3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Hazy amber color, small tan head. Aroma of lightly spiced butterscotch. Taste is sweet and malty caramel. Plain.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a clear orange-red with a lively tan head. Smells of malt, cereal & nuts. Taste is malty, sweet - a little fruity, a hint of smokiness. Smooth and easy to drink
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, many thanks to coldbrewky. Mahogany color with medium beige head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, some berries. Taste, toffee, syrup, burned sugar, aromatic hops, alcohol. Bittersweet alcoholic finish. Good.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
A boozy, cloyingly sweet doppelbock that really lacks focus. The brewer clearly can’t brew this style.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
smooth, malty and strong; nose caramel, butterscotch; taste medium sweetness, almost no bitterness
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Deep amber color. Tastes bready and malty. Abv not present but has a rich flavorful palate like it would be. Pretty good
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance: Pours a translucent dark amber with a thin tan film a top.
Aroma: Floral notes, maple syrup , leaf compost.
Taste: Burnt toast, caramelized pear, light but noticeable Euro hop spice.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied peppery carbonation.
Overall: Bold, tasty, and a little off the beaten path compared to some classic German doppelbocks.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured from bomber into a pilsner glass. Pours a medium brown color with a nice foamy head.
Well balanced aromas of roasted malts, nuts, caramel and some warm toffee
good depth with a very good feel. Medium/full bodied with good flavors of roast malts, toffee, and nutty flavors
a real quality dopplebock. A good malty side to it and it does the style well
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22. oz bottle to snifter. Pours a copper brown color with a soapy off white head that fades to a wispy film and sudsy collar. Aroma is honey, figs; spice and roasted malt. Taste is spice like cinnamon dark dried fruit toasted pecans and roasted chocolate malt with subtle signs of coffee and toffee. Palate is medium and sticky with a warming alcohol finish, which is dry. Solid brew with good warming flavor and leaving me wanting more.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
2011 bottle purchased in NYC (appears to be bottle conditioned0. Pours with a pretty much clear (first pour), bronze hue (somewhat light in color) body with a large and lasting, tan head. Aromas are very, very estery and fruity for a doppelbock. Somewhat disappointing. Although the yeasty/fruit character is not quite the main character, it is distracting from the malt. Good complexity here. Bready, toasty, marzipan, nutty, maple. Sweet, but in a malty instead of caramel way. Some perceived spicy notes. Lots of malt caramelization. Flavors are a bit sweet, but very malt and complex. Some spicy character. Lots of kettle caramelization, mild burning alcohol on the esophagus, malty, bready, nearly syrupy. Mild dark fruit undertones, fusel, toast, munich and a ton of melanoidins. Dark fruit esters are strong, but the malt is there. Sweet, but not in a caramel way. In fact there is a very, very dry finish. The alcohol sweetness and fusel is a bit too pervasive. Big body, fuller mouthfeel. Medium to slightly fuller bodied. Has its highs and lows both to style and in overall enjoyment. Overall it is a "strong" success.
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