 tytoanderso (1387), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 2, 2007 Bottle. Pours reddish brown. Intensely sweet-malt nose. Notes of toffee, caramel, toast and malt on the palate. Unimpressed with the finish: thin, only lightly malty and very short. Not Bell’s best, but not horrible.
EithCubes (2177), Indiana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 2, 2007 Updated: Oct 17, 2007Bottle. Lightly hopped aroma with light nuttiness. Malt, brown sugar, sweet with some berry and dark fruit. Slightly reddish brown body with a foamy beige head. Viscous body, loads of molasses and malt, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, sticky dark fruit, and a little toast malt. Plum and grape with a little burn from the alcohol, a little like dark rum. Overall, light sweetness with lighter bitterness. Finishes with a light prickle from carbonation and/or hops. Aftertaste has tons of malt and maple syrup, sticky rather than dry. Definitely in the Animator class, yet a tick below offerings from Sprecher and Augustiner. A well-crafted, pretty authentic take on the style, and darn tasty.
Update, same batch (7753), 8+ months later: apparently, best drunk fresh - lots of change-over into astringent, slightly grainy booze. Kind of a dirty floral caramel dominates. Man, wish I had opened this in the spring!
Jvittorio4187 (255), Boardman, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 1, 2007 Good beer. Pours a redish brown. Very little hop character. Smooth feel. The aroma was kind of weak.
incutrav (577), Woodbury, Minnesota, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 27, 2007 Ack, this stuff stinks! The aroma that is. cant figure out what it smells like, but its not nice. Taste is good, pretty light though i though, no head. Malty, sweet, not much hops. i love bells but just not a real huge fan of this.
jackson220 (136), new lenox, Illinois, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 24, 2007 bottle baby...Translucent red-brown. Light brown head. Sweet, roasty aroma w/ caramel, molasses & vanilla. Full bodied, somewhat sticky. Rich, sweet, roasty flavour w/ caramel, molasses, licorice & nuts. Somewhat woody, earthy finish. iT rocks!
BeerVirgin72 (820), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 15, 2007 Poured from bottle. Beautiful red color with cream colored head. Smelled sweet and malty. Tasted a bit of hop up front but the finish is all malty, yeast, and sweet caramel. This is very tasty indeed!
Flounder (3), Ohio, USA
does not count  | 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 9, 2007 Good light Doppelbock, still it will kick your ass if your not watching! Mostly diminishing head.
mynameisjonas (206), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 5, 2007 great dark beer. nice thick flavor. very balanced flavor and not over powering. over all a good beer that is highly recommended
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