3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle purchased at Royal Liquor in KCMO. Best before 05/11 L15001V marked on the label. Pour is a very hazy orange brown with a one inch light tan head that falls noisily and pretty quickly. Aroma is apple cherry fruit sweet malt, honey, some straw floral (dried flowers?) along with a dusty mechanical mild dirtiness (this clears quick). Taste is cleaner, though still is pretty heavy on the fruit sweet maltiness. The straw and floral is present as well, and as the beer warmed the straw integrated nicely with the honey fruit sweetness of the malt. There is a touch of alcohol heat in the back, but does not detract at all. Palate is medium bodied, nicely unfiltered, mildly cloying and pleasantly warming aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle) Smells sweet, like grape and figs. Slightly dark amber colour. Bit thin mouth feel but a nice almost liquorice aftertaste. Nice beer
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Great double bock. Malty head. Nice deep taste. Great pour. Amazing beer
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Slightly hazy amber. Poured into a mug from a 12 oz. bottle. Small with white head that reduces to a small ring. Small carbonation bubbles in the glass. Aroma is of dark fruit especially raisins. Taste is of sweet malt and raisins. The ABV is 7.9% is very well hidden. Toward the finish there is a rye bread flavor after it warms. The finish is somewhat dry. Overall, for the style if available I would buy again. It’s tasty. Thanks for the bottle LiteWait!!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Slightly hazy amber. Poured into a mug small with white head that reduces to a small ring. Small carbonation bubbles in the glass. Aroma is of dark fruit especially raisins. Taste is of sweet malt and raisins. The ABV is 7.9% is very well hidden. Toward the finish there is a rye bread flavor after it warms. The finish is somewhat dry. Overall, for the style if available I would buy again. It’s tasty. Shared with AirForceHops.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a fuzzy copper. More orange than brown with not much head at all. Smells of butterscotch and sweet bread. The taste is big, smooth, and creamy. Lots of butterscotch, but a bit of a sour bite in the finish. Some late alcohol and sweetness, too.
It’s quite good. I’d put it in the top tier of doppelbocks, but I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
0.5L bottle in Berlin. Pours a caramel brown. Smells of roasted malt and molasses. Mouthfeel is thick with a full flavor of toasted malt, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, wheat, slight bitterness, and alcohol. Morphs from sweet in to slight bitterness In the finish. Quite good. Puts other similar beers to shame.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It has deep amber color with a thin head that disappears quickly. Has a very smoky malted aroma with a touch sweetness. The taste is very similar but finishes with a mild sweet and sour taste. A very interesting brew indeed and I’m glad I tried it. This is as close to the Doppelbock I had in the army while in Germany back in the 1980’s.
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