Altenmünster Winterbier Doppelbock

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Doppelbock
Kempten, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Bottle., Small and quickly disappearing white head. Very dark clear brown body. Roasted malt barley malt aroma with notes of cocoa. Spiciy and yet relatively sweet and sugary coffee flavor. Low carbonation and long sweet coffee aftertaste.

Bottle from BevMo. Deep ruby colors upon pouring. Moderate dirty head. Slightly sweet roasted aromas. Some malts. Flavor is like burnt coffee beans with some sugar thrown in. Full bodied and fairly sweet.

Bottled. This pours a dark caramel color yet with no head. Aroma is of the malty caramel vibe and the flavor follows suite. Kind of fizzy palate with not much good lingering texture.

Translucent chocolate amber in color with a swirling, glacial grey head and phlegm like lacing around the edges. Aroma emits charcoal, toasted hazelnuts avec tinsel, milk chocolate bubblegum and caramel cola. Subtle, sweet and smooth aromatic chocolate talc. Flavor first positions itself with spicy, ginger candies lightly laid on broiled butterscotch. The trail end of each sip contains toffee rings with bock enclaves and a hint of cocoa laced licorice for the backbone. Spritsy tongue trait numbs the lining slightly but does quick work of offsetting the aggressive flavors to come full circle with an enjoyable palate load and flavor compound. Cocoa toffee in pumpernickel bread does a dance with cocoa nibs as a butterscotch caramel cola recesses eloquently on the way out. Solid performer.

Very boring straight up coca-cola sweetness. None of the deep malt flavour that a dopplebock should have.

Dark reddish brown, moderate to small head, some lacing and retention. Aroma is caramel, molasses, nut and a surprising amount of grain. Unrefined, somewhat sloppy, I have to agree. Medium to light body, thin mouthfeel. I just had Hamm’s before this one, and there were some similarities. Nuff said.

Hopefully this is not Cambonator relabeled, not that Cambonator is a bad brew, but it would be nice to know that some breweries are not retagging things for export. Dark brown color with a bright chestnut color when held to the light. Moderate old bone/antler colored head that diminishes somewhat quickly leaving a heavy ring on the edge of the glass. Very nutty aromas, with hickory nuts and a hint of wintergreen and herbs. Something about Altenmünster where I expect a somewhat funky herb and nut aroma. I’m catching some cola and grape soda as well. Not the sweet clean doppelbock aroma I was hoping for. Fairly thin in feel. Not much life to this one. Much sweeter start than expected. Sweet wheat, with candi, raw sugar and corn syrup start thing out. Middle has some light herbal and floral hops, but not enough to balance all the sweetness. Finish has some sweet chocolate and a touch of sugar coated almond. Now I am wishing this was Cambonator. One fairly unattractive sweet mess.