Primátor Double 24° (Specialni Tmavé)

Brewed by Pivovar Náchod (LIF)
Style: Doppelbock
Náchod, Czech Republic

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Very strong aroma of alcohol with a slight hint of roastyness in the back. Taste is very sweet, but the alcohol isn’t as overwhelming as in the aroma. Aftertaste has a nice short finish, but leaves the beer fairly balanced.

Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, alcohol, dried fruits. Flavour is sweet, roasted malt, alcohol, dried fruits, hop, sugar. OK beer.

Some serious toffee and dried fruit tastes in this flat Czech beer. Really glad I was gifted it although I’d kept it refrigerated for nearly a year before I found out it was just over 10% rather than 24%. Take it between meals to fend off hunger for tea for another hour or two. I see others are describing it as over-the-top on here, but it’s acceptable as any strong beer can be for me. And by that I mean it’s brilliant.

UPDATED: MAR 31, 2013 I assume, due to the high alcohol content, this beer is too sweet for me...it would be much better if it was a bit ’conservative’.

Bottle. Dark brown, small head. Aroma is caramel and lots of fruit that seem to be on the edge between overripe and dried. Raisins, dates, figs, plums. Also, a pronounced (hazel)nuttiness, plus some alcohol. Likeable smell. Unfortunately, the taste is far too alcoholic and cloyingly sweet. Oily, heavy body, lots of alcohol fumes retronasal. Good quality German-style doppelbock but the style doesn’t suit my taste.

2010 vintage bottle. Thanks to KyotoLefty. Aromas of pine sap, dark sugar, and maybe airplane glue. Clear dark brown color. Very sweet initial; mid palate lets the dark fruits out; final hits home with some good bitterness. Medium body. Crazy wild aromas, but flavors are more or less one dimensional.

2010 bottle from a supermarket in Prague. Nose of brown sugar, fruitcake, some pine, and bit of phenols—rubber and berry. Dark brown with lace. Sweet, thick, flavor, brown sugar and molasses, a bit of minerals. Very sweet and dessert-like, though still drinkable and decent. Enjoyable but a bit over the top.

Nice dark brown color, minimum head, seet caramel aroma, wery wery sweet taste with a lot alcohol, hint of raisins and plums. Not bad beer but too sweet, sickly for me.

Ruby almond color with nice head. Aroma is malty with hints of cognac. Taste is full of roasted malt, alcohol and nice buttery finish.

Bottle. Pours dark red to black color with decent tan head. Aroma is malt, licorice, caramel. Flavor is very sweet with licorice, caramel, malt and alcohol. It’s a pity for the overwhelming sweetness, that overshadows other flavors. It would probably be a really great beer otherwise. It’s still quite good though.