Baron Rumpelstiltskin Rauch Doppelbock

Brewed by Baron Brewing & Lunar Brewing
Style: Smoked
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle 2008: Pour a clear dark brown with a light head. The nose is roasty with a light pine and sweet maltiness, some faint burnt bread crust. The impact on the mouthfeel shows a dry peat smoke, thin mouthfeel and an acidic tangy body. Thin and sharp that underlines, not accentuates the sharp and non-balanced smoke. Thin finish and an ever present twang. Blech.

Picked up a single 22-oz bomber at Bottleworks in Seattle, WA. Pours a dark cola brown colored brew with a thin beige head and quickly dissipates to an off-white ring. Aroma has some smoked caramel and roasted nuts immediately. Flavor is semi-sweet malt with hints of smoked caramel, chocolate and tart apple. Finish is semi sweet with some smoked caramel and dark fruit. Alcohol level is well hidden.

Pours a dark brown, with a decent fizzy head, like coco cola .. . light tar, and 5 day old bbq pit, light ... . Horrid tart kick! some light chewy smokiness, a bastard of a doppelbock, yikes! .. . what happened here Baron? i had your regular smoked and was in heaven, but this has to be infected! ..a new low for my personal favourite style, a black spot... does hide the abv well, and is drinkable but some metal notes with the tartness is not what was intended .. . i drank it all though .. . I had some frito lay Hot Peanuts with this beer, made this beer better! ..

Bomber shared by Enniskillen! Nose is chocolate, light smoke, and some roastiness. Hazy dark brown with a small beige head. Flavor has some tartness to go with the smokiness and chocolate, probably a mild infection; actally tates good but probably not an intended light sourness. I never had a lightly smoky sour. Smoke from the Oak was major infection! Would have been a 4.0 or so without the minor infection!

Dark brown, ruby with a thin off white head. Aroma is smokey, light chocolate, caramel, light alcohol. Taste is light smoke, taste is a bit sour, some chocolate- alcohol is well hidden however.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown, near black body with a very thin, beige-hued head. Smell: Nearly meaty nose of smoked grains with notes of chocolate, licorice, and wait... oh, here we go again, there’s some suspiciously tart, sour fruit wafts lurking within. Oh dear. Taste: An initially promising taste of bittersweet chocolate mingled with roast and smoke and hint of licorice quickly degrades into a presumably infectious flavor of tart, sour fruit with a thin vein of acidity. Touches of roast uncomfortably juxtaposed against further soured fruit tastes. Regrettably, it’s more of a doppelflop than a doppelbock. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Showing early signs of an infection. Once again, Baron’s slipshod quality control issues are at play. A beer from Baron is like playing the slots at Vegas -- chances are you’re going to LOSE. In past years, it’s been one problematic beer after another, and, against my better judgement, I keep giving them a shot, hoping they’ll hit a grand slam home run. But no longer! I’ll give you have one last chance, Baron.

bottle shared by ibrew2or3: pours chocolate brown with a small tan head. aroma is very sweet, slightly smokey, good fruitness too, touch of roast. flavour is light not much smoke and gets sweet. finish is a little dry not to bad.

Date: March 29, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: dark brown with ruby edges, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with lots of earthy peaty smoke
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, plenty of balancing smoke, light tartness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a thin ring of light tan head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel and nice smoky character. Body starts airy and thin with some mild sweetness but a healthy dose of unexpected tartness before a drier semi-tart finish. Seems like it would make for a real authentic and nice smoked beer if it wasn’t for the likely infected sourness.

22oz bottle. Bottle stamped Limited Edition 2008. Poured a deep brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of smoked meats, roasty, caramel, chocolate, and some nuts. Tastes of dark tart cherries, lighter smokiness, and some caramel. Not sure if the tartness was intentional, but it did grow on me and since I liked it, I’m not going to knock it for it. Alcohol content well hidden. Smokiness was subtle all the way around.