Alandale Dopplebock Lager

Brewed by Highlands Restaurant and Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Kirkwood, Missouri USA

Pours a dark brown orange. Nice rich malty aroma. Nice thick mouthfeel and lots of malt and caramel flavor that hides it s strength well.

On tap at Heritage Brew Fest 2008. Pours a light amber in color with a a smooth thin but lingering white head. A rich malty dopple but a little on the thin/sweet side. Very good and refreshing w/o much alcohol presence in spite of the 8.1 ABV and smoothly malty. Very deceiving; don’t drink too many unless you’re ready.

Draught at the brewpub. Alandale’s version of the style is a mostly clear dark orange/copper color with a medium light beige head that diminishes steadily. Short strings of lacing. Malty nose with some alcohol and dark fruit in the background. Medium and syrupy body with a strong malt profile. Notes of caramel and grain flavors are present as well. Light hops saves it from becoming cloying. The finish is malty and sweet, leaving a grainy malt aftertaste. Above average overall.

12 oz. draft. They like to push this when they sense you’re a beer lover, and I can see why. This has a color between pils gold and copper. Smell shows caramel cremes and Bit-o-Honey. Now I’ve been sucking cough drops all day, so I may be tasting this as sweeter than it really is. But there are heavy malts approaching syrup quality. Alcohol is smooth and warming on a cool afternoon. Good sippin’ beer.

Draft 12 oz’er at the brewpub. Deep amber color with a sticky tan head. Not much to the aroma, but this has a gargantuan malty powerhouse of a flavor. Rich and sugary, maybe a bit too much for a hot July day. Quite good. (#3029, 7/17/2007)

(draught at the brewpub) medium-dark amber with moderate head, nice lace. Mild malt aroma. Flavor is sweet malt, body is reasonably thick; noticeable hops in the finish, metallic aftertaste.

Again, what is with these weak beers? The malting on the dopplebock was very sub-standard. There was no complexity to brew. A slight caramel, sour, metallic flavor with a hint of sherry. Just a poor effort.

Pours crystal clear gold with a moderate sized head. This has to be the light doppel I’ve seen that wasn’t labeled a blonde doppelbock. Nose is sweet and malty with alcohol and some rich caramel malt. Overall pretty light aroma for the style. Thick smooth body with light carbonation. The taste matches the aroma, but with the flavors no longer being subdued. The finish has even more of an alchol punch. Decent doppel, but didn’t blow me away.