Tröegs Troegenator Doublebock

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Hershey, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

This is one of the finest Doppelbocks available from a PA brewer. There is a wonderful carbonation and head to the brew, and the color really hides the fact that it is indeed an incredibly strong Doppelbock. The flavor starts out really strong and front-heavy, but mellows out quickly. There is a slight acid taste to the brew that it would do best without, but malt is the name of the game here (and it is there in spades!). Although this brew varies quite wildly from batch to batch, a great batch of Troegenator is almost as good as this style gets. Less coffee flavor than what is in most of these types, which is a good choice. Dark chocolate, toast, and caramel are the predominant flavors.

12 oz bottle: Thanks Casey! Pours a rich ruby red, caramel color with a tan head. Arolma is of bready malts, maple notes. Complex but well balanced. Slight taste of chocolate and fruit. Slick, oily, smooth but light finish.

Dark amber in color. Not much carbination. Oily slick apperance without much lacing on the class. Malty bread aroma that translates in to the taste. Alcohol burn on the finish along with a hint of butterscotch that lingers. Not a big fan.

Bottle. Alcoholy, alcohol scent with a mixing of cherries and fruits finishing it off. The appearance was a copper to red amber, dark, with little head vanishing quickly and zero lacing. The palate was a light bodied crisp texture, which surprised me as I was expecting a "chewier" bock. The taste was more alcohol than anything else, but I still picked up on that mix of dark bread, cherries, and fruits. Decent.

Deep copper pour, 1 finger of offwhite head. aroma of dried dark fruits and alcohol. Taste has more complexity - Figs, Dates, A bit of raisin, molasses, dark bread. Medium bodied. A fairly decent drink and one I would open with any good Bavarian dish.

One of my favorite beers. This is not your typical dopplebock, its taste goes well beyond that. When people are starting to cross over from macro-brews I recommend this because if they don’t like this, they probably won’t care for much in the way of microbrews.

bottle thanks to swalden28. deep brown pour with a cream colored head. nose is super sweet caramel, light fruit, bread, and sticky. chewy palate, flavors are rich malts, caramel, dough, light hops, and a sweet finish.

Tastes of dried fruit with a little nuts and molasses. Not the best beer, or even the best dopplebock, but very good for an American take on a German style. Good on a cold day too.