At Birre Sotto l’Albero Ma Che and B&F pubs in Rome-Italy. On tap. Pours a pale Amber clear color, tick creamy head with retention and adhesive. Nose: honey notes, tons of honey and some hay. Cookies too. Mouth: soft carbo, a bit peppery, clean with some light caramel and amber malty notes. Biscuits.

50cl bottle as Helles Bockbier from the Brewpub. Pours clear amber colour with a small white head. Aroma of floral hops, toasted malt and caramel. Taste of sharp malt, toasted malt, caramel, floral notes.

On tap @FrankenBierFest, la Limonaia di Villa Torlonia (Rome). Pours amber with a big off white head. Aroma is malt, bread, caramel, brown sugar, grass, nice. Flavour is medium sweet with a decent bitter finish, malt, caramel, some hops traces, alcohol is very well hidden. Medium body, medium carbonation. Ok.

Draught @ Brauerei Knoblach, Kremmeldorfer Strasse 1, Schammelsdorf, Bavaria Germany 96123. [ As Knoblach Schammelsdorfer Maibock ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, hoppy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140511] 7-3-7-3-14 Earlier Rating: 7/1/2012 Total Score: 3.7 Draught @ Brauerei Knoblach, Kremmeldorfer Strasse 1, Schammelsdorf, Bavaria Germany 96123.Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, grass, hoppy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, fruity, sugar, a hoppy bock. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120404] Bottle 500ml. @ home. [ As Knoblach Schammelsdorfer Heller Bock ].ABV: 7.1%. Clear medium orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, sweet malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, straw. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity malt, sweet malt, grass - straw dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151212] 7-3-7-3-15

2015 Bockbieranstich @ Knoblach. Clear amber with a medium off white head. Aroma had malty aroma with caramel and just a touch of fruit. Flavor had a solid malt backbone with hints o floral hops. Finished fairly dry with a bitter finish. Clean and crisp

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Bottle, 09/09/2008 Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with caramel malty notes. Sweet flavor with mild hoppy and caramel notes. Ends bitter. 6,3,6,3,13 = 3,1

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of MoritzF. Clear deep golden with a rough off-white head. Clean and solid maltiness in the aroma. Quite full-bodied with plenty of clean malts. Has a vague, underlying earthy note. The finish is bitter also with quite some alcohol shining through. 220608

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Light initial citrusy aroma, mild hoppy. Flavour is mild citrusy with a light metallic note. Has a medium sweet caramel malt base. Solid malt flavoured finish and with a dense alcohol finish.

Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet amlty with notes of caramel as well as light notes of hop and alcohol - quite nice. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel, medium notes of bread and metal - is the latter the alcohol?