 grant (741), Martinez, California, USA
Mar 24, 2008
Bottle shared by DYCSoccer 17. Lighter doppel - light orange with frothy head. Gassy, effervescent aroma; lightly fruity and syrupy. Smooth, lightly malty and perfumey flavor, maple syrup and a low roasty bitterness. Very clean with moderate malt complexity.
BossHossBikes (108), Tennessee, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Corked 750ml Bottle. It pours a clear, dark copper with a quickly diminishing light beige head. The aroma has lots of bready qualities. Sweet caramel is very distinguishable as well. Some fruits are also noticeable, but very light. They seem to be of a darker fruit, such as a ripe plum. There are some subtle hints of alcohol. The flavour is initially of sweet, sticky caramel. Grain and some delicate dark fruit citrus flavours start to emerge. Though, the caramelly sweetness is still dominant. Towards the finish, alcohol becomes noticeable, but very subtly. Sweetness continues up until the finish in which the grains and some light bitterness starts to finally overpower the caramel. In a short amount of time, it goes from being smooth to being mildly dry. This isn’t too bad. But it’s a bit sweet for my tastes.
beerbill (1162), Laurel, New York, USA
Jun 29, 2008 750 ml bottle courtesy of a trade with Jake65. Pours a mostly clear amber with a moderate linen white head that disappeared after the first sip. Pleasant malty aroma. The flavor is lightly sweet malt with some light-moderate bitterness at the finish. Nice caramel-rich mouthfeel. In reading the description, I see this was aged in whiskey barrels - absolutely no influence detected. A nice solid doppelbock.
MatSciGuy (171), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Jun 21, 2008 [Bottle] Pour a clear caramelly color with almost no head. Subdued caramel malt aroma with some raisins. Very thin, somewhat offensive taste. Chalky, oddly bitter, pulpy, and overripe fruits. This beer is definitely showing its age.
tgncc (208), Bellmore, New York, USA
Jun 5, 2008 Bottle at Shoreline Beverage, Huntington, NY. Nice aroma, mainly malt, some fruit and plums, tiny bit of alcohol. Nice copper color typical to the style. Nice thick mouthfeel. Taste of caramel malts, and a candy sweetness. Leaves a slight malty sweetness on the palate. the alcohol within is relatively well hidden. Nice dopplebock, not outstanding for this category, though. Obviously, I liked it better than many of my esteemed ratebeerians, however. BTW, where is the whiskey in this?
badgerben (3001), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
May 30, 2008 Not sure who brought this to the after party of the tasting, but I believe it was one of our local distributors. Thanks! Copper color with a thin head. Sweet grain and caramelly aroma. Very light flavor that primarily reminded me of a grain silo or feed mill store. Not bad by any stretch, but seemed more like a darkened version of a pale lager, not a doppelbock. I’ve had Stranahan’s whiskey, too, and I did not pick up any whiskey or oak notes.
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