3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to beerandblues2. Poured a semi-clear dark brown color with a nice caramel note to it. Smooth, sweet. Pretty tasty. Enjoyed this one a lot. Caramel notes, touch of yeast in there. Alcohol is there, but there isn’t a burn.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
651mL thanks to beerandblues2. Pours clear deep maroon. Lower beige foam. Nose is sharp cedar wood/barrel, dark cherry, cherry juice box. Taste is peppery, cherry juice box, mild spicy cedar. Juicy, sugary body. Finish is a tad cloying with dark cherry soda.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of BeerandBlues2, thanks! Clear amber maroon color, almost flat. Aroma of toasted caramel. Taste is sweet caramel biscuit.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a medium, frothy off-white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is cookie and caramel malt with a clean character and dates. Flavor is malt dominant with dark fruits and a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from piggly wiggly Birmingham - pours cloudy red with a white head. Kinda sour, not really malty. Weird for a double bock.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle from piggly wiggly homewood. Pours dark brown with a thin khaki head. A bit of sweet malt on the nose. A little sour on the tongue and not in a good way. Didn’t get a lot of malty goodness. Not feeling this one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Light sweet aroma mild aroma. Sweet flavor very malty not a bad beer at all. Deep mahogany fruit in deep recesses of this beer. Nice body and malty ness. Thin head
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Poured dark brown/ruby color with a quick off-white head. Aroma of sweet malts and licorice. The flavor found chocolate and light roast. Medium to full bodied, sweet, and a light roast aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at STA. I enjoyed this quite a bit. It was very carbonated for the style (in my opinion) and was got better as it warmed up a bit (served pretty cold). There was not much of a head despite the carbonation, and it didn’t have the creamy texture I was hoping for. That said, flavor-wise it was very good and the alcohol added warmth without tasting like liquor. Bitterness was mild but offset the sweetness. Good stuff.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Poured brown with a smallish light tan head. Maybe I got an off bottle, but this struck me as all wrong. Lots of vegetal smells and flavors. Quite a bit of roast malt, but almost none of the distinctive raisin, cherry, slightly smoky flavors I expect in a doppelbock. Not a bad beer in and of itself -- just not a doppelbock. Disappointed. I’ll try again to verify.
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