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Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale

Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale  - Doppelbock

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A Doppelbock brewed by
Monteiths Brewing Company

Greymouth, New Zealand

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303.09/5.03.03/5.0Special6%19.3Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is a smoothly rich beer with a dense head, a powerful aroma, and chocolatey malt notes – the perfect way to cheer yourself up this winter. Doppelbock Winter Ale replaces the previous Monteith’s Winter Ale seasonal release which boasted cinnamon and clove flavour cues.
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 Nicko (157), Ashfield, Australia
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/510/20
Jun 27, 2009  
I didn’t think beers were able to advertise that they had the power to ’cheer yourself up’.First doppelbock, albeit a weak one, nothing to gauge it against really. Not much in aroma, burnt coffeee, treacle, scotch in the mouth. I’ll have to agree with others here that it’s a bit thin in the body. Not totally choice, still depressed


Bazal (13), Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/514/20
Jun 23, 2009  
This is ok. Pours a nice, dark brown with an espresso head. A beautiful aroma of mocha and a bit of caramel. The aroma is actually the best part of this in my opinion. It’s a little thin in the mouth where it could be a lot richer, and is a little lacking in flavour with an odd metallic tang at the end. The flavour is coffee and demerera sugar, but it’s weak and fleeting, sadly. A decent enough drop, but ultimately a let down. This could have been much better.


 DuffMan (2548), currently living in NZ, but from, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Pours a dark brown with a modest vanilla head showing medium retention. Brown sugar, toffee, bread crusts, and fruitcake are all in here, but just not in great abundance. Nice flavour, but a little on the thin side, needs more body.


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Is this an ale or a lager? It got a bronze at brewnz in the strong ales and lagers section so still no resolution there....i assume it’s a lager because all their other shit is....this one’s not tooo bad though, lacks a bit of body (and alc% a full 1% off the minimum for the style according to BJCP) to be a true doppelbock....in fact it lacks a lot of everything ! To be fair though it’s probably the best of a very bad lot!


 UnholyBrewing (415), Melbourne(Mulgrave), Australia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/513/20
Sep 2, 2008  
...bottle. Poured a darkish brown with decent carbonation, and small off-white head that faded quickly with no lacing. On the nose, hints of chocolate, slightly roasted malts, caramel, and something else I couldn’t pick out. Flavor was not that great, something just wasn’t right. Not a bock, or a doppel. This one just didn’t taste right to me. Finish was dry with a weird lingering aftertaste.


Samma (51), Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/513/20
Aug 11, 2008  
irrespective of the misnaming, this is a pelasure to drink. Lovely dark brown in hue, well-balanced palate with loads of chocolate and malt. Lovely winter beer.


KiwiJonno (70), Christchurch, New Zealand
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Jul 31, 2008  
330mL Bottle. My first DoppelBlock, though I understand its not a "true" one being only 6% alc/volume. Very malty aroma. Poors a dark brown/red colour which is clear. Big long lasting head. Sweet and complex malty beer, thats also clean tasting being a lager. Malt aftertaste dominates. Reletively thick on the palate. Nice beer to have a couple off.


MelbBrewersJD (32), Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 10, 2008  
At 6%ABV this is not a Dopplebock and barely a Bock. That said it is a very nice and great value commercial offering. Nice colour with ruby hints, enjoyably malty although you would expect much more from a true dopllebock. Overall a very well balanced beer I thought.



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