Climax Hoffmann Doppel Bock

Brewed by Climax Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Roselle Park, New Jersey USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Name: Doppel Bock Hoffman Lager Beer
Date: September 08, 2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy dark amber, wispy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: light sweet caramel and chocolate aroma with a nice fruity character
Flavor: light sweet dark caramel malt flavor, touch of chocolate is brought out by the sweet caramel, lots of earthy character to balance the malty sweetness to keep it somewhat dry and produce a light bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Draft. Clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some raisin, light spice. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, chocolate/cocoa, some prune/plum. Medium body, low carbonation.

on tap-pours a tan head with orange/copper color. Aroma is malt, nutty, hops. Taste follows with the dominant taste being the malt. Low carbonation.

Tap at Barcade. Deep brown crystal clear beer topped by a thin off-white head. Aroma is strange... a sort of dirty malt character, so nuttiness and light solventy notes. Flavour is not good either, sweet and lightly nutty with a peppery solvent note. Fatty and rancid. Sweet and butterscotchy but lacking balance completely.

Sampled from growler bottle courtesy of eclectic: Pours a transparent amber ruby with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet, grainy pale malt and some caramel notes with a hint of tartness. Body starts about average with a mild sweetness, less than I expect in a doppelbock, and a touch of fruity esters toward a thinner mildly sweet and tart finish.

On tap. Pours with a clear bronze body with red highlights and a small, off-white head. Aromas are malty, light raisins, grainy, cereal. No real malt complexity. Flavors are sweet with what seems like crystal malt, bready, toasty, dark fruits and raisins. A touch of earthy spice. Medium to lower bubbles, fuller body with some alcohol. Lacks complexity.

Bomber. Pours turbid deep ruddy muddy Carolina brown/chestnut colored with 2-finger frothy tan head. Nose is sweet melted caramels, some earthy and nutty notes, hops, vinous fruit. Tastes tart, in fact too tart for this style. I’ll try again later, but this one has a lactobacillus infection.

Growler from Market Street Wineshop, Uptown, Charlottesville, VA. Pours a dark clear cramberry red with a large frothy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of raisins, toasted malts, nuts, caramel, toffee and herbal hop notes. Taste is toasted malts, toffee, raisins, cherries, bitter hop finish. Smooth, thin-medium bodied.

Pours a deep copper/amber with a frothy tan head. Aroma is lightly toasted malts, some nuts, caramel, munich malts, somewhat metallic, light herbal hop hints, not as powerful as many doppelbocks in the aroma. Flavor is also a little bland- typical light munich, and vienna malts, hints of chocolate and nuts, and dark toasted bread. Body is a bit weak, and overall the body or mouthfeel just isnt there compared to some of the best Doppelbocks. I wasnt feeling this one at all.

Tap @ Barcade. Poured a clear mahogany color with an off-white head. The aroma was fairly fruity with notes of raisins, grapes, and a hint of chocolate. The flavor was clean and fruity with some mild notes of raisins and a touch of cocoa on the dry finish. Light side of a medium body. Smooth mouth feel with a light carbonation.