Mardi Gras Bock
(has 4 batches)
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
6.13
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Mardi Gras Bock is the first of our seasonal brews. Abita Mardi Gras Bock is brewed with pale, pilsner and caramel malts and German Perle hops. Our bock is similar to German maibocks with its rich malt flavor and full body. A perfect choice during Carnival season in New Orleans. Gruyére, Emmental and Swiss are nice cheese choices with Bock. Great with roasted beef or pork. Try it with Mexican food, too.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear copper golden with a small frothy off white head that diminshes quickly. Decent spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma is a toasted malt with raisin and wheat grass. The taste is a sweet malt with yeast and raisin. A decent heller bock from Abita.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2009
at 00:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Listed as Abita Mardi Gras. Pours with a small, off-white head and a clear bronze body. Aroma is weak with honey, light spice and bread. Taste is malt, honey, watery with some notes. Fizzy mouthfeel. A bit watery.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2009
at 15:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear reddish color with a 2-finger head. Decent head retention and fair lacing. Aroma is bready and toasty malts with some syrupy fruit notes. Taste is very grainy toasted malts with a touch of caramel and stone fruits. Medium bodied. Bitter hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2009
at 15:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with medium white head. Sweet yeasty aroma with fruity and sourish notes. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel, ripe fruits and yeasty notes. Ends sweet with warming alcohol.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2008
at 05:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Off aroma. Strong taste and orangish color. Some creamy carbonation. A little too strong for my liking. Seems to be much higher than the 6% listed here. leaves a lingering malty alky bitterness on the finish that does not go away soon and makes it difficult to enjoy.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2008
at 05:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap New Orleans Pours out a copper gold topped with a small white head. A nice aroma of light malts. Tast picked up some very good spices and some sweetness. Not to bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2008
at 23:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear dark amber body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet honey and caramel aroma. Sweet caramel and some roasted malt and graininess.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2007
at 16:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. "Mardi Gras Bock". Decent, but kind of plain. Sweeter than I initially expected, but decent none the less. My initial reaction was that I could tell this was an abita beer as it shared a bit of the "purple haze" taste when I first cracked into it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2007
at 01:36
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Taster at the Balmoral Brewhaha. Got to this pretty late in the evening, while I was pouring. So my notes are a bit sketchy. Couldn’t gather too much of the smell, only that it was a fine "beer" character. Taste turned out to be rather yeasty, surprising for a beer that I would presume to have been pasteurized and carbonated… or is it? Still, some fine dark roasty malts and a contrasting German hop profile make this a solid example of the style.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2006
at 20:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
An orange beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor is primarily sweet malty with some notes of caramel.
Tried
on 20 May 2006
at 03:53