Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Kloster Starkbier
Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu

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Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu
 
Germany
Style:
Maibock
Ranked #38
ABV:
7.3%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,333
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 16.11%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
17
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 28, 2023
Added:
Jul 20, 2008
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  2
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Reviewed by Gatch from Massachusetts

4.33/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Picked up a e0,5L bottle dated 18.09.2024 for €1,29 at the local Edeka while food shopping for the week. Crazy cheap for a quality Maibock/Starkbier. Pours a golden yellow with a dense head. Properly boozy/malty nose for the style. Sweetness of the caramelized/roasted malt really comes out in the flavor and finish with just a touch of hops. Delicious beer. Perfect for the change of season and weather here in southwest Germany.
Oct 28, 2023
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

3.94/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured at fridge temp. Pours a transparent yellow with about an inch of bubbly head. The nose is nice. Wheat, honey, bread, light caramel. It's quite "soft" on the nose.

The taste is great. Candy malts, toffee, honey, a bit of banana, bread, lemon cake, light bitterness (kind of oaky). Grass, and an herbal note. Very enjoyable. Easy drinking, with a relatively sweet aftertaste. Mouthfeel is fairly light.
Oct 16, 2022
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

4.19/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu “ Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Kloster Starkbier”
€3,60/25cl on tap @ Aux Douze Apotres, Strasbourg, FR on 19.09.21

Notes: Hazy deep gold body beneath a short head of dense bright-white foam. Very good head retention. The lacing is limited to large spots and wide, wrinkled splashes. Limited aroma of grainy, sweetish malt. The flavor is malty, sweet, grainy and bready with some very mild herbal hops. The bitterness is moderate and it finishes dry and short lingering as the bitterness and herbal hops come forward while the malt fades. In the mouth it’s medium bodied with a gently crisp, creamy-smooth carbonation that’s fine-bubbled, and seemingly natural.
Oct 01, 2021
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
De Labirratorium. En copa de hefe de Bavaria. Jugando a Darksiders 2. Potente cuerpo maltoso, con un rico perfil acaramelado bien compensado con la dosis de amargor justa que incita a trago largo a pesar de su moderadamente elevado abv. Deja con ganas de mas
Nov 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4.44 by thatmanphil from Germany

May 28, 2016
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Reviewed by drmeto from Germany

2.67/5  rDev -31.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
L:
-pours a clear golden-orange with a medium,quickly dissipating,foamy,white head
-low to medium carbonation visible
S:
-alcohol,grainy,biscuity,honey,red apple
T:
-Follows the nose plus marzipan
-medium hop bitterniss for the style
F:
-medium carbonation
-medium to full body
-alcohol present
O:
Im not the biggest Fan of Pale Bocks but i can distinguish good and bad ones.
This was average at best
Aug 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Haybeerman from Colorado

Aug 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by MLH90 from Germany

Jul 09, 2015
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Reviewed by IchLiebeBier from Virginia

4/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Honey-gold; clear; medium head, long-lasting

Aroma: Malty; slight alcohol aroma; light hops; grassy and slight honey

Taste: Juicy malt which quickly goes to a nice alchohol flavor with moderate hoppiness; hints of candy; well balanced and tasty with semi-sweet finish

Remarks: Did not score A, T, S, M at that time; disregard those scores
Jun 15, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by innominat from Ireland

Mar 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by fionn13 from Ireland

Aug 24, 2012
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Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York

3.82/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bright corn yellow with loose white froth that disappears in a flash. Grassy noble spice and thick honey on the nose.
Country white loaf and lemon marmalade with light toffee then a big hit of noble cut hay.
Golden raisin and coriander seed finish and tightening peppery linger. Dry, crisp, round, verging on medium, a bit of oil.

Not much to look at, but a solid strong lager with a hefty dose of hops. Clean and balanced, deftly hides the ABV and never cloys in spite of generous malts. Coming to respect this brewery and their free hand with hops.
Aug 10, 2012
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Reviewed by malmquna from France

3.7/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Color: pure gold. Head starts white and bubbly, then settles to a thin layer. Smells full of sweet roasted malt, slightly toasty, maybe some booze.

Immediate rush of sweet malt on first drink (and all subsequent drinks, for that matter). Very flavorful in that regard, and if it wasn't so well done I would complain of its one-sidedness. Finishes a little bitter, a good contrast to the sweetness, and a little dry.

This beer gets high marks here. I mostly agree, but I'm not blown away. Perhaps it's simply not my favorite style. If I saw it again I'd grab one, And wash down a schnitzel with it.
Dec 07, 2011
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Reviewed by JoeyV from Germany

4.05/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a glass mug:

A: Pale amber, almost yellow. Next to no head, doesn't leave any lacing - I think I see a little cloudiness but that could just be the lighting in here.

S: Warm malty smell, hints of graham crackers

T: It's hard to believe that there isn't some kind of added flavoring to this beer - the taste is surpisingly big and complex, with bittersweet malts and notes of caramel taking the center stage. There's also a generous dose of hops at the end - a lot to concentrate on here. The alcohol content is hard to detect.

M: Just a little thicker than water or soda, not overly carbonated.

O: This is really impressive - wonderfully complex flavor, nothing really challenging. Definitely among my favorites from Germany.
May 07, 2011
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Reviewed by seanyfo from Scotland

4.39/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
50cl bottle poured into my Spaten seidel

A- Pale lager blonde with excellent clarity. Lacing and head retention are average for the style

S- Peppery nose, hints of vanilla and some belgian-like candy yeastiness.

T- Rich malt dominating. Peppery throughout with a clean lager finish. Vanilla note lingers with a hint of spiciness.

M- Moderate carbonation and body.

D- Excellent flavour profile. More character than any other helles bock i have had. Easy drinking goodness.
Mar 17, 2011
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Reviewed by bloberglawp from Canada (QC)

4.36/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a lightly golden yellow, lots of carbonation, big foamy head and delicate lacing.

Aroma of continental malt and a solid malt backbone, very clean, no esters or phenols to be detected. Flavor of rich round melanoidins from the malt and a very balanced hop bitterness that just barely makes it throu the malt.

After a while you get a nice harming feeling inside from the alcohol witch is just slightly perceivable on the tongue. Amazing stuff!

I miss Germany already!
Aug 26, 2008
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Reviewed by markaberrant from Canada (SK)

4.23/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - beautiful golden, crystal clear, delicate white head, leaves a sheet of lace down the glass.

S - floral hoppy bouquet, much like a pilsner

T - big sweet pilsner malt, but well attenuated and balanced throughout by floral hops. Has that refined taste that I've only come across in authentic German beers, typically decocted.

M - despite the sweetness, the finish is very crisp and with drying alcohol. Body is relatively light, carbonation gives it some spritz, but is not overdone.

D - lots of interesting flavours, my brain is having trouble sorting them out, definitely an experience.

Can't say I've ever tasted a German made Maibock. To me, it tastes like a North American Maibock combined with the hopping of a pilsner, and then it's got that special touch that tells you this is direct from the source. Fantastic stuff! No wonder the Germans don't bother messing with things, they've already perfected it.

Thanks to Mattt for the bottle!
Jul 20, 2008
Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Kloster Starkbier from Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 17 ratings