Beer in Review: Cuckoo Bock

Continuing along with my newfound love of bock beer, I picked up Otter Creek's Cuckoo Bock. It's another installment of Otter Creek's World Tour through beer. This stop: Germany, for a Mai Bock, a lighter, but still potent, version of traditional bocks.

On the first pour (this is a 22 oz bottle after all), I got a clear, golden lager with a stable head. I found it to be mild in both hops and malt. A little sweet. Light bodied. It was crisp with a clean finish. It would make for a good beer to drink in Spring and I'd be willing to try it in Summer too.

Otter Creek divulged that they used "Vienna malt, pilsener malt, two types of Munich malts, and hops and yeast all the way from Germany, in an effort to make this beer as authentic as possible."

Actual alcohol content unknown, but the category runs 6.3% to 7.2%. You wouldn't know it though. I didn't get any of that extra tongue twist that I've encountered with Imperial beers.

The second pour was different than the first. This one was cloudy, and thus a little darker. My guess is that there was a bit of yeast sediment in there. Nothing any craft beer drinker can't handle. ;) Otherwise, it tasted the same.

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