22 ounce bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy deep reddish copper color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, brown sugar, nuttiness, raisin, plum, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity ester notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, brown sugar, nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, raisin, plum, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, brown sugar, nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, light dark fruit, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity ester flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a solid maibock style. Good complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity ester flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. Definitely showed some signs of age, but it held up well enough and was enjoyable.

On draft at Lost Dog in Mclean VA. Pours a clear deep amber with an ecru head. Malty nose. Subdued flavors of our spices and toffee. Bitter finish.

22oz bottle-pours amber with a light tan head. Aroma is sweet medium malt-roasty/caramel, medium/dark fruit. Taste is sweet medium malt-roasty/caramel, medium/dark fruit, some spice/herbal hops. Soft carbonation.

On tap at the brewery
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Light malts, wheat and nutty
Taste: Caramel malts and light nutty flavors
Nice, crisp, clean and refreshing

Bottle @ Hotelroom, Denver. Pours dark golden with a huge offwhite head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toast, grassy hops. Taste is sweet, slightly burned caramel, grassy hops. Medium body, soft carabonation. 110411

Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 3/17/11

Aroma: The nose is malty with caramel, toast, earth, and some spice
Appearance: It pours a dark orangish brown color, tan head, decent amount of lace
Flavor: It tastes somewhat sweet with, lots of toasty caramel, and some earth hop for balance
Palate: A medium-full body, lively carbonation, and a slightly sticky mouthfeel with a tingly finish
Overall Impression: This is a pretty solid beer. A fairly interesting attempt at this German style from Fort Collins. It isn't anything overly exciting, but it's a spring seasonal, and it finally feels like spring today, so this one is enjoyable for sipping while I watch the tourney.

Bottle on 08/26/2010. Clear dark amber body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy tan head. Sweet toasty and bready malt with some light caramel. Sweet toasty and bready flavor with faint caramel and molassas. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.

Spring 2006 bottle from Crosling, drunk on 2/25/07, thanks Nick!
Lovely, light-garnet with light auburn and darker mahogany hues as well. Beige head forms quite small, despite a vigorous pour, but is retained nearly perfectly throughout the entire glass. Light to moderate lacing is left behind in small patches with a fair amount of carbonation in the liquid and high clarity, leaving some moderate sediment in the bottle.
Plenty of melanoidins show a true bock-like character, with just a touch of grainy roast giving the hint of singed wood. Boisterous strawberries, raspberries and light melon notes combine with sweet medium malts and pale malts to give a bit of toffee-caramel and lots of sweet cream aromas. Moderately acidic, punchy yeast character on the finish is very authentic and still characterful after almost 8 months in the bottle. No alcohol or other flaws perceivable. Fairly high strength of aroma.
Fruitiness and very sweet malts are the mainstay in the flavor, adding lots of fruity tartness and moderate acidic character on the finish. But the moderately-heavy, sweet malts balance soaking up most of the acid. A bit mushy at this point, but the gentle, low carbonation makes it seem borderline creamy. Cinnamon, vanilla and some spicy hop bitterness all are layered atop a light breadiness. With every sip, vanilla cream-like malt sweetness mixes with very bright fruit flavors to give an enticing (though tending sweet) balanced flavor. Nice and drinkable if you’re in the mood for something on the hearty side. No alcohol perceived in flavor, no flaws. Body could stand to be a touch more crisp/dry.