Abita Doppelbock

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Covington, Louisiana USA

On tap at The Chimes - East in Baton Rouge, La. Pours a nice dark copper color with a decently thick, creamy off-white head that leaves nice rings of lacing. Faint, toffee-like aroma with hints of chocolate. Flavor has some sweet candied-sugar like notes with a backbone of chocolate, toffee and some bourbon like alcohol notes. Mouthfeel is decently thick and it finishes strong. Alcohol presence noted. Bartender said it was part of the Select series - but their website does not list a dopplebock - so entering it here.

This was on cask at the Brewpub. Sweet alcohol aroma. Copper to dark brown in color. Smooth malt profile with a cereal backbone. I wanted more spiciness and maybe even more sweetness, but it was still decent. Very creamy mouthfeel due to the hand pump.

Light mahogany with the patented Abita clingy camel head. Light, almost artificially fruity bubblegum aroma, though with a lot of subtlety. A bit under carbonated. Distinct ABV flavor, whisky-like but very smooth with food. Some black olive notes, the flavor profile isn’t overly complex but it’s engaging.