Hofbrau Munchen Maibock

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

330ml bottle into schooner glass. Sweet caramel malt nose. Golden bronze beer with solid white head. Slight zing, thick oily body. Super malty taste, real caramel. Palate is short, more malt and a tiny bitterness. Absolutely delicious. Hides its alcohol well.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

On tap at HB in Las Vegas. Pours clear brown with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Toasted malts, caramel, chocolate, mild bitter finish. Tasty

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

On tap at the Oldsmar Tap House. Pours deep gold with white head. The aroma is bold with a load of somewhat light fruity esters and a mild backbone of Munich malt graininess. The taste is similar to the nose with a big bright hit of fruitiness up front that seems to be sort of pears, apples and raisins. Then a bit of balance is created by grainy Munich malts. But by midway and to the finish the fruitiness dominates and is accompanied by a mild fruit sourness that is out of place. The flavors seem too bright and needs to mellow out a bit.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 5

OOOH, the munchen maibock of it all. Hoping for something smooth and not too hard hitting since I see it is 7.2% alcohol. Pours transparent yellow brown orange - that’s 41K ohms. Fetidness of alcohol and flavor of stalwart hops. A little viscous in my steeler stein. Strong, like a McEwans ale. Finish lingers a bit with an overwelming impression, just a little too much. Nova Paka Valdstejn is a better Heller.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle at home, darker amber beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, grain. Taste is the same, grain, malt, sweet, caramel. not bad.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Reminds me of an amber or lighter brown, but of higher alcohol strength. Maybe a little less malt than most Oktoberfests, but the styles are similar. Mostly caramel malt in flavor and aroma. Ok to sample a single, but there are better out there.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Not bad, not bad. A bit bready and sweet. The aroma has a hint of yeasty spiciness that the flavor does not. A good example of the style, but not quite a standout. Crisp and clean...cleaner on tap it seems. Good fall beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours a light amber in color with a crystal clear appearance with a small off white head with decent retention and no lacing left behind. The aroma is a bit on the light side with notes of herbal hops, esters, clove, bready sweetness, and faint grains and fruits. The taste of faint alcohol comes through just slightly in the beginning with bready, yeasty, and some grainy flavors that come across as sweet and a bit syrupy at the finish and linger with a slight bitterness. The mouthfeel is moderate and zesty carbonation, medium bodied and a bit syrupy. It leaves the mouth feeling a touch dry.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

It pours a burnt-orange/amber with thin white head and copious lace. An aroma of caramel malts, tea leaves, light hops, some lemon, honey, and mild spices. The mouthfeel is smooth and rich. Flavors of caramel malts, light hops, tea, citrus, honey, and mild spices. Good stuff!!

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Think I got a bunk sixer, aroma of sweet sticky malts with metallic hints. Body is amber, and despite a vigorous pour not any head to speak of. Flavor is bland with some malt and a bitter presence. By reading some of the other reviews it seems to be really hit or miss, and this one missed. However i might give it another shot one day.