Augustiner Maximator

Brewed by Augustiner-Bräu
Style: Doppelbock
Munich, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

Pours dark brown and semi-transparent with a small off white head. Nose is spicey. Cloves. Also some sweet molasses. Flavor is sweet, but almost in a sugar free way. Mild hop bitterness to balance. I don’t know, it’s just off a bit. Mouthfeel is crisp and coating. Aftertaste is good.

Bottle from Bierkraft Brooklyn. Easy drinking dopplebock. I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it would be better fresh in Germany. Aroma is clean weak malty caramel and yeast. Tastes sweet malt and caramel start, metal and butter middle, salty end. Not a pleasant finish on the palate after a thin tight soapy start. Clear dark amber with bubbles and some head and lace despite the description.

Copper/red colored beer with an off-white head. Aromas of something sweet, and booze. Tastes of some nutty flavors, caramel, some candy sugars, licorice, and ends on a very boozy note. A bit too much boozy sweetness for my liking actually. Still tasty, but not something I would care to seek out again.

Bottle, this lager had a very clear dark red pour and made a one finger head of light tan colored bubbles, effervescence looked lively with many flowing streams in the glass, this beer left spots and fingers of lacing on the sides of the glass, there was no sediment in the bottle, there were aromas of bread, toasted malt and some malt sweetness, faint cherry and dark fruit, the flavors were toasted malt, bread, a hint of caramel with very faint cherry and dark fruit in the background, this drink starts sweeter than it ends, the finish was not very sweet, some drying (from the alcohol) after the finish with a small bitterness, the mouth feel was medium or a bit more with a little stickiness and some creaminess on the palate, a touch of drying alcohol that is not over bearing or gets in the way of enjoying the drink, a nice balanced Doppelbock.

Date: December 26, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: clear deep dark red, sudsy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, light earthyness
Body: big body
Flavor: rich dark caramel flavor, sweet caramelized sugar, light balancing earthyness keeps the sweetness in check, just a hint of bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle. Pours a clear ruby tinged and coppery amber with a thin white head. Plum, prune, and a touch of sweet malt on the nose. Sweet, toast and malt, a good amount of caramel and malt. Toast, sweetness. Warm malt and a touch of bitterness on the back end. Smooth and balanced.

Sweet caramel aroma with nuts and the slightest hint of spice. Clear warm amber orange with a fading beige head. This is a malt bomb with a soft, round caramel and nut taste.

bottle, thanks to bitbucket in trade, dark almond color with no foam , aroma is cashew and caramel, flavor is soft tootsie rolls, brown sugar, malty with some chewy pecan on the finish