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Ettaler Curator Doppelbock

Ettaler Curator Doppelbock

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 Percentile 
94
overall
A Doppelbock brewed by
Klosterbrauerei Ettal

Ettal, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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2973.71/5.03.7/5.0Winter9%94Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The nose is filled with complex notes of figs, fruitcake, port, licorice, cherry, raisin chocolate, black toffee, coffee and caramel, while it tastes deliciously thick and chewy, with great complexity showing notes of fruits, coffee-roastiness, molasses, licorice, and toffee. This beer is a meal!
Editor's note. The draught version is 9% abv, but also contained under this listing. Edit #2 The bottles are now 9% as well (from 7%)

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 Thaichile (599), 10aFly, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20

Oct 12, 2007  
Tap. Pours a darker red tinged brown with a fairly large tannish head. Nose is sweet and fruity. Flavor is dense and rich, slightly roasted but dried fruit (prunes...oops dried plums) with dark brown sugar sweetness. This was delicious although certainly not a session brew but rather to be savored.

astrofrk (95), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/517/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Dark amber. Medium creamy head. Aroma: Caramel, fruits. Flavor: Caramel, toasted malt, bread. Chewy. Finish. Sweet fruits. This is a great beer, perhaps under-rated a bit.


 CanIHave4Beers (245), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Just one massive dopplebock! I’m going off memory here but I remember it well. Pours a very dark brown almost black with some good fluffy tan head. Flavor is certainly on the sweet side with lots of molasses and port flavors some fig and raisin. Aroma was big and full of toasted malt with some sweet and spicy notes. A little too much alcohol is present in the flavor, but the beer retains a silky mouthfeel and not a lot of harshness from the alcohol.


 DA (2586), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Funky, lots of fruit, like apple pie up front, mild acidity, almost like a sour brown. The body was very thin and the tartness was not what I was expecting for the style. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. I just think this beer had something wrong with it, not awful, but not like a doppelbock.


 Butters (574), Temporarily in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Pours dark brown with burgandy highlights and fair, but unsustainable big bubble light tan head. Flavors of rum soaked fruit, toffee, anise, and some alcohol. Medium full very chewy body has a soft mouthfeel. Alcohol warming finish is not offensive at all. Not that expensive and good for style, winning combo in my book.


 michael-pollack (1598), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 18, 2008  
500ml Bottle: Aroma of figs, port, light chocolate, toffee, light coffee, caramel, light molasses, nuts, dark malts, and brown sugar. Poured light brown/copper in color with a small to medium-sized, dense, fizzy, beige head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of dark malts, chocolate, coffee, molasses, brown sugar, light caramel, toffee, slight tar, and toasting. Medium to full body. Smooth, slightly oily texture. Soft to average carbonation. Sweet, malty, brown sugar finish.



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