Ettaler Curator Doppelbock

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Doppelbock
Ettal, Germany

Bottle from Super Saver. Poured into a Kloster Weltenburger glass. Pours deep brown in color with a little off white head. Sweet grainy aroma with a nice coffee and toffee notes. Chocolate and caramel flavor. Coffee notes. Smooth tasting. Full bodied. Well balanced. Very nice beer. Drinkable. Enjoyable. One of my favorites dopplebocks.

Bottle. Poured into a Weltenburger Kloster glass, it pours with a small head and no sediment. Aroma is rich sweet grains and toffee. Taste has some chocolate and tobacco (or is that my cigarette?). Silky smooth with tender blended malts with just the slightest alcohol burn. This is a very well crafted beer and a great find. I think I got it at Supersaver. Note to self...get more!

On tap at Rich O’s Gravity head 2007. clear dark brown with an off white disappearing head. dried fruit caramel aroma with horse feed notes. sweet dried fruit flavor light bready notes spicy black pepper an a hint of tart cherry. spicy dried fruit caramel finish. full bodied. sparkling carbonation. not my favorite but a decent doppelbock.

Aroma is strong of caramel.Pours a dark brown with a small head.Lots of flavor swirling around.caramel, syrup, and dark fruits.The finish was a little spicy.The alcohol was masked well.

16.9 oz bottle: Brown liquid w/a thin ring of off white for a head around the glass, but no major head of which to speak. Aroma is sweetly maltly and lightly smokey phenolic. Lightly papery (showing some age), w/ bready malts and caramelized sugar. Clean other than the apparent oxidation. Flavor is bready malt dominated at first w/ a hint of smokiness, light cardboardy flavor mid palate, caramel, and a hint of bitterness in the semi sweet finish. Bready malt and bitter aftertaste that lingers. Medium body, medium carbonation, dry m/f, well hidden alcohol. After reading the commercial description, I’m guessing i didn’t get the most fresh bottle of this beer. I’m not 100% sure of the age, but @ 9%ABV, it should have stood up a little better than it appears to have. It’s a bit more bitter in the aftertaste than I’d prefer as well, but it keeps it from being too sweet. I’d also like to see some dark fruit character, but as I said, maybe age had something to do with it.

Sampled bottle with stegosaurus. Pours a dark brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of caramel, dark fruits and a hint of chocolate. Flavor was rich with molasses, dark malts and toffee. Alcohol is very wellmasked. Excellent doppelbock

Dark, clear brown, with a crispy, short-lived, tan head. Pleasant nose, with some melanoid malt, a touch of carob, some soy sauce, and a metallic hint. Very nice flavor--quite sweet, chocolatey, with some vinous notes, and a good balance of nutty bitterness.

Pour is a deep dark black with a small tan head. Aroma is lots of caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is again dark fruit with lots of caramel and candi sugar. Finish is very sweet. A bit weak for a dopple but this is prety good.