Atwater Winter Bock

Brewed by Atwater Block Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Detroit, Michigan USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Bottle: Huge buttery toffee aroma with moderate caramel, brown sugar, fruit, and light grain. It pours a transparent mahogany with a moderate off-white head that lasts a minute or so before fading to a film. Spotty thin webbings of lacing are left behind. As much as I loved the aroma, the flavor doesn’t quite live up to the billing. The flavor starts with a muted dose of toffee and caramel compared to the aroma. There are some hints of cherry in the background. The finish has roasted nuts and grain. Medium bodied with a somewhat syrupy texture and mild carbonation. I would have to give this my vote for best beer done by the Atwater Block Brewery.

A delicious and different Doppelbock. I usually stay away from this style, but the fact it’s made in the winter (as I don’t usually associate with doppelbocks) made me curious. This is different than any one that I’ve had. Aroma was decent. Caramel malt and toffee. Pour was a nice dark amber with a 2 finger off white head that lasted the whole drink. Taste was very roasty which is different. Slightly sweet, but not sugary as I was expecting. Dark and caramel malt with a roasty aftertaste and some bread in there as well. Great one.

Pours a mahogany ruby brown with a medium creamy/bubbly tan head that left some spotty lacing. Aroma of sweet grainy malts, Cheerios with sugar, toffee, some toasted bread and a touch of vanilla. Flavors were a mix of the same. Actually getting some toasted rye bread out of the flavor. A really nice malty beer with a touch of some lightly earthy hops. Well done Doppelbock.

draft at the brewery. clear amber with a surprisingly thick and dense beige head. cereal grain, caramel, lager yeast, red fruits in the aroma, and similar flavors. the chalkboard said 30 IBU but i doubt there was that much hops - not that the beer was cloying or overly sweet, there just seem to be few hops characteristics other than having been used to balance out the sugars. enjoyable enough that i had a second one! one of atwater/stoney creek’s best beers.

Pours a clear dark amber brown color with a huge amount of froathy tannish head. Looks delicious. Aroma is sweet malts, dark cherries, plums, with bits of brown sugar and slight dark chocolate. Smells delicious. Flavor is a bit light and watery, very sweet malts mostly toffee and cherry with slight earthy hops. Overall, bit of a letdown flavor wise after the aroma and appearance but still very good.