Atwater Winter Bock

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a red-mahogany color with a medium sized brown head. The aroma was malty caramel. The flavor was sweet and very malt with notes of caramel, vanilla, roastiness and light fruity hops. The finish was long, sweet and malty. The texture was thick, creamy and smooth. Excellent.

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.

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.

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.

Nice looking, dark brown with ruby highlights, and decent lacing. Fruity aroma, somewhat malty. Palate was bubbly, woodsy, sticky, sugary, sour, dark fruit, cherries. Interesting, underrated.

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 red/amber with a full yellowish head. Sweet toasted malt and maple aroma. Complex sweet malt, caramel, maple syrup, and buttery flavor. Some hop bitterness noted after the swallow. ABV undetectable. Very good effort!

Poured into a tall glass to drink. The beer had a semi-cloudy dark amber color with bubbles and a thick creamy tan head with good retention and very good cling. It had a sweet malty aroma which featured caramel, brown sugar, and a touch of floral and grainy hops too. It had quite a sweet and rich malty taste which was somewhat fruity and floral as well, and had some banana tones. The beer was very creamy, with a smooth mouthfeel, that was wet and full, yet somewhat dry at the end.

UPDATED: JUL 22, 2008 12 oz. Dark copper-brown with ruby tints and a four-finger, creamy head that lingers and leaves nice lace. Nose is earth-spicy molasses and cocoa with slight sweet corn in the background. Tastes of twangy-sweet caramel, molasses, dry cocoa, slight sour apple, toasted nut, and grain. Near medium body is pretty smooth, but has an astringently dry finish that sweeps the malt away pretty well.

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.