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Monteiths Doppelbock Winter Ale

Percentile
55
overall
Brewed by Monteiths Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock

Greymouth, New Zealand

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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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 Dervock (178), Emu plains, Australia
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 21, 2009  
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!


 Boutip (2351), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 13, 2008  
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.


 Thylacine (253), Tasmania, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 15, 2009  
Bottle - Dark reddish brown with beige head. Medium carb and body. Sweet, caramel malts, with a spicy chocolaty flavour. Mildly bitter finish. Very nice.


alepig666 (78), Adelaide, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/513/20
Jul 23, 2009  
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.


 Papsoe (14904), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Feb 23, 2008  
(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


 sunevdj (1771), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Feb 17, 2008  
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.


 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 (715), 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.



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