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Maibock

Published July 2013, Volume 34, Number 3

Fort Collins Brewery

Fort Collins, CO

Fort Collins Brewery says this beer, brewed with Munich malt, is brewed in the fall, aged in the winter and celebrated in the spring.

ABV: 6.4

ABW: 5.2

COLOR: 22

BITTERNESS: 34

ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1068

AVAILABLE: AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, NJ, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN

  • Jason and Todd Alström

    eep amber hue with a healthy-looking lace. Biscuity nose with suggestions of dried grass, peppery hop, cherry skin and faint sweetness. Think medium-creamy body, a malt bomb. Aggressive biscuit malt flavor with a hop bitterness that just seems to keep things in balance. Slight warmth of alcohol shows it is a slightly bigger brew. A tasty brew, but the maibock connection is missing.

  • Stephen Beaumont

    Some might say a maibock should be on the paler side, but I’ve no problem with this bright amber beauty and its aroma of toasted caramel and faint cereal. Neither do I have any issue with the well-lagered character of this beer, revealed in a sweet-but-restrained body with deep malt complexity, combining caramel and toffee and very light appleish tannins with hints of wood and ash. Satisfying, restorative, soothing ... all the things a good spring beer should be. Add some sausage and cheese and I’m in heaven.

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