Grebbestad Lunator

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Doppelbock
Grebbestad, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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330 ml bottle from 2002 - Murky bronze-brown body with almost no head. The aroma has hints of raisins and choclate but obvious oxidation hampers things. THe flavor is simialr, raisins, cocoa, and carboard. Watery, thin very attenuated mouthfeel with little evident residual sugars.

33 cl bottle. Clear, deep amber body with medium to big, thick off-white head. Aroma is malty with notes of dark fruits, chocolate, roasted malty, toast, caramel, cellar, spices and a little hops. Taste is light sweet, medium bitter and lightly sour/tart. Some light vinegar. I suspect that something has gone wrong or that my bottle is heat damaged. Medium bodied with quite high carbonation. Overall, OK bock but something weird about it.

Edit: No, this is a drain pour. Absolutely damaged in some way, taste’s really off. Lowered taste to 2 from 5 and overall to 9 from 11.

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. 2000 vintage, ABV is 8.1%. Hazy brown colour, low head. Surprisingly pale for a doppelbock. Sweetish bakery aroma, some alcohol. Flavour is cloying malty sweet and one-dimensional. Disappointing. Drank it too warm though.

Bottle. Brown color with no head. The taste is a sweet body with a thin palate. Slight alcohol notes. Rather boring.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2012 (50 cl bottle at Bishops Arms, Västra Hamngatan, Gothenburg on August 25) From 1999. Shady brown color, white head. Sweet raissin a bit vineous scent. Very smooth mouth feel. Sweet taste. Normal bitterness.
7/3/7/5/13=3.5

2000 version: (Bottle on RBESG 2006) Shady brown color, tan head. Sweet raissin Madeira like scent, also some grainy smell. Sweet raissin Madeira taste as well. Smooth mouth feel.
6/3/5/3/9 = 2.6

2005 version: (Bottle on RBESG 2006) Clear brown color, tan head. Sweet scent, a bit tame taste, perhaps sweet. Dry mouth feel.
5/2/5/3/10 = 2.5

Yet one more rating
(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg)
2007 version.
Clear dark red color, thick tan head. Malty, grainy smooth scent. Raissin, malt sweet taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
7/4/7/3/13=3.4


New rating from March 25, 2008. (33 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) 2003 vintage labeled 7.9% ABV.
Brewed 2002-01-18. Bottled 2003-04-24. BB 2004-04-24.
Shady brown color, smallish brown head. Raissins, port wine, alcohol, grainy scent. Raissin, alcohol, grainy, roasted taste. Coffee aftertaste. Chocolate as well. Smooth mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Well aged I think.
8/3/9/4/17=4.1

New rerate
2007 against 2008
2007 at a 33 cl bottle 7.9% ABV purchased by me about 1 year ago at Systembolaget
2008 purchased by deft recently, 33 cl bottle at 7.9% ABV from Systembolaget
07 BB 05/08 - 08 BB 03/09
On September 11, 2008
07 rating - Clear dark reddish brown color, tan head. Sweet malty caramel scent, also roasted, raissins and metallic. Sweet caramel and toffee taste, roasted hints and also bready with raissins. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterenss. Very nice. Some dirt cellat moist earth tones.
8/4/7/4/15=3.8
08 rating - Clear dark reddish brown color, tan small head. Sweet malty and caramel sent, some alcohol. Sweet malty, bready and grainy, alcohol taste. Slight roasted aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. A bit too young perhaps?
7/4/7/4/14=3.6

Rerate
33 cl bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on March 24, 2012
Hazy copper color, smallish off-white head. Acidic, solvents, berry, alcohol scent. Berry, solvents, grainy taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
4/3/4/3/8=2.2

En 2011. Vackert kopparfärgad med stort skum som snart lägger sig. Alkoholburna, lite orena dofter av jordkällare och framför allt surkål. Kålen finns i smaken också innan alkoholen slår igenom. Söt, men inte för mycket och lite säd och karamelltoner kommer fram när temperaturen stiger. Tyvärr har jag inte provat tidigare årgångar. Det känns dock som att något gått fel här.

Malt, humla, lite kola och ganska brödig. (kanske inte min favorit). Smaken är inte så spännande heller: Mycket bröd, lite småsöt.. jag har smakt många sådana tidigare och jag hoppades på att denna skulle sticka ut lite, men tyvärr ej. Jag blir nästan lite irriterad över hur tråkig den är