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Left Hand Smoked Goosinator Doppelbock


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A Smoked brewed by
Left Hand Brewing Co.

Longmont, Colorado USA

bottled
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1503.64/5.03.63/5.07.7%82.9 Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A big malty beer with caramel & toffee flavors that has a clean & smooth finish.
Ingredients: Imported German barley & wheat malt, Northern Brewer & Vanguard Hops.
Recipe change in 2007. Increase in abv from 7.2 to 7.7%, and "smoked".

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 tupalev (2267), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20

May 11, 2008  
Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry, Jerc, GregClow, and Blankboy, courtesy of Blankboy. Aroma of an old campfire - lovely stuff. Nice dark brown, small white head - looks great. Taste is that of a really solid sweet Doppelbock with a perfect amount of rich and satisfying smoke added to it. Easily one of the best smoked beers I have ever add, mainly because of its integration into an otherwise already solid beer. Fantastic.

 bager (1900), Copenhagen N, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottled. Slightly hazy and deep golden coloured with a medium sized head. Quite well balanced with notes of caramel, bread, citrus, hay and also has a hint of smoke. Very nice.


 glennmastrange (370), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of cereal, roasted and nutty, light herbs and earth for the hops and yeast, and very light notes of date, red wine, smoke and wood. Head is fizzy, white with no lacing and is fully diminishing. the first pour is clear burgandy, then clouds up a bit on the following pours. Flavor starts lightly sweet and acidic then finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery and has a fizzy carbonation. A decent beer, it just didn’t have the depth of flavor and aroma I expected.


 DragonStout (1141), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 12, 2008  
This poured a brownish color with a small tan head.The nose was smoky, malty, and bacony.Yum! This was close to having bacon beer in a glass.Lots of smoke up front with some malts and bacon, smokiness to finish it off.


 jerohen (1458), Bussum, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/512/20
Jul 7, 2008    Updated: Jul 10, 2008
Bottled, 0.7 liter. Brown coloured, firm head. Strong smoky nose, malts, really nice. Flavour is somewhat disappointing though, malts, some smoke, but not a whole lot more. Relatively thin mouthfeel. I’ll stick to the German stuff.


 BrewDad (1553), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Jul 3, 2008  
750ml Bomber - 99 Bottles - Federal Way, WA
Aroma – Big aroma lots of malts and the smokey aroma was lingering quite nice.
Appearance – Brown in color, light head clear.
Flavor – Smoked malts was the flavor. Huge malt flavor with very little backing this beer up. Some hops and fruitiness to follow.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, Very good texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – This was a nice beer. I was expecting this to have more of a Smokey flavor. Was a tad disappointed and also amazed at this big beer. Too much cost for this beer.




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