3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pretty good brew. Pours a deep dark brown, very little head. Taste is nutty, sweet, with enough of a bitter bite at the end. Medium to thick bodied, but goes down easy. Good beer, opened up in the flavor as it warmed up.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A clear, reddish mahogany pour with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of bread, nuts, and caramel. The full body has a creamy texture with average carbonation. The taste is moderately sweet until a mild hop bitterness appears in the finish.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. bottle from my local grocery. Perhaps one of my staples. Even at a not so modest 7.8%, I’d still consider this almost a session beer, but that session would need to end at the sixth one, max, for the sake of the next morning. Roasted malt, hint of caramel, slight bitterness up front, but a smooth finish. Great doppelbock, only falls short of the Ayinger Doppelbock, in my opinion, as best doppelbock I’ve had. Bring a sixer to your next social gathering to show your friends how much more of a bad ass you are for indulging in these instead of their anhueser busch fizzy, water.
SKAL!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a deep amber brown with a creamy thick light tan head. Aroma is nice and malty with plenty of caramel, toffee, nuttiness and a pronounced dark fruit character. Flavor starts with a strong sweet bready malt character, with lots of caramel and toffee, a bit earthy before the fruits really come out in the creamy smooth finish. Medium to medium full body and a soft carbonation. Really nice
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle-- dark brown pour with a slight red outline, the head doesn’t stick around. Aroma is wonderful roasted caramel and toffee. The taste was a not quite syrupy caramel and hops. An almost great brew. Produce place.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A great Doppelbock!! Well balance of hops and nutty malts. Good German style brew, better at room temperature (62 degrees). Hides the 7.6% abv, but it will hit you. Well balanced, It does have a strong bitter aftertaste.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: AUG 12, 2011 What a surprise this was. Poured a nice amber and had a thick creamy head. Notes were very roasty; burnt caramel popcorn, hops and a lingering mellow sweet scent. The flavor was of hops, toffee and lightly roasted malts - just a tad bitter and spicy but VERY smooth. The best dopplebock I’ve had so far, and took me completely by surprise.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gorgeous deep, dark brown with lush caramel notes. A mocha coloured head that subsided quickly. The aromas are all about the malt.It’s caramelly, chocolatey, roasty and nutty. Just sexy all over with mature character. The more you smell it, the more rich dried fruits you get: apricots, peaches and guava.
It’s those fruit flavours that lead caramel nto te palate. This is full bodied and very rich. Definitely a food rather than a drink this one. The finish lasts and gives a rather interesting bitterness. A classic. One of those beers that you have to try in order to compare others to.
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