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.

10th rating, lets make this bad boy official. Tap at Barcade. This was good, way way way way better than andygator, andygator fights this beer and dies in the first round. Pours brownish with a tan head. Nose is very sweet, with a rich malty feeling. Taste is sweet, caramel, very nice, full bodied dopplebock.

Tap at Barcade: Muddy brown/maroon with a tan film of dense head. Rich malty aroma- ful of raisin, chocolate, plum, honey, but it’s nice and rounded. Creamy texture. Nice malt character. Rich yet balanced- some soft cocoa, honey, raisin and plum. Has a toasted dryish finish. A nice Doppelbock.

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.

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.

Clear copper with a tan head. Nice sweet, yeasty dark raison bread aromas. Medium body. Flavor mirrors the aroma with yeasty dark sweet malts and raisons. Not that bad. Draft@ Strange Brew.

On tap at Ryans Irish Pub in New Orleans. Pours a dark brown cola color with a one finger milky tan head. ARoma is sweet and malty with notes of nuts, caramel, overripe fruit, wheat, yeast, and raisins. Flavor is sweet and malty with some slight vinegar notes and hints of caramel, wheat, yeast, some banana funk. Generally medium to full body with a quick malty finish.

On cask at the brewpub. Like most Abita products, it is fairly light for the style. This has a good amount of sweetness, too. Dark fruits are the main flavor with a medium mouthfeel. Not bad.