Epic Double Skull Doppelbock

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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The pour is a deep mahogany color with ruby highlights and a fairly small, beige, pillowy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves minimal lace. The nose is fairly simple for a doppel; very bready, rich caramels, toasty, some raisin, and a slight bit if earth. The flavor is similar with more richness noted; raisins, rich caramel, faint roast, some toast, and an a slight herbal note. The palate is lively, syrupy, lightly crisp, and medium. The finish is a bit more bitter and herbal, still rich caramel, and toasty. Does carry the richness and typical features of a doppel, but lacks depth and complexity. The palate does seem to get in the way of the beer as well. Decent but not great.

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.

(22oz bottle) Pours a clear copper body with a medium cream head. Aroma of roasted malt, raisins, and nuts. Flavor of roasted malt, nuts, caramel, chocolate, bread, and grain.

Poured from 22oz bomber - This came damn near to being "epic." The look, the aroma, the smoothness! Doppelbock is certainly not one of my favorite styles, but this one is so well produced I have to give it recognition. It’s a chocolate bock--I swear. Extremely malty, bread, yeast, maple, and chocolate. Really good showing from Epic, but that is nothing unusual.

bottle, thanks to thirdeye11, dark brown pour with grainy earth and cocoa aroma, flavor of grainy caramel, nuts and cocoa

Bomber poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of carmel, toasted malt, molasses and light earthiness. Palate was medium bodied asnd smooth. Flavors of toasted malt, carmel, molasses and a hint of fruittiness with a smooth lingering molasses finish.

Bottle @ home. Pours a fairly cloudy, dark brown appearance with a small, bubbly, cream-colored head. The nose reminds me of almost a nut brown with a toasty caramel malty, nutty, espresso, toffee smell. A touch roasty, a bit burnt, caramel malty, somewhat bitter, weird toffee flavor. This really doesn’t remind me of a doppelbock. Not all that bad but not that great either.