 kseecs16 (774), Naperville, Illinois, USA
May 29, 2009 Bottle. Pours grape colored reddish brown with a thin creamy light tan head that leaves some lacing. Aroma is rich, sweet and spicy, very malty. A bit cloying, bitter sweet. Full, lively carbonation. Wow, this did not seem like a doppel to me when I had it now that I see the classification. Lacked pretty much all of the defniitive doppelbock characteristics.
can8ianben (818), Pasadena, California, USA
May 26, 2009 Interesting. A rich malty lager. Aroma is baked sweet bread. Appearance is a dark brown body with a thick off-white head. Flavor is brown sugar, toffee, and typical sweet malt profile. Has a very smooth finish, not bitter at all. A well crafted and medium bodied beer.
RedSox2004 (312), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
May 3, 2009 Translucent medium brown with a nice one-finger head, good retention, but no much lacing. Strong caramel and toffee malt aromas. Toasted malts are the predominant taste up front, followed quickly with sweet molasses and toffee that odminate the aftertaste. Medium carbonation and body and a cloying sweetness that lingers and detracts from the overall experience.
EithCubes (2037), Indiana, USA
Mar 20, 2009 Bottle from Trader Joe’s. Dank malt nose, some toffee and caramel with a cloying hint at dark spice or brown sugar. Seems to pass through Sam-Adams-ville. Ruby-brown pour with a light, tanned head. Taste is unbelievably cloying. Seriously, it’s hard to believe a beer can cloy this much. I’m dumping 90% of this bottle and refusing to drink any more, labeling it as "an overly cloying, undrinkable mess", and going back to subtract the points I had awarded for aroma and appearance - no way this cloying, metallic, vegetal, grainy DMS bomb deserves a 0.9. An early favorite for "Worst Beer of 2009" - shame on you, Gordon Biersch!
Nebulor (109), , California, USA
Mar 15, 2009 Has mostly a caramel malty aroma with some hints of molasses.
Pours a dark amber color with minimal biege head and too difficult to see the sediment and action.
Creamy caramel malt taste with molasses, florals, and butter in the background.
Medium/full bodied, creamy buttery and resinous feel, with lively and fizzy carbonation.
An outstanding bargain at Trader Joes for a buck. I can enjoy this session of a Doppelbock all day especially knowing what I paid for this.
ryanknock (150), San Francisco, California, USA
Mar 2, 2009 Nose of chocolate, roast, smoke, dried fruits. Deep brown color with golden highlights, medium to full bodied. Flavors of chocolate, roast, caramel, smoke, toast, banana, pear. Light oxidation. Finish is medium, light bitterness over the sweetness
Brewkowski (6), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
does not count  Jan 29, 2009 Poured from a 12 oz. bottle, into a regular pint glass. Dark brown color, light colored head. Sweet beer with hints of caramel, bananas and malt, but with a bite of spice and hops. Much better when enjoyed cold. A great beer for a winter night in my opinion. It is definitely a sipper.
DarkMagus (432), San Jose, California, USA
Jan 27, 2009 Dark cola brown color, head disappears fairly quickly. Pretty well-carbonated. Aroma is of light caramel, malts, and sweetness. There was some hint of the alcohol as well. Flavors were similarly malty, sweet, lots of caramel... and alcohol. I think the alcohols in this beer are the problem. It’s way too prominent for being 7.5%, makes you think it’s all the wrong ones... potentially headache-inducing or something. I probably think too much though. The palate was nice, smooth malty silkiness and some nice fizzy carbonation. But still, the alcohol is there, and it is pretty unpleasant. Damn. Wish this one was a bit easier to handle...
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