Craggie Germinator Doppelbock

Brewed by Craggie Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Draft at Duckworth’s in Mooresville last night. Pours black. Thin mouthfeel, some roastiness in the flavor but generally lacking the complex malts it needed. Not an awful beer, just missed the style by a lot.

Name: Germinator Dopelbock
Date: September 18, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Beerfest, Brewgrass
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet caramel candy aroma, nice chocolate
Flavor: rich malt flavor, sweet caramel candy, touch of chocolate, just a hint of earthyness to keep the malt under control
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

Draft at brewer. A dark brown pour with a thin tan head. Scent of fruits and coffee. Taste is sweet fruit and a little roasty.

On tap at Coasters in Elizabeth City. Pours dark brown with a creamy off-white head. Barely there aroma but hints of chocolate do manage to peek through. The flavor is of chocolate, nuts, and light floral hops. More sweet than bitter but really well balanced. Overall, not a bad interpretation of the style.

Dark brown pour with watery tan head and lace. Coffee and dried fruit aroma. Roasted malt, light raisins, and brown sugar. Medium bodied but fizzy.

on tap-pours a thin tan head and dark brown color. Aroma is musty/ashy, medium malt. Taste is tobacco/leather, medium malt, some hops.

Appearance: Transferred to me a body akin to dark cherry wood (LibrarianGirl confers) with a scant, white head and good clarity. Smell: Sweet-smelling, malty nose with notes of caramel basted toast topped with chopped grapes and raisins and given a pinch of earthy nutmeg. Taste: Soundly toasty Munich malts with a deep sweetness to it and soft touches of dark caramel. Just a hint of tangy-tasting Pils. Dark fruitiness leaning primarily towards a Concord grape character. Vague underlying spiciness. A lone drop of warmth from the alcohol on the finish, but it essentially finishes frutiy and still fairly sweet. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel. Drinkability: All the prototypical doppelbock tastes without the usually big helping of alcohol, provided all the calculations are correct, and, if that’s the case, I’m down for that.

On tap at Asheville Oktoberfest. Nose smells of dark, syrupy malts, caramel, and a bit of molasses. A hint of raisins. Not a lot of bread or creaminess. Thin palate. Not bad, but a bit weird for the style.