Big Bear Mountain Grizzly Bear Doppel Bock

Brewed by Big Bear Mountain Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Big Bear Lake, California USA

Draft. Dark mahogony beer with a light tan head. Rich malty/toffee aroma. Toffee and light nutty malt flavor with light fruitiness. Lighter bodied than expected. Caramel and light frutiiness lingers with a bit of biscuit malt.

Reddish brown with fluffy white head. Faint roasty aroma. Roasty sweet caramel taste with alcohol notes and a slightly sour finish.

Aroma is strongly chocolatey and roasty malt. Pours almost black, very dark brown. Very roasty chocolate flavors. To me the body is very heavy, almost to a syruppy extent. The alcohol is masked for the most part, but there is some warmth that peaks through, especially when you are drinking this stuff on a cold winter Big Bear night. The nice lady that runs this place with her husband suggested mixing the Doppel Bock with the Orange Blossom to make a kind of orange chocolate truffle flavored beer. We tried this and it was very good.

On tap at the brewpub. Poured a brown color with some red hues. Nice head and lacing. Aroma is very fresh and bready. Flavor is again very fresh. Reminds me of walking through an active brewery. Lots of excellent roasted flavors with some light bitterness. One note: The brewer said this is 11% ABV but I bought a growler and had at least 4 pints and had only a minor buzz. My wife had a couple pints (and she is a complete light-weight) and she also noticed the lack of alcohol. There is no way the batch I had was 11%...probably more like 5%. I kept the beer at 11% on ratebeer as this may have been an anomaly (or I had an unusual tolerance that night!)