Draft - A very thin, alcohol dominated beer. Hints of chocolate and raisen, but not one of the best offerings.

Pours a rich dark brown with ruby hues, not a lot of head. Aroma is oddly vinous, with tones of other dark fruit, took me a minute to decide how I felt about it, but in the end I really enjoyed it. Flavor is fairly sweet with strong over tones of rich fruit: cherry, and raisin, with lighter tones of figs and raspberry. A fair amount of sweet caramel malt, some moderate doughieness, overly sweet, but a lot of nice complex flavors. Only vaguely reminiscent of any other dopplebock I have ever had, but some really nice complex fruit flavors that make this a really nice beer.

Bottle. Pours a very dark amber with a full off white head. Great appearance. Beautiful aroma of bubblegum, almonds, with a touch of banana and a slight roasted note. Flavor is toasted bread, caramel with some roast and nutty flavors. A very slight off taste detected-maybe to caramelized or roasty. Med to full bodied, a very good beer overall.

750 ml. bottle. Pours dark amber with copper highlights and lots of tight camel-colored head that leaves nice lacing as it dissipates. Aroma is of dandelions, and sagebrush. Front palate of malt with nutty, woody middle and finish of chocolatey leather. Not and extraordinary example of the style, but is drinkable and fairly decent.

Bottle from Whole Foods in Charlottesville. Pours a deep ruby red with medium head and good lacing. Strong bubblegum/banana aroma. Smooth, malty taste, with a tad bit of coffee roastiness at the end. This is not very complex, but it isn’t bad.