Bells Consecrator Doppelbock

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Pours clear dark amber with a small frothy light brown head. Aroma is muted, light carmel not complex. Flavor is again muted, moderatly sweet and lightly bitter sweet, carmel, spicy. Medium bodied watery and softly carbonated.

Bottle, pours a dark amber with a frothy two finger tan head that quickly dissipates, minimal lacing. Malty aroma of dark fruits, caramel, molasses, and toffee; very aromatic. Minimal carbonation, oily and full bodied with a great mouthfeel. I found this to be a pleasant surprise, but shouldn’t be too much so due to Bell’s excellent craftmanship; recommended.

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a mug, dark amber with very little head. Very light aroma with a touch of malt. The flavor is all malt. Very smooth. No alcohol taste apparent, which could be dangerous. A nice dopplebock, but not the best I’ve had.

There’s nothing about this beer that I don’t like. Flavor is complex and balanced: malty, fruity, molasses. Maybe a little sweet for the style, but it’s damned tasty. Rich, full mouthfeel. Alcohol not present in the flavor, but I certainly noticed it a few sips in! Overall an excellent beer that I would certainly purchase and enjoy again.

Bottle. Pour is brown with a slight twinge of rust to it. Decent size off white head. Aroma is caramel, malt and faint nut. Taste is nice, bigger and fuller than most dopplebocks I have had. Get the caramel, more of the nuttiness and definitely a nice big finish with almost a rainy morning taste.

Bottle. Pours reddish brown. Intensely sweet-malt nose. Notes of toffee, caramel, toast and malt on the palate. Unimpressed with the finish: thin, only lightly malty and very short. Not Bell’s best, but not horrible.

Bottle. Lightly hopped aroma with light nuttiness. Malt, brown sugar, sweet with some berry and dark fruit. Slightly reddish brown body with a foamy beige head. Viscous body, loads of molasses and malt, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, sticky dark fruit, and a little toast malt. Plum and grape with a little burn from the alcohol, a little like dark rum. Overall, light sweetness with lighter bitterness. Finishes with a light prickle from carbonation and/or hops. Aftertaste has tons of malt and maple syrup, sticky rather than dry. Definitely in the Animator class, yet a tick below offerings from Sprecher and Augustiner. A well-crafted, pretty authentic take on the style, and darn tasty.

Update, same batch (7753), 8+ months later: apparently, best drunk fresh - lots of change-over into astringent, slightly grainy booze. Kind of a dirty floral caramel dominates. Man, wish I had opened this in the spring!

Good beer. Pours a redish brown. Very little hop character. Smooth feel. The aroma was kind of weak.