Walking Man Bourbon Barrel Somnambulator Doppelbock

Tasted on tap at Walling Man in Stevenson, Washington--Poured a deep dark amber body with a wispy off-white head. Nose of bold bourbon and sweet caramel. Flavor was rich and boozy and finished the same. This beer warmed me up almost instantaneously. Yum!

"Draft". Rich amber beer with a low off-white head. Malt and bourbon aroma with a bit of caramel. Sweet malt flavor with bourbon in background and some vanilla. Lingering sweetness. Medium bodied. A taste of this from another pour hours later gave me only vanilla (that one seemed to be a huge mess), but mine was very good.

On tap at Concordia Ale House. Pours dark brown with a light tan head. Strong bourbon flavor and aroma mixed with a very nice doppelbock. Very smooth and creamy on the palate with a rich chocolate and fruity malt flavor. Hints of vanilla and spice fill the finish in a bit. Medium body with only a touch of excess alcohol showing. The bourbon was very strong and warming and gave it a nice character, but as it warmed the bourbon kinda overwhelmed, guess you just have to drink it before it warms to much :)

On tap at Bistro’s Barrel-Aged beer festival. 3 ounce sample. Bourbon and Whiskey Jack Daniels-like aroma that has some lightly sweet notes. A little caramelly. Not overly aromatic, but pleasant enough. Mostly transparent amber color with a small small head that is off-white from what I can see. Way too light in color for a doppelbock and a disappointing head. Hot, bourbon flavors to start. Becomes sweeter and a little more mellow in the middle. Some woodsy, vanilla flavors are present later on. This just doesn’t jive too much for me. A little too hot and thin-bodied.

Draft at Brouwer’s, by the pint. Thanks to GLKaiser for the news. Pours deep brown with ruddy garnet highlights. Plenty of thick creamy tan head--it left concentric rings all the way down, one for each sip. Arborists could easily chart a graph of each swallow. This is a very bourbony, woody doppelbock. Delicious, thick, rich, creamy, sweet, tangy, and bourbony. Fun to drink, complex and satisfying, but the flavor tilts a bit toward the barrel and less toward the beer, at least for me. Shockingly easy-drinking, given the abv, but that’s only a problem for anxious publicans.