bacon in a Ten Fidy and you will be happy. LOL
I have not had my CBS yet so I cannot actually comment on it.
Cheers

 

Just chug some maple syrup. Yum.

 

Beer Geek Vanilla Maple Shake.

Just stocked up on this one, maple bomb!

 

Or just drop a shot of bourbon into some maple syrup.

Experiment a bit.

Maybe you'll come up with the next huge beverage everyone hypes-up.

 

2014 CBS had much more maple than this year's batch, just so you know. But you want barrels aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels, not beers brewed with maple syrup. As stated about, maple syrup is highly fermentable and will just raise the ABV, unless the brewer leaves a lot of residual sugars. The maple syrup barrel will impart more of a maple flavor, as fermentation has already happened. Michigan Maple Jesus, Beyond Good & Evil, and Maple Biscotti Break are my recommendations

 

Hubbard's cave coffee and cakes

 

How does this produce maple syrup forward beer?

 

My two most notorious are from the NE. Good Morning was incredibly maple forward yet incredibly balanced.

The other was a 750 growler from HF that I don't recall it's name. Was so thick and sweet it was like drinking maple syrup with a little bourbon flavor.

 

Lawson's Maple Tripple Ale, we always have a bottle with dessert on Thanksgiving.

Description from brewery:
Enticing, rich and complex, this creation defies easy description. Our 'once-a-year beer' is brewed only during sugaring season with 100% maple sap from our friend Paul Marble in Fayston, VT. No water added! Just barley, hops, and ale yeast.

 

Beyond Good and Evil is the HF brew I would guess. Bottles like 5 years ago and 750's swing top growlers last year I think.

 

I'll have to agree on this one. But I have yet cracked open my Double Maple Bean Spirit and CBS yet.

 

If you get a maple flavored bacon it usually is very maple forward, plus all the goodness of bacon.

 

And just so you know.....

For some reason I feel the need to clear this up, and Im not even a huge bba-stout fan...

The last time Founders did a CBS release - in bottles - was 2011.

If you had it sooner then that, it would have had to be on tap - in which case - telling the year it was kegged/produced may not be as easy.

2011. Thats the last time it was released like this.

This isnt 'Nam ok? There are rules.

Pursuant to the following article: https://foundersbrewing.com/latest-news/2017/new-barrel-aged-series-release-cbs/

 

I had this the other day, and I didn’t get much maple at all.

 

Leinenkugels Maple Brown from 2002 retired

 

The latest release of omnipollo Agamemnon (in the purple 16 oz. can) had a ton of maple. The original release and bourbon barrel aged version not so much.

 

I too loved the Lawson's but I don't think "the most maple syrup taste" should be a goal of any brewer. After all its beer.
I would have a better experience eating pancakes with real maple syrup and good coffee stout.
Speaking of real maple syrup, don't you hate it when you ask the waitress/waiter if they are absolutely sure that they serve real maple syrup, they respond positively,only to bring you that corn syrup crap. I stopped ordering pancakes or waffles at any restaurant below super high-end along time ago.

 

1 beyond good and evil ( must be fresh )
2 good morning
3 mornin delight
4 cbs

 

Sold only at the brewery the Wednesday before Black Friday. The regular/imperial Bean Spirit also has maple in it and is very pronounced. They started distro again but the Bean Spirit releases will prob be only at the brewery.

 

A professional brewer friend of mine suggested that if you get a lot of maple flavor in your beer chances are the brewer used a maple extract to achieve it, since so little flavor is imparted by syrup added to the boil.

 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. It's the most intensely maple flavored beer I've had by a HUGE amount.

 

@WesMantooth

After having a CBS tonight, it is definitely not in the same league as the Funky Buddha stuff for maple. Fantastic beer (I wrote a detailed review on here), but to me was first and foremost a coffee Stout. Maple is extremely faint on the finish and that's about it.

I didn't expect the "pancakes in a glass" like FB beers, but I did expect a bit more presence. I have another bottle I plan to sit in a few months to let the coffee mellow a bit, which may let the maple shine a bit more.

So with respect to this thread, my vote still stands for Morning Wood and Wide Awake.