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Smuttynose Smuttonator

Smuttynose Smuttonator - Doppelbock

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2943.69/5.03.67/5.0Winter9.6%93.3Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
S'muttonator is a tasty mixture of German ingredients and good ol' fashioned New England tenaciousness. Our brewers take 30 hours to brew a single batch of this traditional Double Bock. Take your time and enjoy its rich, malty, and deceptively smooth flavor.
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 LilBeerDoctor (1480), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of sweet malt and soda. Flavor of raisin bread, yeasty pizza dough, spices, and soda. Reminds me of expired Corsendonk Christmas Ale, hehe. A little too sweet with a weak palate. Probably most similar (in terms of doppelbocks) to Spaten Optimator.


 canary dog (441), Rutland, Vermont, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
A deep and rich dark lager, a la Ayinger Celibrator. Maybe a bit too sweet for my tastes, as is common with these strong bocks. Thick and velvety palate.


 Underhook (162), Lincoln Park, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Pours deep black with a GREAT head and some fabulous lacing. Good looking beer typical of a what I expect from a doppelbock. Flavor is dark, smoked, with a bit of alcohol bite at the end. A slight tinge of malty, coffee, roastedness. I didn’t find any real fruit in there. Pretty plain doppelbock that doesn’t try to do all that much but succeeds admirably in what it shoots for. Creamy, smooth palate. Very enjoyable brew. My father raved about it.


 Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2008  
THOUGHTS: Nice doppelbock, but an odd time of year for this release. Just the right amount of alcohol in the nose and on the tongue for that wonderful doppel small and taste. Not a huge Smuttynose fan, but this was dead on to they style. Above average doppel. Taste was way more complex than the nose. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark, brownish garnet, but bright red when held to the light with a large to huge, foamy, tan head that slowly diminished, keeping a nice sheet and leaving good to excellent lacing that was thick but a little sparse. The aroma was heavy cookie, molasses and caramel malts; slight cocoa; raisin, cherry, alcohol, sherry, brandy. The initial flavor was moderate to heavily sweet, and lightly acidic and bitter; while the finish was lightly sweet and moderately bitter with an average duration. There was cherry, tobacco, burnt caramel, sherry, brandy, alcohol, raisin and slight cocoa. The medium body was somewhat syrupy (sticky on the lips), yet also oily with lightly fizzy carbonation and a light alcoholic finish.


 cbeers21 (563), Miami, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 13, 2008  
Brown caramel pour with serious head. Caramel malty notes come off the top with a souring and assertive hops piney quality. LIght barnyard, with sticky caramel notes, sugary, syrupy. Very smooth and drinkable on the palate and this masks the alcohol stealthily. Tooth coating in its almost maple syrupy nature, yet it is balanced by some stange anti-matter quality which i cannot identify. Good brew.


 BeerandBlues2 (3201), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/104/514/20
Sep 11, 2008  
2004 vintage received via trade with sloth. Pours dark brown with a spare, fizzy, light brown head, mostly diminishing with no lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (biscuit, cookie, bread, nutty), heavy hops (perfume, flowers), average yeast (dough) with notes of alcohol, pear, dates, apples, and brown sugar. Full bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a spicy finish. Long duration, heavy sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.


 Imaena (259), Portland, Maine, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/517/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Bottle 08’. Deep brown pour with a lasting thick beige head. Malts and sweetness in the nose. The flavor is carmel, malt, sweet baked goods, vanilla, and buscuits. very sweet and full bodied. well concealed alcohol.


 ThomasE (5179), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Cloudy orange colour with an off white head. Alcohol and vanilla sweet aroma with a light hoppy note. Caramel sweet and fruity flavor with a vague hoppy note.



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