Gordon Biersch Winter Bock

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
San Jose, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. While the flavor is sweet malty with dominating notes of caramel, but also lighter notes of metal and prunes.

Draught at Gordon Biersch, Burbank, California. Ruby/brown, small head. Full caramelly, fudgey malt flavour topped by light grassy hops. Medium-full bodied with medium bitterness.
This beer would’ve been even more enjoyable if it wasn’t for the fact the my 32-year old colleague were refused being served, despite showing a valid international drivers license. Apparently looking 30+ years old and being in posession of an ID that is proving it was not enough to convince the manager that he was not underage. Needless to say we all left our beers on the counter and turned our back at this place without ever returning.

Date: 01/09/1999
Mode: Draft
Source: Las Vegas

Dark brown, frothy tan head, sweet malt aroma, lots of rich malt flavor, slight sweetness, well balanced, no bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Tasted at Oakville, but it was brewed at Whitby
Medium brown; too much fusel alcohol - gak! Lightly chewy, toffee malts, hint of woody, almond skins. At 6.5% they would have had to work hard to get all those higher alcohols in there, and that is definitely not worth the effort.

UPDATED: DEC 16, 2004 (2004) Cola body, beige head. Aroma is very sweet, candi sugar, raisin, caramel. Taste is very sweet, raisin, caramel, lightly astringent. Watery medium body. Brewer indicates that his version of this beer was 7.6% ABV. (7/3/4/2/9) ... (2003) Cola body with medium beige head. Aroma is sweet caramel and raisin. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some raisin. Slightly astringent herbal/earthy finish. Watery medium-full body. As a trivial sidenote, this beer was my beer calendar’s "beer of the day" yesterday when I drank it at the Brickskeller Holiday Beer Tasting. (7/3/5/3/11)

12oz bottle-pours a tan head with mahogany color. Aroma is medium/dark fruit-cherry/plum, medium/dark malt-toffee, secondary earthy/spice hops. Taste is medium/dark fruit-cherry/plum/raisin, medium/dark malt-molasses/toffee, secondary earthy/spice hops. OK carbonation.

Sort of a dark bready aroma. Dark amber color with a not so long lasting beige head. Starts thinly with a bit of dark fruit. Moves on to malt, maybe a bit lightly roasted. It’s ok, but finishes thin rather than full bodied. Some dark fruit aspects. Ok, and after awhile there’s a bit of vanilla hint. Drinkable but not overly memorable.

Bottled. Dark reddish amber coloured. Unclear. Dense beige head. Alcohol, bread, light berries and prunes in the aroma. Flavour of alchol, fruits and herbs. Some caramelly notes. Has a bit "old" taste. Medium bodied. Fruity and qutie alcoholdense end which is strange givning the low ABV.

UPDATED: DEC 18, 2006 Bottle... Clear, copper lager with a small, creamy, beige head. Malty aroma with notes of caramel, dark raisins and light molasses. Rich, malty flavor. Medium sweet and very caramely. Medium to full-bodied and creamy with medium carbonation. Finishes bittersweet and a little chocolaty. Thanks go out to DarkElf for sending the bottle!

Draft at GB - Columbus. Poured dark brown with an average fizzy off-white head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Solid balanced toasted malt aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Moderate balanced smooth flavor with a medium malty finish of average duration. Good brew, Chris.