Boulevard Smokestack Series - Seeyoulator Doppelbock

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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(bottle - corked & caged 750 ml) Light copper pour with a thick and creamy looking tan foam. Caramel and dry malts at the front of the nose with a very apparent cedar and ester followup. Sweet and malty at the start of the flavor with lots of different caramel and sweet notes. The cedar comes through at the end and puts a nice little edge on it. Incredibly smooth throughout the body and into the finish. Really nice.

Bottle:   Reddish caramel, a little on the darker side, large frothy off-white head, fairly nice lacing.   Definite cedar on the nose.   Pale caramel, other malts, sweet, decent.   However, its pretty darn light as I immediately take a sip.   Soft chewy malts, mild sweetness, not as much wood as on the nose.   Doppelbock they say ey?   Seems hardly bigger than say a... Blonde Bock.   Not very heavy, on the lighter side.   A little underarm or sweat on the backside.   Body and mouthfeel are okay, but not as thick or heavy as I would have thought for an actual Doppelbock.   Simple Bock might suite this better. &bnsp 8.5% ABV ey?   Well, Doppelbock territory there, just doesn’t seem like it at all.   Not a bad beer, smooth, some sweetness, cedar on the nose, but just plain jane maltiness on the tongue.   As it warms it does pick up a bit more cedar on the backside.   Certainly an interesting beer for using cedar, just wished it was a bit heavier.   Perhaps because of the cedar they couldn’t, likely being overshadowed by the heavy malts.   Meh, on the fence with this one.   Certainly interesting and different, I will give them that.   I had no problem fishing a 750ml if that means anything.

Dark brown, cloudy, really nice head. Aroma has a lot of dark toast going on with some prune sweetness to it. The taste is dark fruit and a bit sweet. The cedar is tough for me to detect. Unfortunately it feels to me like it has more alcohol in it than it does.

750 ml bottle
One of many Boulevard beers that I have somehow accumulated over the last two years this one seems appropriate (and was the easiest to access). Boulevard has a trend of making solid but not spectacular beers - this one is no exception. A well rounded doppelbock might be somewhat rough around the edges but puts you in the ballpark.

Aroma / Appearance - The lively carbonation was sharp and crisp. Ringed by an ivory head the body underneath was a soft brown (like the color of the empty bottle held up to clean white light). The nose was a mixture of roasted almonds, tea, and a cedar chest which has set ignored in the corner of the attic for decades. Put together it feels a bit like opening the door to the summer cabin after a few years away - rustic and cool.

Flavor / Palate - Almonds, chocolate chips, maple syrup, and a trace of cedar meld effortlessly into a sweet mouthfeel. The malts linger in the finish for a while before deciding to fade away. Much like the nose this has a laid back rustic feel to it. Easy going with the alcohol hidden well until the final half pour, the result is a solid dopplebock. In the end though I didn’t find that wow factor to set it apart from the rest.

Pours a brown color with a bubbly canvas colored head. Notes of cedar, tootsie roll, booze, earthy hops, and milk chocolate. Tasty.

Clear amber with a medium creamy tan head. Aroma of raisons, brown sugar, toffee, roasted malt and dark fruit. Taste of toffee, dark fruit, sweet malt, alcohol, sugar and spice.

Bottle. Poured a dark amber, brownish color with a smaller tan head. Left lacing on the side of the glass as it went. There were a lot of floaters on this beer as well. Aroma was caramel, butterscotch, candies and nuts. Flavor was banana, other fruits, caramel and woody flavors. Longer finish. Very complex beer. Good, above average beer.

Bottle thanks to a generous trader. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose/taste of toffee, dark fruit, banana and sweet malt. Taste has a light hint of cigar box. Medium body.

A: The beer pours a dark amber color with a tall off-white head. S: Sweet toffee, caramel, miscellaneous dark fruits, and just some mild brown sugar give this one a fairly traditional doppelbock aroma. However, the cedar wood comes through shortly after, as does a bit of booze. T: The wood seems to be even more pronounced on the palate and gives a weird spiciness. There is a nice caramel and toffee sweetness with some mild bread and fruit notes. A touch of booze and maybe even some vanilla. M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. O: A little boozy and the cedar threw me off a bit.

Pours a deep golden brown. The thin ivory head rings the glass. Malty aroma with fig and prune notes. Smooth rich malt, fig, and prune flavors with a slight hint of caramel.