Allgäuer Cambonator Doppelbock

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Doppelbock
Kempten, Germany

Pours a dark burled chestnut brown, bubbles do the reverse waterfall effect to build a nice, cookie dough colored head. Once the bubbles finish rising the body gets suprisingly clear. Smell is rich with malt, woodsy bark and earth, tobacco, light chocolate, and some soapiness. Mouthfeel is thin as the body look suggests, though nevertheless, the flavor does not suffer. Lots of malt on palate along with raisins, plums, chocolate and heavy alcohol. The alcohol actually caught me off guard as I was trying to gulp this thing down. You don’t expect alcohol like that in such a thin beer. Aftertaste is roasted malts, though not very pronounced. Pretty decent beer, but probably will not buy it again. A little on the average side.

nice dense, thick cocoa brown head. very dark ruby body. Lots of tiny, fast rising carbonation. Syrupy, raisiny, tobacco and some chocolatey notes. Ripe prunes and alcohol. Roasteyness emerges after the sip, as well as more chocolate. this is a solid dopple:dark and rich, warm and hearty with a filling effervescence

Dark, transluscent brown with a dark tan head. Aroma is toasted and very rich but still delicate. Chewy, creamy malt body with flavors of milk, chocolate, deep caramel, and alcohol-infused sweetness. A solid, balancing bitterness leads to a wonderful pint.

Deep brown. Nose malty, some roasts and raisins. Flavor deeply sweet, prunes and molasses, nice chocolate hiints as well, some caramel. Bit thinner than expected, but not in a bad way.

Rich, brown appearance with a small head. Aroma of molassas and plums. Roasted malts and dark fruit flavors. Smooth, full-bodied with mild carbonation. Sweet finish.

500 ml bottle. Nearly opaque dark maple-rbuy, with a thick but quickly expiring off-tan head. Lovely brown sugar-Devil’s food cake nose, nothing astounding but a delight. Port wine, brown sugar, huge malts on the tongue, with a hint of dried herbal hoppiness very late and just a hint of sour milk. Well-balanced and delicious if not spectacular; the kind of beer I would have rated .5 higher three years ago when I was allergic to hops and loved the sugar more.

500 ml bottle. Deep garnet body topped by a frothy collapsing tan head. The aroma is sweet caramel, some bread, and that is about it. The flavor is caramel, a little bit of molasses and lots of bready malts. Medium bodied, dry finish with lasting caramel flavors. A nice dopplebock.

Pours dark red/brown with a small off-white head. Sweet dark fruit and malt aroma. Taste is sweet and malty with a brown sugar/maple syrup kind of edge to it. Medium body with a great balance and dark fruity finish. Good easy drinking high alcohol brew.