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Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale

Percentile
55
overall
Brewed by Monteiths Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock

Greymouth, New Zealand

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
413.14/5.03.09/5.0Special6%26.1Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
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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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.


 gam (1103), brisbane, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Good thick frothy bubbly head,off white in colour,tan colour,dark red/brown bock with good carbonation.Aroma mild notes of caramel,chocolate.Flavour,mild grittiness,taste of liccorice,coffee liquers,bitter dark chocolate,very easy going down ale.Finish bitter,dry full flavours of coffee and chocolate liquers.Strong rich tastes you get in liquers.


 Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Sulpher malt hop aroma. Dark brown red colour with good head and lacing. Malt flavour with hint of burnt chocolate. Smooth palate.


 ChrisTurner (202), Melbourne, Australia
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 31, 2008  
Bottle -- Deep, dark red withfair beige head with nice retention and lacing. Apart from the head, looks a lot like Coke in the glass, with large bubbles on the bottom. Malty aroma with lots of caramel sweetness. Creamy palate with carbonation. Flavour is all malt with a dry roasted edge at the end. Nice and without any cloying sweetness.


 madquacker (716), Canberra ACT, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
May 13, 2008  
Light black brown colour. Not a big head. Coffee and ash tastes with an old guiness type smoothness. Velvety and smooth.


 Stew41 (1052), Caulfield, Australia
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2008  
Not bad and a reasonable interpretation of the style. Dark fruits and malts on the nose with cola hints. Similar to taste although the spices, as quoted on the label, become more pronounced. Plenty of dark malts and chocolate. Tails off on the finish.



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