 Pailhead (2310), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
Dec 7, 2007 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.
roder_60 (871), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 23, 2007 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.
TomDecapolis (2389), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 6, 2007 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.
jtw (909), farmington, Michigan, USA
Nov 29, 2007 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.
Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA
Dec 8, 2007 Reddish/brown nice beige head. Very toasty up front with hazelnut and hints of caramel and toffee in aroma. Flavor much the same. Toasted malts and hazelnut dominate with only hints of caramel/toffee. Slick/creamy mouthfeel could stand a little more carbonation. Somewhat sessionable I guess, might be a good crossover, but question this as a doppel instead of regular bock.
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