Avery Trogdor the Burninator

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Draft. The aroma is smoke right upfront, light bread, fruit aromas. Like a dopplebbock buried in smoke. The appearance is red, with a small off-white head. The flavor is smoke, fruit, bread. The finish is more smoke, lightly sweet. Pretty good. The alcohol is well hidden. But it really seems like an ok dopplebock struggling to get out from under the smokiness.

Draft. Pours deep amber with a beige head. Sweet and smoked malts, lighter roasty notes, light sweetness, and some lingering smoky notes. Pretty good.

Draft at Barcade for the Anniversary with Max, Zach, Tom, Brian, Pearl and Andy. Pours a deep brownish body. Aroma is smoke and fruit. Mouthfeel is medium with notes of smoke, toasted malts, fruit, oak, charcoal, and some spice.

tap at Barcade: Smokey chocolate. Raspberry liquor and campfire. Some spritziness. Blueberry fruits. tasty.

On tap at barcade. Lightly smokey, nicely balanced. Not too much going on here, but a solid beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Draft at Cigar City during Hunahpu Day 2012. Pours a hazy dark chocolate brown color with chestnut edges and a one finger beige head that slowly fades into a lasting ring.  Streaks of soapy lacing left behind. Meaty, smokey aroma but not as much as I prefer.  Smokey charcoal/ash, wood, and some burnt malt but kind of tame in the smoke department.  Lots of sweet and roasted malt character with hints of caramel, toffee, toast and chocolate. Medium bodied with a decent amount of meaty smoke. More prevalent than aroma suggests with hints of charcoal, bacon, BBQ and burnt malt.  Underneath there is some sweet and roasted malt flavor with hints of caramel, toast and toffee.  Slightly dry finish.   Nicely balanced with nice smokey flavor.

On draft at the CCB Tasting Room. Pours a dark brown with an off-white head. Nose is some smoke, some chocolate, caramel, and a hint of toffee. Flavor is similar- a nice blend of smoke into chocolate, molasses, and slight fruit.

Pour on tap at the brewery, dark brown pour with thin yellowish head, aroma brought notes of sweet molasses and dark sugars, hints of smoke and a slight chili note, touch of earth and spice notes complement fairly well. Taste is a nice mix of smoke and sweet, dark fruits and some cherry notes mix with the smoke and slightly toasted malts, finishing fairly sweet but the smoke balances it.

Nose is light smoke/roast. Almost a light meaty aroma. Some light malt and fruity esters too. The body was dark and appealing. Tastewise I get a touch more fruit than anything else, with a bit caramel malt and sweet flavors running around. Not bad at all.

As a fan this one was a real treat. The smoke is more apparent in the nose than the taste for me. As a dopplebock it was light on the malts, but sort of fruity also with a lingering hint of burnt toffee. For a 9% brew it is very session-able.