Carlyle Rockinator

Brewed by Carlyle Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Rockford, Illinois USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Pours a hazy dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of alcohol, banana and grains. Nice fruity flavors with noticable alcohol. This is good, but seems to be lacking something.

Creamy cream colored head, muddy brown color and a sticky head. Aroma has a strong estery nose - banana, light nuttiness, modest malt and a hint of caramel. Flavor has an in your face ester front which has a mix of cherry, apple and banana, slight nutty and toasted middle with a slightly dry finish. Body was hefty with a lot of residual sugar making it very sticky and overly sweet. The sweetness and stickiness of the brew hid the high alcohol very nicely. Overall a solid brew that I think could of been a little bit more attenuated instead of having the huge sugary feeling as the style tends to be a bit more on the dryer side at times than sticky. Still a good rendition and definitely worth having again.

Hazy caramel brown with a light brown head. Rather light, somewhat grainy nose with some light raisen. Lightly fruity, some over ripened banana, wheat, rye bread. Green grape notes apparent towards the end. Solid, but not very complex.