3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a light orange copper with a medium white head. Aroma is caramel with floral hops. A little watery on the palate. Light flavor, begins a little sweet and ends a little sour.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a mostly clear dark golden bronze with a thin ring of white head. Aroma of sweet toasty caramel and Munich malts with a touch of German lager yeast. Body starts with some sweet viscous maltiness and plenty of carbonation trapped within. Has notes of floral honey and earthy noble hops, but mostly dense and sticky sweet. Has a lightly bitter butterscotch finish. Fairly true to style but not all that drinkable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Poured a rather ugly medium golden with a head that dissapeared quite quickly. The nose was of sweet, lightly-toasted caramel with some floral hops. Flavor was very sweet, again with the toasted caramel, some toffee, herbal hops, and touches of alcohol. Smooth across the middle, but rather tacky and ugly around the edges. Sticky caramel and alcohol finish. Just OK.
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 oz bottle: A golden dopplebock? Well okay then.. high points for the aroma, which is wonderful and unique. The appearance well, look at the picture. Flavor of mildly caramelized malts and sweetness, not much bitterness going on-mainly aromatics from the hops. A strange sort of creamy flavor with a soda-like aftertaste.. or maybe my palate is unhappy today. Not the kind of dopplebock I would want in a frigid Minnesota winter...
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Not sure how this is a doppelbock, clear amber to gold body. White head. Herbal aroma with only light hints of caramel. Flavor is sweet and sugary with little caramel and an odd mix of hops. Medium light body. Not what I exepcted based on the label.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAY 27, 2009 One of the better brews from this brewery. A light bodied deep yellow beer with a caramel malt taste. A little hops adds balance. Not a spectacular version of this type, but drinkable and refreshing. I can’t imagine how this stuff gets rated higher than say Great Divide Ridgeline though??
Tried it again on tap in New Ulm, was better by a bit.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Light brown color,small off white head.Malty caramel aroma.Mildly malty taste with a light caramel and a hop taste that comes on well enough to keep it all going.I think i prefer there other DB but this one will work.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle - nose was slightly yeasty with a touch of hot malt burn. Near copper in color and poured with a large white head. I’m having a hard time pinpointing the flavor. Some spicy hops and some malt. Not a huge fan of this one.
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