Altenmünster Winterbier Doppelbock

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Name: Altenmunster Winterbier Doppelbock
Date: June 01, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Appearance: opaque dark brown, creamy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: rich malt aroma, dry caramel with just a hint of sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness with a touch of candy character, light balancing earthyness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

50cl bottle. Small beige head atop clear red-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, raisin, cinnamon, some caramel, melon, light astringency. Taste is moderately sweet, cinnamon, raisin, some cocoa/caramel, light plum. Light-medium body.

Swingtop from BevMo. Deep ruby color with a few bubbles - no head. Aroma of darker caramel and dark fruits. Medium body with mild, almost creamy, carbonation. Flavor is light roasted caramel - but dark. The dark fruit is not heavy, kind of like a little prune or raisin. Finish is somewhat sweet, but there is a certain astringency. Actually quite fruity after awhile.

Bottle from Party Town shared with shigadeyo. Poured clear dark reddish brown with an averae light brown head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Good caramel toasted tart fruit aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Good well balanced roasted tart fruit malty flavor with a moderate smooth balanced bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good doppelbock.

Pours a transparent amber mahogany with a thin ring of light tan head. Aroma of sweet, lightly toasted bready dark caramel German malts and a touch of noble hops. Body starts with good fullness some sweet caramel malt and a larger amount of bitterness than I’m used to in the style toward a drier bittersweet, slightly earthy and peaty finish. An ok doppelbock, but I’d like a little more prolonged sweetness.

500ml swingtop bottle pours a dark purple/brown with a one inch tan head. Fruit yeast esters, a slight soy/fuel note and a rich tobacco/dry wood/brown sugar/pepper yeast notes. Medium bodied, sticky, slightly on the sweet side, with a cracker flavored malt base, some sweet plum/cherry/tobacco fruity notes, drying into an ashy and woody finish. Very nice.

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. Something to sip while uploading ratings. Pours Balck with 3 finger tan head that was creamy and white at some parts. The aroma is malty, sweet, etoh, a bit sticky in the nose if thats possible maybe some caramel. Flavor is rather bland, malty some etoh but very minor, some german hops coming through but mostly very sweet overall. nothing special here. but decent and easy to drink.

This has a dark brown body with red around the edges and a huge light tan had that vanishes quickly. It has an aroma of dark toast and sweet roasted malt with just a touch of floral hopping. Seems a bit thin and watery. Some molasses and charred wood is added to the flavor, the latter combining with the floral hops for a mildly bitter finish. Drinkable, but there are many better ones readily available.

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16.9 ounce fliptop bottle from Market Street Wineshop Uptown Charlottesville, VA. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a large head. Good head retention and ok lacing. Fruity aroma with toasted malts, spice and crayon. Bitter than expected taste with roasted malts, banana, caramel, clove, citrus and muted hops. Medium bodied.