Grebbestad Lunator

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Doppelbock
Grebbestad, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

Malt dominated aroma with vinous tones. Brilliant dark reddish color, beautiful beer. Toasted malts dominate the taste up front, then comes warmth of alcohol and some roasted tones. There is dried fruit in there too. Long aftertaste of bitterness. A nice doppelbock, but lacks the sweetness from caramel malts that I personally like to see in this style.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium to dark red brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, like a bock, light brown sugar, vintage malt, dar fruit - berry, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090614]

Botella. Clear deep red-brown colour. Sweet toffe roastish malty aroma. The flavour has sweet roasty though mild caramel and malt with spice and dark fruits.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a fully gone head. Mild roasted and breadish aroma. Light spiced. Deep fruity flavoured an dry breadish roasted too. Mild spiced and dry bitter finish.

33cl bottle. clear brown small brown head. aroma is dark fruits and booze. flavor is booze, dark fruits, candi sugar.

Bottle, 2008 vintage, purchased at Systembolaget Karlstad in September 2008. My last review here wasn’t that serious, so I decided to rewrite it from scratch. Pours a deep ruby red color with a small, dying head. Amazing color anyway. Aroma is vinous; notes of port wine, dried fruits, toffee, liquorice, slightly nutty. Damn good aroma imho, very appetizing! Flavour is sweet, malty and vinous; dried fruits, toffee, port wine & (sweet) liquorice. Palate is filling, fullbodied, smooth, a bit oily even. Carbonation is soft. Overall a very nice sipper. I gave this 4.0 in September but this is even better than that! An amazing doppelbock, and overall one of the best Swedes all categories!

Had this in Duvel glass from 33cl bottle. Heavy malty nose with lots of roasted bread, milk chocolate and some coffe. In the second wave there was a overall feel of Surdough, hints of honey, cherry, raisin and grape. Medium body, a bit watery and a little oily texture. A good doppelbock that still is improving. Nice. Cheers.

0.33 l bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2008,vintage 2008. Reddish dark amber color. Thick, sweet, malty and bready flavor with hints of raisins, plums and grapes. Malty and bready flavor with toffee, raisins and plums. Full bodied. Good dobbelbock.