Epic Double Skull Doppelbock

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co. (Utah)
Style: Doppelbock
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Smoky, malty aromas. Caramel and nutty flavors with a lingering finish. Overall a very good bock.

pours: dark brown and doppelbocky. nose: malty, slight specialties. mouth: not what i was expecting, a little unrefined. caramel, spectrum of malts, but not full, as said tastes a little immature, especially for something with skulls on it. overall, qualifies as doppel, wont make youy lose your socks. give time to age? early tasting, for me but you can find something to enjoy here, non-adjunct tasting and full malt character.

Pours amber dark brown and clear. Nose is minimal with some milk chocolate. Taste is chocolate and bread. Mouthfeel is thick. A really good dopplebock. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tastes a tad young. flavor of the alcohol is persistent and lingering. but I will give this beer the benefit of the doubt and imagine that I am drink a bottle of this that has had a chance to grow out of its youth. all and all a very nice doppelbock. if you find yourself with a bottle of this I recommend cellaring it away for a year or two.

Pour on tap at Tap and Handle, dark reddish brown pour with thin off white head, aroma brought notes of caramel, toffee, some smoky and roasted malts, slight dark fruit with some nuts, and a lot of spicy earth character. Taste was a bready, caramel mixture with some nuts, toffee, hints of dark fruits, some smoke and roasted malts, hints of earth finishing fairly bitter, sweet as well.

Bottle:   Dirty caramel, a little dark, slight copper hue, thin frothy white head, dies quickly, leaving spotty lacing.   Biscuity nose, pale caramel, slightly bready.   Has a slight bit-o-honey aspect.   As it warms it becomes a bit more bready.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Thankfully not an example full of soy, which I don’t care for in my Doppelbocks.   Finishes with a heavy biscuit that isnt too sticky, also bready, a touch nutty, with some faint caramel.   Fairly average, but clean and not too heavy.   Yeah, enjoyable.

Poured into a snifter. Release #2, 8.5% ABV. 4.0 A: Dark brown black color. Two and a half fingers of frothy tan head. Retention is decent and a moderate amount of lacing is left. 3.5 S: Dry roastiness along with a good bit of toastiness as well. Smells kinda like an imperial schwarzbier. Caramel and molasses. 3.5 T: Follows the nose for the most part. Roasty, toasy, caramel, and molasses. Light neutral malt sweetness. Alcohol is well hidden. 4.5 M: Medium to heavier medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Nice creaminess in this. Very nice. 3.5 D: Not the most exciting offering, but more than solid. Epic is making a statement with me. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 05-02-2012 02:56:49

22oz bottle, release #1. Pours light brown with a smallish frothy off white head that quickly goes to a thin film that leaves a little lacing.

The aroma is grainy chocolate and toasted caramel malts with some acidic hops.

The flavor is sweet grainy chocolate and toffee malts with a little dark fruit and some hops that lead to a dry finish with some alcohol. As it warms, some leathery notes come out. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.

Overall, a kind of strange doppelbock. OK.

(22oz bottle) Pour is dark amber..Taste is caramel malts, Toffee, bready, earthy..Nose is Bready, sweetness, caramel malts, toffee..Palate is heavy and warm.

Bottle. Poured hazy brown color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Good caramel toasted malt and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy balanced bittersweet toasted malt flavor with a moderate smooth balanced finish of moderate duration. Solid doppelbock.