4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tap. Opaque, brown body with red/orange hue. Small ring of a head, stays a ring, and doesn’t lace. Look is OK, but the aroma is lovely. Dark fruits, dark malts, some estery yeasty fruitiness, and a generally rich and delicious aroma. Body is awesome. Velvety carbonation, fullish, not at all sticky with a great finish. Fantastic. Flavor is a continuation of the aroma, fairly malty, but not really sweet. A dark, fruity monster of a bock and it’s tastily complex and lovely.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Night after Monsters. Pours a dark amber with small creamy beige head leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is molasses and chocolate roast. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet roast raisin and chocolate. Alcohol present but not overpowering. A very good doppelbock from Mikkeller.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a faint red tint and foamy, beige head; great retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee, roasted malt, caramel, and light toast. Flavor matches the nose with additional yeast and chocolate notes. Medium/full body, medium carbonation, and medium/high warmth. Great beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with ruby highlights and an average to large, frothy tan head, medium-short retention with good lacing. Aroma is heavy caramel and nutty malt, dates and figs, earthy hops, alcohol, and spices. Flavor is malt dominant, alcohol, dark fruits, light hops and bitterness with a sweet finish. Full body, high warmth and medium carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the Bavarian Lodge, Lisle IL., and served to a house logoed, stemmed glass with a ruby highlighted, dark brown color, a silky, lasting, brownish tan head, and sheet-like cling to the lacing. The aroma seemed more roast than toast, rich malt, cocoa, dark fruit, and dryness, with just a touch of caramel sweetness on the edge. The flavor added just enough lingering hop bitterness to add to the complexity, slight tartness, a light creaminess to the mouthfeel, and warming but nicely disguised alcohol content, all in a medium-full body. A very satisfyingly smooth Doppel.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Date: June 27, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: black, creamy tan head, heavy lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, nice spicyness, chocolate
Flavor: rich malt flavor, growing estery fruityness adds sweetness and complex dark fruits, lots of spicy phenols, light chocolate, balancing bitterness, touch of peppery alcohol in the finish
Date: June 19, 2011
Mode: draft
Source: the porter
sweet and fruity, touch of banana, lighter on the spicy phenols,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+ /4
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750 ml. Opaque black with a lasting creamy foam. Aromas of chocolate cake, dates, raisin, soy, fresh caramelized grain, orange toffee, merlot and more. Flavors of raisin, plum, caramel, chocolate, orange toffee; some light grain, ash and red wine. Medium heavy body is sweet and chewy, but has just enough hop, char, and a hint of warming alcohol to finish well. Nice sippin’ dessert.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
1 year bottle pours a garnet brown black with a little beige head. The aroma is soft and malty with a sweet booze. The taste is strong upfront with an alcoholic kick even cold, a standard doppelbock malt bill of barley but overloaded. The carbonation is moderate and to suit . There is a decent dose of chocolate malt and hops to balance which lends to a grain and hop moderate bitter dry finish but enough sweet sugar alc to make 11% happen. I did not understand the "triple Bock" but it really a decent doppelbock but more massive.
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