Fish Tale Detonator Doppelbock

Brewed by Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: Doppelbock
Olympia, Washington USA

From a 12oz Bottle. Courtesy of Stine. Mostly transparent, rust tinted chestnut brown colored pour with a thick finger of foamy beige. Malty aromas of milk chocolate and nutty coconut husk, along with hints of flamed raisin and light toast. Mostly clean, with a subdued alcohol presence. Medium full bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel with a smooth, creamy texture. Flavors of toasted bread and nuts up front on the palate, and grows increasingly roasty toward the finish. Warming alcohol in the final smack, coming across as boozey, spicy oak. The oak is subdued and is well integrated in the beer, but the flavors are biased toward the roast too much, causing that rich munich raisin character that I’m craving to get a bit lost. Thanks, Eben!

Bomber. Pours dark orange-brown with small tan head. The aroma is rich caramel, prune, some sweet chocolate, maple syrup, and a distant Pepsi note. The flavor is ash and caramel with a bit of a smoky feel. There is some bitter chocolate, burning leaves, and some earthy hops. Dry, ashy finish and aftertaste.

12oz bottle and i forget who gave/sent this to me but thanks!.....pours a dark and opaque reddish brown with an enormous tan head that took some time to settle....aroma of toast and biscuity malt in addition to sweeter dark fruit and wood.....flavors of dark fruit, roast, and even some hop bitterness but it all seems a bit muddled together. creamy mouthfeel but still felt somewhat thin.

Pours a dark reddish brown with a khaki colored head that fades to a small ring fairly quick. Aroma offers quite a bit with a predominantly caramel and toasty malt, slight raspberry, pear, sherry, wood, toffee, and something unmistakably German (the yeast?). Tastes sweet and malt driven with caramel toast, coffee, fruit-filled chocolate, slight dark fruit presence and the hops add subtle (for the region) bitterness making the finish earthy and flavorful. Medium bodied, but creamy and full feeling, it’s nice to have a good beer from this brewer again as the Leviathan and Poseidon were not to my liking. I like this.

2008 bottle. Thanks G man. dark pour with thin lasting head. nice hoppy aroma with dark fruit, chocolate, rich malts and coffee. medium body. easy to drink. very flavorful. slightly sour. coffee, chocolate, nice fruit and well hopped. very enjoyable.

5-4-08 bottle shared at tasting
Brown pour. Smell is roasted malt. Flavor is bitter and strange alcohol. Palate is average. Overall, ehh.

My bottle (22oz) shared at ’Rudolf’s May 2008 Tasting’ -- courtesy of gunhaver. Pour a very deep ruby with a large diminishing foamy tan head. Aroma’s roasty and a little smoky along with floral hops, dark fruit, a hint of chocolate and light sourness. Flavour’s malty, slightly roasty with some nuts, dark fruit and floral hops. This is oak aged done right, everything is well balanced. Dry finish. Medium bodied. A very good version of the style, I really enjoyed this.

Brownish color. Smell of caramel, bread, malt and fruit, Taste of caramel, fruit, malt and candy raisins.