3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
at brewpub This pours deep amber with a fine white head and has a sweet & vinous nose full of raisin and dried plum scents. Initially tastes sweet and full-bodied, but as the flavour develops the sweetness is balanced by a nutty hop character, lots of malt, a hint of roastiness and a dry alcoholic bite. The finish is dry and gently bitter
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at brewpub. Comes clear copper with a nice biege head. Aroma of malt, sugar and dark fruit. Taste is sweet malt, caramel, fruit and a bit of alcohol. A bit of hops at the finish. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Taster @ the brewpub. Color is completely clean copper. Aroma is lightly fruity and earthy German lager yeast, that only that combination can bring. Taste is clean and lightly earthy. Fine stuff for a doppelbock but a bit boring at the end.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub. The body was deep copper with a light khaki head. The aroma was sweet bread with apples. Perfume is in this one. The taste is sweet caramel and almonds. Nicely balanced with just enough sweetness. Obvious alcohol, but it is still a pleasure to drink.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Glass from a growler graciously shared with me by csbosox. Pour is clear ruby brown with a tan head. Aroma of caramel sweetness, some grainy hay. Taste is caramel maltiness, sharp sweetness, with hop bitterness in the finish. Grass and dirty straw throughout. Palate is thin to medium, easy drinking, though still quite a bit of flavor. Overall nice beer. Super cool of you stop by and offer me a glass of this Chris.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a clear, deep orange with a dense, creamy, off-white head that laces nicely. The nose is a sweet, malty brown sugar and raisin. The mouthfeel is on the light side of medium-bodied with a lightly metallic feel on the tongue, transitioning to a fairly dry and mildly astringent finish. Sweet malty raisin and caramel with a hint of alcohol at the finish. A solid Doppelbock but it’s probably not one that I’m inclined to order again. My opinion is probably tainted by the fact that I drank a Paulaner Salvator and Sprecher Doppel the night before sampling this one, but I just wasn’t blown away by this one.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draught at the brewpub, pours a clear dark amber with a slight head. Malty aroma, medium body, slightly heavy mouthfeel. Rich but clean big malty flavor, slightly sweet malty flavor balance. Very subtle hop bitterness. Slightly rough/coarse finish. Very nice.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap.
Pours a clear deep copper with thin white head that quickly recedes. A ring of bubbles remains and leaves some clumps of lace on the sides of the glass. Infuriatingly faint aroma reveals hints of the caramel malt but refuses to give up any other information. Flavor is big, rich, bready and sweet as if drinking melted caramel squares, as one would expect of the style. There is also a distinct ale-like dried-fruit character that does not fit the style. Thick, chewy sticky palate. Not bad, really, but not as crisp and clean as a bock should be.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep red approaching ruby. Caramel-fig-date-apricot-dried fruit aromas. Sweet and pungent with some alcohol burn in aftertaste. Not bad, but I like my doppels sweeter and darker a la Church Brew’s Nondenominator.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 4, 2008 5 oz sample this time in. O.G. 20/1080. Hops-40IBU. Crimson red color, off white head. Nice lacing. Fruity, malty smell, like champagne. The flavor was sweet, malty, fruity. Nice, dry finish with a somewhat bitter aftertaste. 7/3/7/3/16 RE-RATE I had a glass last night at the brewpub, but this re-rate is from a growler. Aroma is very malty and melanoidin-rich with some nuttiness and faint earthy hops. Nice creamy head. Rich mouthfeel with a clean, balanced finish. The taste is malty and toasty with a bit of chocolate and a nice spiciness from the hops. Lingering moderate bitterness as well as some clean alcohol flavor and warming in the finish. Very easy to drink for such a big beer. 7/3/7/4/16
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