Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale

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

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.

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.

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!

...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.

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.

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.

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.