2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nice deep brown coloured body with a thinnish tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, cherries, grapes and a light brown sugar. Medium-bodied; Strong potent nuttiness and caramel malt flavours along with some of the sweetness and even more of the nutty flavours. Aftertaste shows more malt, nuts and some deep pit fruit sweetness. Overall, a decent beer - tastes mostly like an ale - but still worth trying. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Norm’s Beer & Wine in Vienna, Virginia on 21-April-2007 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Poured a hazy copper color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, smoked peat, nuts, and chocolate. Taste started off with sweet caramel, faint peat, then turning tart, with lemon and citrus. The aroma was very welcoming, but the flavor horribly disappointed. I also believe this too, spent a short time in the bottle. Legend really needs to work on the problem on their bottling line.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
2007 bomber. Brown pour, clear, looks reddish amber when held to the light, with large foamy rootbeer like head. Very light malty aroma, breath deep with pepper notes. Smooth, with a slight bitter then malty flavorwith faint smoke or peatness to it.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Thanks to Hopdog. Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma was sweet and malty, dark fruits, holidy spices and a bit nutty. Flavor was malty...yet sour. Something was off in the flavor.
1.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Any first impressions?
-A ring of head surrounds the muddled mahogany.
-A tropical fruit salad clashes with the sugary cocoa powder.
-Uncanny tartness, pickle juice, and melon fruitiness are catastrophic signs of beery apocalypse.
-May have something to do with the growing wilderness, but the mouthfeel appears thin for the style.
What if you dig deeper?
-Black pepper rises in the nose.
-There is a lot of bustling fruitiness, but it is sadly diseased.
-Something like this doesn’t deserve to be analyzed further, by the consumer anyway.
-Even if this bottle were over 2 years old, a doppelbock shouldn’t deteriorate like this.
Bottle; no date.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Aroma:cooked vegetable,roten eggs...
Appearance:Light hazy-amber,small head..
Flavor:sour,acidity (infection)....
1.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
Hazy dulled river water orange, headless. Buttery, strong honeymelon and watermelon, tomatoes and other fruits make for an unexpected start. Ropey pedioccocus bring a lightly tart character that grows acetic and fruit oriented in mouth. Residual sweetness nevertheless present in the shape of brown sugar crystals. Light bodied, weak carbonation, insanely thin. Hugely disappointing and barely drinkable at this point.
0.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 2/20
Subdued floral hops, and esters of melon, tropical fruits and musty honey are overpowered by strong butterscotch diacetyl. Once the diacetyl blows off somewhat, the aroma is quite papery and oxidized. Clear copper coloured body is topped by a low white head that recedes to ring. Ashy tomatoes, burnt charcoal with some butter and tropical fruit tanginess in the unpleasant flavour. Watery texture. No carbonation. A bad bottle for certain and definitely a disappointment when it has travelled so far. Bottle (trade, Aug-05) sampled with MartinT, Rastacouere and Siroy. Thanks, Kinz!
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
This is probably one of the worst examples of a tasteless Doppelbock that I have ever tasted no complexity just alcohol...
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