If you’ve been a beer club member for a while you’ll know that we’ve never had a bad beer from the world’s oldest Monastery brewery. So when I was offered the chance to pre-order this beer it was a certainly for our beer packs.
A Maibock – also known as a Helles Bock – is a strong pale German lager. Traditionally a seasonal beer, they are brewed at the end of winter to celebrate the arrival of Spring.
The style came into being around the mid-1800’s as a variant of the standard dark, malty bocks Germany is known for. It played off the popularity of pale lagers at that time, more closely aligning the bocks to the trend of the time.
Our beer pours a very inviting dark golden colour that just looks like it will taste good!
The taste is clean and malty, more like grainy bread than sweet. It is quite a full flavour, especially for the ABV as the beer has a weight on the tongue. As is often the case with German lagers, the balance of flavours is the key.There is a lightly spicy floral taste on the finish, with a pleasant lingering malty aftertaste.
Another quality beer, just as we’ve come to expect. I think I’ll be having more than a couple of these over the next few weeks.
A delightful dopplebock from the world's oldest monastery brewery
The beer brewed to celebrate the anniversary of the Weltenburg monastery brewery
This is believed to be the world's first ever dark beer
A lovely Helles lager from the world's oldest Monastery brewery
The special Oktoberfest offering from the Weltenburg Abbey brewery
