Tröegs Troegenator Doublebock

12 ounce bottle with a drawing of a satyr on the label. A good looking brown brew with red highlights, and a nice head that diminishes quickly. The flavor is full, sweet, and malty, with dashes of caramel, bread, and figs. The hops and yeast are pretty light, but some alcohol harshness does show thru. It is soft on the palate with a pleasant aftertaste. This has some similarity to a Yankee dubbel. A fine beer.

This is a great Doublebock, truly a beer in the style, not to heavily hoped, the nice and rich aroma gets your mouth watering for the first sip. this is more drinkable than other darker doublebocks that i have had.

Pours a pure and clear ruby with a creamy head that dies eventually and laces. Smells of caramel and a mild bit of hops. Tastes creamy, vanilla, chocolate and a tid bit of hops at the end. Medium in the mouth with great carbonation. Drinkability is great. Could have a great sessionable day with these. Try it!

On tap... Nice doublebock. Hoppy, very drinkable, tasty... not much alcohol bite.

A nice a roasty one. Fairly dark and amber beer with all malts and not much hops, but that’s to be expected with the style. Very tasty.

Appearance: Russet, coppertone, the color of English breakfast tea or Captain Morgan’s spiced rum. Not as dark as I was expecting it to be, for sure! Pours a nice milky head. The appearance was one of the nicest things about this one. Nose: Definite esters, honey-roasted peanuts, caramel, and American hops with a strong alcohol undertow. Taste: Spritzy right off the bat, a little sweet-and-sour action, hops (too hoppy for me -- a definite sign of an inappropriate American appropriation of European classiness), tartness, sea salt, brown sugar, cheap Hershey’s chocolate, and bananas on the finish. Palate: Spritzy with a smooth finish. Nice. Overall: Tart for the style. Definitely flaunts its 8.5% for all its worth. This was completely not what I was expecting from a Doppelbock -- oh, how I miss Ayinger Celebrator. This is not German (bananas aside), but a true American spin -- a brown Doppelbock. However, style aside, it’s pleasant enough -- and the more I drink it, the more I like it. Think pairing with chocolate covered pretzels, or desserts with peanut butter. Certain sweet, dark entrees (ok, concession to the German original -- sausage!) would be nice, too. This is a quite amenable and pleasant brew, if definitely on the strong side (I’ve had higher ABV beers that hid their strength and seemed lower than this one’s 8.2%).

Pours a clear brownish amber with a finger thick head, leaving no lacing. Very fruity nose of honeydew, mild cranberry and bready malts. The flavour is bready and doughy with lightly tart, and sweet honeydew and orange rind on the finish. The alcohol is well hidden at 8.2%, but it is noticable in the aroma, but not as much in the taste. The body is chewy and slick with a semi-clean finish that leaves some astringent bitterness. Dangerously drinkable.

This beer pours a medium head when dumped into a stem glass , and there is a clear redish color. There is a strong fruit and earthy aroma to it with some nice cherry and apple wood. as you drink it there is a nice bitter sweet cherry that rushes in to your mouth filling it with a nice rich fruit and floral hops flavor along the sides ofyour mouth. It has a orange rind like finish but still with that inital bitterness, which is nice sine it dosent fade. I do like rich chery syrup like texture it leaves on the side walls of your mouth.