Tröegs Troegenator Doublebock

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

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.

Poured deep red-mahogany with very thin head that rapidly dissipated. Dark fruit and light malt aroma. Very sweet, malty flavor. Seems a bit on the thin side. Easy to drink but with some alcohol burn. Nice but lacks the pizzaz of other Troegs beers.

Pours amber red, head disappears quickly. On the heavy side with a sweet roasted caramel flavor. Better for colder days, a bit heavy for my taste.

12oz bottle- pours a nice reddish color. Sweet malt noted on both aroma and palate. Smooth and very drinkable. No bitterness noted. A good beer just not spectacular or complex.

Bottle thanks to Zathrus13 i think: Pours ruby red with a very thin white head. Smooth toasty malt sugars in the aroma and that distinct lager smell. Flavor is malty with toasty caramel notes. Some very light ethereal dark smooth fruits in there. Very smooth and crisp. Quite drinkable.