Blue Mountain Wintergreen Hibernator Doppelbock

(Sample Date: 1/17/2009 Source:Blue Mountain Brewery) At the brewery. Sweet malty grainy aroma with caramel. Clear dark amber/orange with small tan head. Light fruitiness with spicy yeast character and moderate hop bitterness. Lots of caramel and dark sugar notes. Finish is sweet but dries quickly with spicy peppery residual bitterness.

On tap at the brewpub on 01/17/2009. Clear deep copper body with a small rocky off-white head that leaves behind a sticky lacing. Sweet toasty and bready malt aroma with a bit of caramel. Sweet bready and caramel flavor with some light noble hops. Full body with moderately low carbonation and a sticky finish. 7/3/7/3/15 - 3.6 On tap at the brewpub on 11/21/2008. Clear deep mohogany body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet grain, cereal and light chocolate aroma. Sweet grain, molassas, chocolate and roast flavor. Very malty. Medium full body with medium carbonation. 7/4/7/3/14 - 3.5

Draft at the brewpub, this was a sugary-sweet beer. It had a medium body, nicely laced. Just a tickle of a spicy edge. Enjoyable beer (#3488, 11/2008)

From a growler at VRBT. Medium amber. Some sweet malt aromas, sort of vague overall. Flavor matched, just sort of vaguely malty. Really did not go for this, a bit light for style to me. But I do not usually care for this style. RERATE: Better on tap at Cap Ale. Vaguely malty still applies, but there was an unusual, slight hop note mixed in with some almost hefe notes of banana and clove. Not bad this way, definitely not to traditional style, which is good for me.

Pours a very clear ruby-brown color with a medium head, good head retention and thick lacing. Banana, clove and yeast in the aroma. Taste is banana, yeast, spicy and spicy hop notes. Full bodied and very creamy. Very nice beer.