2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark brown, muddy. Smells sweet, stone fruit like crazy. Taste is sort of watery, with caramel and dates.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
A good dark, malty beer. Not much head, pours a dark chocolate brown. Caramely, not as big of flavor as I expected, but extremely delicious.
Will buy this again.
Bottle/Snifter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle courtesy of BeerFMAndy. Served in a tulip.
Pours a very dark brown color with a single-finger off-white head that fades quickly into a fairly-thick collar. The nose has a bit of caramel and dark fruits along with some bread and a fair amount of sweetness. The flavor is pretty sweet without much else accompanying that aspect. There’s some dark caramel and brown sugar plus a bit of fruit. Medium body with a slight alcohol burn in the finish. Decent example of the style.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 06-05-2011
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Brown with red hues. Dark fruit, caramel malts, and a hint of roast. Decent malt presence. Flavor leans toward the darker, more roast side - but not overly. Good palate presence, but flavor feels a bit thin. Finishes somewhat dry. A good example of the darker spectrum of doppelbock.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Has a dark fruit malt base to it. Does not have the usual malt fire that other doppelbocks have but overall its a good, if subdued doppelbock that grows on you after a while.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a clear dark brown color with a thin off-white head. The fruity aroma had notes of dark fruits and caramel. Somewhat sweet. The flavor was sweet, fruity, and malty with a medium body.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
As I always note, Sprecher has a great bottle, but #@(! that stupid twist-off. Good label, medium cola brown beer, beady light tan head. Cereal, dark fruit, syrupy aroma. Twangy, raisiny, metallic - what I would think of as a typical bock flavor profile. Medium body, bitter and bitter cocoa aftertaste. A decent representation of something that ain’t my favorite style. New Leaf Market.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from the brewery. Pours a cola color with a reddish tint, slightly foamy. Aroma is sweet caramel, sour fruit and vanilla. Taste is lemon, raisins, caramel and a faint whisky-ness. A bit thin and dry. Somewhat sour finish. I swear it has had bread dough thickness in the past, but I am not getting that depth here.
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