Ettaler Curator Doppelbock

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Doppelbock
Ettal, Germany

pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a thin greenish tan head. aroma is of dark fruits and dark malt. flavor has notes of dark fruit, mint, herbal, raisins, chocolate. pretty good.

The aroma has molasses, dark fruit, hops, and chocolate malt. That appearance is red brown with a disappointing thin head. The flavor has an artificial sweetener element and a chemical astringency. There are some nice qualities like liquorice and caramel but they are subtle. The palate is thin but smooth and the finish is paper like. I’m not getting this one.

500ml bottle. Aroma: Fairly sweet maltiness with notes of chocolate and caramel. A light anise note, as well. Some light grapey fruitiness and a moderate alcohol aroma. Appearance: Dark reddish-brown in color and clear. Medium beige head was full and foamy with good retention. Nice lacing. Flavor: Nice sweet maltiness with pronounced caramel, chocolate, and anise notes. Light toasted nuts and grape jelly. Light alcohol flavor into the finish. Finishes clean. Palate: Medium-full bodied. Medium carbonation. Light alcohol warming in back of mouth. Overall: Solid doppelbock. I enjoyed the light anise notes throughout. Good one.

Tap. Pour dark amber, thin head, malty nose. Very nice offering. Was recommended by another patron, glad I experimented.

500 ml bottle .. pours dark amber, thin beige head that disapates quickly . aromas of coffee and sweet caramel .sweet and very flavorful , caramel and dark roasted maltsdominate flavor . alcohol is present but not overpowering .finishes dry and slightly bitter . pretty light bodied ,good stuff .

Pours with a four-finger light tan head that goes quickly leaving traces of lace. Deep clear amber color. Medium bodied and light carbonation. Malty nose. Flavor is sweet raisins, but is balanced finishes mellow with just a hint of bitterness. $4.10 for a 500ml bottle from Tulley’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

Bottle. Have been waiting for this one for almost a year. Sweetish malty nose, brown sugar and molasses with caramel and light hops. Light roast with figgy bread. Dark red fruit. Dark burgundy-mahogany with a short lacing beige head. Taste is sweet with light sourness and rounding bitterness. Copious malt but a light body. Alcohol is noticeable but pleasantly warming. Fruity, figgy, grape and raisin with caramel and molasses. I’ve long loved spotting flavors in a good Doppelbock. Slightly sticky but continuously drying, finishes bitterer than nearly all of its peers. Not quite up to the stuff they make in Andechs, but still pretty fantastic!

Keg (St. Urho’s, Helsinki). Less punchy than the bottled version. Perfumed, almost fruity. More bitter, and less sticky than the bottle too. The bottled version is a perfect final beer - strong sticky sweet maltiness, with enough bitterness to hide the alcohol, or at least draw attention away from it.