Brew52 » Week 14

Refreshing!

Erica — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:08:55 +0000

I’m really surprised by how much I liked this one. It’s very flavorful. Tastes like summer. Citrus-y? Love the clean finish. I’m having it with leftovers from the grill. Out on the deck, by the cooler, with that charcoal smell in the air and a pair of giant tongs in my hand would definitely be the way to drink the MaiFest. Just as soon as it warms up.

line ‘em up

CJ Camp — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:06:02 +0000

Put a Schell Maifest and a Summit Maibock side by side last night, in an effort to get caught up around here.

They looked about the same, pretty blonde color, decent head on both. Nice mouthfeel, excellent flavor (I like the maibocks). No disappointments with either one. The Maifest was a little sweeter than the Maibock.

Both these beers appropriately provide a great transition from my winter beer preference (dark, heavy and sweet) to my summer beer preference (lighter, hoppier). I’m pretty happy that we have more around the house.

Back to the taps!

manofwy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:31:08 +0000

I have been a little distracted in my beer consumption lately. My favorite haunt, Washington Square in White Bear Lake has a promotion going where you drink 20 of their bottle beers and get a t-shirt. I got the t-shirt. I immediately went back to tap beer to have a Schell’s Maifest. I liked it as a good middle of the road beer. It wasn’t totally bland but it didn’t have a hit you in the face beer taste either. Of course, my palate may have been off due to the other beers I had just consumed along with the enchiladas.

A bite of springtime

al — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:03:11 +0000

Good ol’ August Schell, our standby, our stalwart, keeping the German styles going for nigh on 150 years. Good ol’ gold and green MaiFest label…the bottle’s open and now I drink…Clear, golden hue, big, lasting, creamy white head…loverly… Sweet malty nose, apples and cereal husks, with whiffs of honey…wow, a lot going on here. Shines bright in the nose, but in the taste… beautiful. Tons of fresh malty flavor, but never too heavy, very drinkable, and floods of flavor keeps rolling in…Crisp and delicious…lays on the palate a bit, then softly drifts away. Seems better than I remember it…are these guys improving after nearly a century and a half? Haiku #8 (for week 14? I’ve got catching up to do!)Though April showers/may come your way, drink the beer /that they brew for May.

I like sweet but not this sweet

berrywise — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:48:58 +0000

I like sweet beers. I love New Glarus Belgian Red and I dug Surly Two. But this is like Leinies Apple Spice sweet and I was looking forward to finishing my glass so I could wash my mouth out with a different beer. I’ll pass on this one in the future.

Meh fest

Erin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:07:07 +0000

This beer made my nose crinkle with distaste. I expected to like it for some reason. Perhaps it is because I like the name Mai Fest. Which apparently is pronounced MY not MAY (thanks Rett!!!!). I will continue to mispronounce it. At any rate, this wasn’t my favorite beer – almost too sweet and had some weird aftertaste.

excellent brew

Ben R — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:06:26 +0000

Before I picked up the Schell’s Maifest I hadn’t tried a maifest beer in a couple years because I thought the last time I tried one I didn’t really like it. My tastes must have changed since then because I think this beer is great. I’m not a fan of wheat beers, which is what I thought maifest would be, but it says on the bottle that its a ‘full bodied blond double bock’ which sounds like how it tastes.

Mai God

peteryan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:33:44 +0000

I love this beer. In fact, I drank about 10 of them on tap somewhere in Apple Valley….things are foggy now… It was very tasty and I can’t wait to have a few more. Spring is here! Somewhere….

oh Mai,

flashmcduff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:48:37 +0000

Well that was nice. I just finished a Maifest and am happy it didn’t sneak up and whack me with a drunk-bat like other Maibocks I’ve had. This one was sweet, not hoppy but still interesting to drink. I expected a pretty tame version of this style of beer from Schell’s and was pleasantly surprised at the actual product.

sweet, in a bill and ted sort of way

vonklebs — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:37:36 +0000

It is sweet. It is clean. It is crisp. It is good. Party on, Schell!