Tröegs Troegenator Doublebock

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Grapefruit,hop oil, spicy aroma. Decent maltiness in nose. Copper red clear with lacing, off-white foamy head. Low carb, silky heavy watery body. Sweet malts and good kick of hops. Light bitterness and sweet mild after. Bit of alcohol and orange. Watery. Was OK but not as malty as German doppels.

A little disappointing. Pretty average doppelbock. Dark brown in color. Slight alcohol burn. Caramel tones, decent roasted malt, but missing something.

Date: 04/09/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC

Clear dark amber, whispy head, bits of lace, light malt aroma, rich malt flavor, creamy texture,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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(Bottle) Mondial de la Bière 2004. Thin, oily, yellow head with an orane body. . Nose of butter, malt and alcohol. Smooth malt flavour that is thin, plain and lifeless. The logistics in coordinating the shipping of this beer is far greater than the complexity of the brew.

Looked light, smelled light--caramel, oranges, nothing heavy in there. Malts don't hide the alcohol. Bit rough on the swallow. Not as smooth as it should be. I had high hopes for this.

Bottle. Pours a medium amber color with small head and not much lace. Nose is light banana and that’s it. Not impressive in the aroma at all. Malty taste with sweetness and immediate alcohol taste. Not incredibly impressive so far. I’ll let it warm a bit.............. Still has too much alcoholic warmth in the immediate palate. Not bad stuff, but not great considering the quality of this brewer. This one is a little too sweet with not much balance. Perhaps the style of it, but I have had doppelbocks that haven’t been so sweet. Let me put it this way: This is a fine brew for most places... I expected better from Troegs, so I am disappointed. You know what they say about high standards.

12 oz bottle-pours a creamy tan/light brown head. Hazy deep orange/amber color. Aroma-puts off a lot of aroma. Sweet, sharp___(fruity syrup smell) possibly from plums or apricots, malty. Taste follows the aroma with the malt becoming a nutty malt. Seems like oak barreled. OK carbonation. Occasional, not to my taste but, nicely done. Date stamp on bottle was partially legible, approx 10/04. Other 6 packs in this store went back to ’03.

Bottle born on August 27, ’07 from Tronraner. Pours a mahogany with just a tiny tan head. The nose is readily identifiable as a bock with an apply sweetness and a doughy quality. I generally prefer my dopplebocks to have more in the way of vinous or spiced qualities, this one is more about the sweet malts. The flavor is medium sweet with a gummy quality, cooked veggies, and caramel -apples. The finish hints at dryness with a baking chocolate flavor. I pick up some suggestions of cherries which reminds me of Robitussin. I started out in the dopplebock category with Celebrator and since then haven’t been really impressed with the style since. I will probably be leaning away from bocks even more so in the future.

UPDATED: FEB 20, 2010 Dark cranberry red pour from 12 oz bottle. Thin head, nice lacing. Carmel notes dominate somewhat one dimensional taste, almost kettle caramelized.

If you mention Troegs to many beer geeks they immediately drop the floor and start moaning. I just don’t get it. My opinion of Troegs is that they make middling to pretty good beers with a lot of alcohol, and that high ABV appeals to many people’s inner sophomore. I’ve also never had a double bock that I thought was all that, and Troegs Troegenator doppelbock hasn’t changed any of that. It has that hazy chesnut color that I typically describe as "sewage brown," and it pours with less head than my first marriage. The aroma is heavy of apples and the taste is a little malt, caramel, big alcohol (over 8% ABV) and a sticky finish. It’s not bad, but I won’t buy it again.