Faust Jahrgangsbock

Brewed by Brauhaus Faust zu Miltenberg
Style: Doppelbock
Miltenberg am Main, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Bought from Biershop-Bayern online, from Brauhaus Faust, from Miltenberg. Drinking it with a real German who I have forced to brew beer. We’re now drinking it and.... first, it exploded when I opened the flip-top bottle, beer all over my computer!!! That’s ok, because it shows it was conditioned in the bottle. 7%, brewed in 2009, bottle #423 from 879, with Hallertauer Perle and cold lagered in Wild Turkey whiskey casks for 12 weeks in their de-humidified mountain-side cellar. Basically a Doppelbock aged in whiskey oak casks! mmmmmm... even the idea makes my mouth water. The aroma is a little on the molassesy side, sweet, apricots and figs, and almost like a Belgian Abbey Dubbel or Trippel. The color is dark brown with red tints. My German companion says, "very mild!" For a German that’s high praise. The taste is very sweet, almost verging on a Belgian Dubbel, but still with caramel, German Münchner malt tones. It also has a dry aftertaste with a tad bitterness in the back of the tongue. The whiskey notes are pronounced but not overpowering, just enough to tell you it’s there. So basically, it tastes like a 80 year old whiskey mixed with a 10 year old abbey beer in a 30:70 ratio. This is one great beer, and my companion agrees, so it’s not only my world-weary, jaded palate that says this. After a few sips, it’s starting to get a bit cloyingly sweet, with licorice, though. We have a 0.75L bottle to drink, so I’m glad I got another person to help me finish it. Basically, great as an aperitif or with cake, preferably a Frankfurter Kranz, since Miltenberg is near FfM.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2013
Bottle 750ml. w. swing top.

[ Bottle # 9/1497 ]. [ Vintage 2010 ]. Clear medium to dark brown - red amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, caramel, rye bread (rugbrød), øllebrød. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, øllebrød, sweet malt - sugary, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121211]

Kobber klar skum hvid lang tæt Rugbrød ølbrød lidt citrus Bitter lidt sød moderate Vandede blød @f1 loge ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle #535 (vintage 2007): A bit unclear, rather quickly collapsing fluffy off-white head, complex nose: walnut-oil, dried fruits and caramelly to toasty malt, including a touch of old wine and a delicate -Stout-like - acidity; moderate to solid sweet flavour, supported by an acidic tinge and a faint bitterness. A shovel of dry raisins in the sweet and toasty finish. A bit too sweet, but very complex Doppelbock…

Leicht fruchtiger Geruch. Däuerlich-fruchtiger Malzbeginn, wobei die Fruchtigkeit schnell zum Fehlaroma mutiert. Muffig, viel zu süß, Apfelaromen. Nicht wirklich gut! 12/7/6/5/12/6