maibock
English edit
Etymology edit
German Maibock (literally “May bock beer”).
Noun edit
maibock (plural maibocks)
- A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
- 2011, Garrett Oliver, The Oxford Companion to Beer, →ISBN, page 558:
- Compared with the winter bocks, maibocks also tend to have slightly more hop bitterness and hop flavor from noble Bavarian hop ...