Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale

Bottle - pours black with a creamy tan head. Chocolate malt and caramel aromas. Chocolate malt flavours with a nice dry roast malt finish, which is quite warming. Nicely full bodied, great beer!

Bottle: Poured a clear brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention but no lacing. Aroma contains loads of caramel malt. Taste is also dominated by some caramel malt with some subtle notes of toffee but none of the banana or cloves notes usually contained in the style and that I usually appreciate. Medium creamy body with some good carbonation.

Poured black that shows up red under light, minimal light tan head. Wheaty aroma with lots of sweet malt and toffee, very nice! Taste of mostly sweet malt, with nice wheat in the background, slight hop bitters and a bit of burnt toffee and chocolate. Swallow is mild yet flavoursome, with an aftertaste of mostly the aforementioned malts, with a nice mild bitter hop aftertaste settling in after a while. Definitely not true to the doppelbock style, but still a brilliant brew in it’s own right. If they righted the false advertising I’d give it a medium 4 at least.

(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, dark, orangey brown with a small, rough, beige head. Aroma of roasted malts and some alcohol - a fairly authentic "German" aroma.. Solid body with a fine base of roasted malt, caramel and some nuts - a lightly burned accents also. The finish is dry with both some bitterness and some alcohol. In spite of the confusion about the contradictionary name "Doppelbock Ale", this clearly is a Doppelbock - even a good one. 200208

Pours a clear brown with a beige foamy head. Sweet with a little bitter dryness. Lots of caramelaromas with a hint of molasses and toasted malts. Medium to full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. High cqrbonation. Dry slightly metqllic finish. Gave me saltkringle burps.

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.

Light black brown colour. Not a big head. Coffee and ash tastes with an old guiness type smoothness. Velvety and smooth.

I’ve had this one in New Zealand on my honeymoon.
Very nice doppelbock. Well balanced bitterness.