Einbecker Mai-Ur-Bock - Einbecker Brauhaus AG

PorterLambic

Florida

4.05/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A dark honey color with a 1" head made of very fine bubbles. Good lacing.
Smell is just roasted malt, couldn't pick up anything else in the smoky atmosphere of the pub.
Taste is much more though, roasted malt, smoky, alcohol later on and some hops near the end.
A medium bodied beer of good complexity. Very drinkable, oy vey, was it ever drinkable!

Serving type: bottle

07-24-2004 03:13:25 | More by PorterLambic

acurtis

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

05-18-2013 19:14:32 | More by acurtis

djrn2

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -20.8%

05-18-2013 19:12:15 | More by djrn2

GaryMarkle84

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

05-17-2013 21:45:24 | More by GaryMarkle84

jkball01

Kentucky

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

05-13-2013 16:30:57 | More by jkball01

BrianScottK

New York

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-09-2013 01:49:22 | More by BrianScottK

zenithberwyn

California

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-08-2013 05:26:25 | More by zenithberwyn

joemacangel

Belgium

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-07-2013 18:10:40 | More by joemacangel

orcatipp

New York

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

04-29-2013 15:40:12 | More by orcatipp

tbryan5

Louisiana

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

04-29-2013 01:29:40 | More by tbryan5

Sunnanek

Sweden

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

04-12-2013 08:41:35 | More by Sunnanek

patre_tim

China

4.44/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Copper, highly carbonated, little half finger off white cream head. Filtered but not to crystal clear. A little nice lacing.

S: Syrupy, maple, with a fine refined toastiness to the malt that comes in the end. Apple sauce, slight smokiness to the toasted malts. Caramel and cereal like malts.

T: Caramely sweet, apples and toasted malts, very slight dough yeasty aftertaste. Bitterness in the end is the herbal oil, like oregano oil. Apples are present. Some floral when swooshed over the tongue.

M: Thick bready and syrupy body, low carbonation.

O: Flavours are much clearer and crisper, as well as scents, than Dargunner’s (my first Maibock was Dargunner’s.) Really am privileged to find a beer that Martin Luther remarked about as the best beer in the world. Found this one in Nashville and it has been one of the first on my ‘to find in NA’ list. Here I am drinking it on one of the last days I have in NA before heading to China. First heard of this on ‘Two Guys on Beer’ a show I love but that’s no longer going.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2013 02:46:41 | More by patre_tim

westcoastbeerlvr

California

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

04-07-2013 02:35:53 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

dieBlume

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

03-19-2013 16:45:10 | More by dieBlume

Chugs13

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

03-10-2013 20:09:01 | More by Chugs13

Bill235

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

02-22-2013 12:58:31 | More by Bill235

Bouleboubier

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Is this the original Maibock? IF so, and if this recipe has remained relatively unchanged, I would say improvements have most definitely been made on the style since.

What struck me was, first, how dark the beer was. Instead of a lighter blonde/gold color, which I have become accustomed to expecting in a "true" maibock, this is a medium-dark amber or, better, a tawny hue. Huh? Some head rises on the pour (into an official Einbecker glass) but it falls and breaks apart in time.

The most dominant aroma was the second thing that struck me - caramel. Some browned/toasted bread roll coming through, too. Yeah, there's some of that familiar mildly herbal/spicy, floral phenolic character - not nearly vibrant enough - but it's otherwise predominantly light, yet potent and dense caramel. Not bad. Not great. Not what I was hoping for.

The taste follows its boldly malt-forward smell rather closely. Alcohol does come through more, however, only softly, on the edges, and far behind the musty, caramel semi-richness. The taste is almost all malt with minimal grassy/floral and fruity notes. Not bad, once again, but rather dull and olden (oxidized perhaps?). The body is not quite as mellow or restrained as the flavor. Some pleasant roundness and muscle, some slickness, yet it's ultimately clean.

Hey, not what I was expecting. If you are ever, somehow, in the mood for a malt-weighty, honey-ish, caramel-busty German beer - this is your drink.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 05:30:08 | More by Bouleboubier

Loogs

Wisconsin

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

02-10-2013 00:53:13 | More by Loogs

elchingen

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

02-08-2013 16:30:54 | More by elchingen

DmanGTR

New York

4/5  rDev +5.5%

01-29-2013 03:42:13 | More by DmanGTR

bismarksays

Iowa

3/5  rDev -20.8%

01-18-2013 06:11:18 | More by bismarksays

cliff1066

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

01-04-2013 17:13:51 | More by cliff1066

jmathis

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.8%

12-27-2012 21:53:12 | More by jmathis

mwar

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +5.5%

11-27-2012 16:14:56 | More by mwar

falloutsnow

Illinois

3.8/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

From: John's Grocery in Iowa City, IA

Glass: Ayinger willi glass

Pours a 2cm head of off-white foam, composed of smallish bubbles on bottom with larger and medium-sized bubbles on top. Eventually, the head collapses to a thick ring around the perimeter of the glass. The declining head leaves minimal lacing along the sides of the glass. Body is a transparent copper-orange color, with light bringing out bright orange hues. Carbonation is visible, but very minimal and sluggish.

Aroma is bright, intense, sweet, and a bit bready. I could envision this being an excellent beer for the spring, when the evenings are still cold enough to warrant a modestly higher ABV beer with plenty of malt and fair hop character. Major components are toffee, thick honey, sweet bread, . The sweetness of the bock is definitely present, but could use a bit more tempering by the hops.

Taste is of honey, fairly bright, toffee-like malt sweetness, and a bit of spicy hops. The flavor reminds me of a less alcoholic version of the Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Bock. Tasting opens with fairly intense sweetness bearing a resemblance to honey and toffee with slightly flowery hops. Mid-palate brings on a greater intensity of malt sweetness and honey/toffee flavors, with slight bitterness and continued flowery taste from hops. Back of palate has faint bitterness with continued sweetness, honey and bread-like flavors. Aftertaste of lingering bright sweetness with lightly floral and bitter hops.

Beer is medium bodied with low amounts of carbonation, the result is a smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel. Closes semi-dryly, with slight lingering stickiness across the lips.

Serving type: bottle

10-02-2012 04:52:13 | More by falloutsnow