Einbecker Winter-Bock

Brewed by Einbecker Brauhaus
Style: Doppelbock
Einbeck, Niedersachsen, Germany

Draft at Publican. Pours a deep red brown with lightly offwhite head. Nose is sweet and nutty, molasses and mahogany along with stone fruit. On taste, quite sweet and very pleasant. Somewhat chewy and rich. Nice doppel.

Bottle, 2009-12-06, 9C, göteborg AR: Citrus, fresh hops. AP: Amber (the real color), diminishing beige head. F: nutty, to much sourness and spirits, dried fruts, syrup, great bitterness This is not my cup of tea.

Bottled 33cl.Courtesy of pivnizub. I didn’t enjoy this beer at all. Metallic with dog food pellets showing up. Strange. Reminiscence of fish in the finish. Thanks a lot pinvizub!

Rich mahogany, thin lasting off white head, light lacing. Aroma is lightly malt, some caramel, dark fruits, cake. Flavour is quite malty, lots of caramel sweetness, fruits, cake, cookies, some alcohol. Sweet mouthfeel, medium body, moderate carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, dry, moderately bitter.

Weird. Pretty sweet and the alcohol seems to pick up at the end.

330ml bottle obtained in a trade with Koelschtrinker, thanks Roman.
Opened on February 27, 2009.
Best before July 9, 2009.

Bottle. Sweet prune/cherry aroma with mild astringency. Clear ruby color with giant head. Sweet dried cherry and barley malt flavor with moderate astingent alcohol finish. Decent - nothing spectacular though.

Reddish amber with a rather big beige head that settles quickly but leaves some lacings. The smell is quite nice. Lots of caramel and malts. Notes of strawberry jam, vanilla and leafy hops. Sweet malts and caramel up front in the mouth. Again, I get a note of strawberry jam. Some other light sweet fruity notes. Some peppery and grassy hop notes. The finish is quite long with a mild lingering sweetness overpowered by a bitterness that misses the mark quite a bit, a hint of hops and sweet and warming alcohol. Medium body with a sticky mouthfeel combined with slightly too gentle carbonation. It gets a bit heavy after a while. A decent beer. The flavors in the mouth are good but the finish is off and unbalanced. The taste of alcohol, although not overly powerful, gets to much after a while. I don’t think the different flavors (mostly sweetness and warm alcohol with spicy hop notes) go that well together in this one. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Bottle, 7.5%. Clear dark brown colour. Very small frothy tan head. Good malty flavour, slightly sweet. Dark brown sugar. Good alcohol level to balance. distinct bitterness also give a good balance.

Bottle 33 cl.. Dark amber to brownish colour, with lots of carbonation and a very small head. Aroma shows caramel, roasted malts, sweety. Tastes with lots of carbonation, pleasantly bitter, not sweet at all, with hints of coffee. NIce.