 Radek Kliber (3312), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 30, 2008
Bottle 500 ml
Appearance: Chestnut brown with medium dense slightly tanned top.4-
Nose : Solid sweet ripe fruit aroma , berry like with gentle nutty side. Caramel with gentle brown malt accents. Very clean and mature malted set up.
Flavor/Palate :Woah , medium full brew with exquisite falvour bouquet. Dark caramel with raisin , sweet quality malt , soft wrapping smoothness of alcohol shall. Big yet not overly heavy , somehow it finds balance that should not be. Just right dose of alcohol , sweetness from malt and bit of magic. Must have in doppel –bock world!
kevd193213 (323), Coventry, Rhode Island, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle. Slightly cloudy brown pour with a thin coffee head. Aroma of raisins, caramel and cherry. Taste is somewhat thin but enjoyable with bread, caramel and sugar present with some underlaying molasses. Smooth finish.
arjoseph (554), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Bottle into Corsendonk tulip, purchased at West Lakeview Liquors. I always jump at the chance to have a doppelbock I haven’t seen, in the hopes that there will be a challenger to Celebrator. Alas, the search continues (although this got the closest of any). Murky brown in the glass looks a little watery, the head is thin and barely lasting, but produces some nice "racing." Smell doesn’t fill the sinuses like the best of them, but it’s pretty strong, and is kind of wonderful: dark bread, toffee, caramel, and underneath is a wonderful winey fruitiness. Fairly light bodied, definitely as thin as it looked, but the flavor buoys the feel to keep this from being watery: initial mouthful of bready, toffee malts that coat the whole mouth, pretty strightforward but delicious; then, they fade and you are about to ask, "Is that it?" when a second layer surges forward with darker, almost woody malt flavor that is reminiscent of the winey notes in the aroma with overripe fruits, fruitcake, and twigs. It’s not dry, but I can’t seem to get any spittle on top of my tongue; maybe that’s the alcohol, but there isn’t any other indication of it. Damn nice doppelbock. Glad I bought it.
JohnQPublic (162), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Draught. Pours dark brown with reddish highlights, medium off-white head with no real lacing. Aroma is sweet - molasses and a bit of a dark fruit quality, hint of alcohol. Taste is hugely sweet malt up front- molasses, caramelized brown sugar, rum-soaked dark fruit quality, with no detectable roasty notes. Just a hint of smoke in there to, that emerges a bit more in the finish. Finish is rich, a bit dry, with a faint earthy bitterness that balances the sweetness without ever really emerging from it. Body is rich and full, not quite syrupy, with subdued carbonation. Really a decadent dessert treat. Fantastic.
JohnC (1746), Mission Viejo, California, USA
Aug 9, 2008 on draft, beachwood bbq
reddish brown pour, flavor is sweet with notes of cherries and raisins. THere were other ccomplexities I couldn’t make out. both my wife & I liked it
yespr (6373), Copenhagen O, Denmark
Aug 7, 2008 RB DE#1000: 50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a lacing tan head. Spiced and roasted malt aroma, mild fruity touch. Sweet and solid caramel malt in the first sip, followed by a more roasted malt and breadish note. Lingering dark fruity and breadish finish.
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