This beer was a pretty moroon/ruby color out of the tap at the Copely pub. No head. It had a perfumey raspberry nose. Raspberry I tell you, raspberry! Fruity flavors of plum, prune and RASPBERRY. I thought it was cloying with too much raspberry for a doublebock.

This has a nice dark ruby color with a weak head that fades completely. The aroma is fruity, almost like prunes (BBB63 said it was the doppelbock plum, but Jsquire and I said it was almost like raspberries). It tastes old, but it was on tap at the brewpub and had low carbonation.

At one point, I thought that a fight was going to break out - Mike (bbb63) vs. JeffSquire - regarding the flavors of plum and raspberry!! I personally thoutght that this fell somewhere in the middle - the dried plum (prune) intensity does sometimes verge into raspberry territory. I was also split about the palate - was it "CLOYING" or did it have a nice hoppy dry snap at the finish. Well, I’m right in the middle of the two of them - I thought that this was an average doppelbock - could have use some more body and probably a nicer finish. Good try though.

Tap: Deep brown with ruby highlights, no head or lace (but mouthfeel is lively). The aroma has notes of plum, currant, noble floral hops, caramel, juniper berries, and white pepper. The taste is fruity and malty, a bit syrupy at the midpoint but a good bitter and twangy finish cleans palate, a hint of wood as well. The mouthfel is smooth, lively and has some alcohol warmness. This is a solid and very quaffable beer, good depth.

Dark amber with very little head. Malt and fruit aroma. Flavor is very sweet, fruity, nuts and ?? Very unusual and hard to describe. But I like it, thanks Dogbrick.