Tap @ O’Briens: Poured a clear deep brown-red color with an off-white head. Sweet raisiny aroma with light red wine notes. The flavor was sweet and fruity with notes of red wine. Tannic finish. Light body and light carbonation.

Draft at O’Brien’s. Lots of wood and dark fruits on the aroma of this murky brownish ale. Aromas were raisin, fig, some spice. Flavors were similar, sweet, with wood and molasses. Pretty good.

On tap @ San Diego Brewing brewpub. Pours clear amber with thin off white head. The medium strength aroma brings forth red wine, caramel malts and faint wood. The taste begins with a quick shot of red wine notes and a hint of dry tart tannins. Early in the taste a mixture of dark fruity (or it may be the red wine grapes carrying on), rich caramel candy, a hint of chocolate malts, roasty malts and faint wood. This is a wonderful combination that doesn’t drown out the base beer but lets it shine through the veil of barrel-ness.

ON tap at brewery. Copper red with a tan head. Amazing sweet, oak, and wine aroma. Very tangy citrus and caramel taste initially, followed by a tangy wine and oak taste, and finishing with a fruity wine taste. Excellent.

tap at the brewery - Pours amber with a thin head and an aroma of malt and wine. That wine really comes through in the flavor, yielding a fruity, somewhat sour beer that’s unlike any doppelbock that I’ve had before. It’s full bodied and well, interesting. While I found it alright, I definitely wasn’t as impressed as others were.