Flying Dog Wild Dog Collaborator Doppelbock

I was lucky enough to get a sample at the brewery after a tour today. The color was a nice clear mahogany (does that even make sense?). It smelled like some fruits like apples and such. The flavor was more fruits but with a crisp clean finish (that definitely only makes sense to me because what does "clean" mean really?). I liked this beer but since I am not a fan of bocks, dopplebocks, or lagers in general I would pass on buying a bottle. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 12-06-2007 02:30:42

1/16/2008: Flying Dog Wild Dog Collaborator Doppelbock has a sweet, sugary malt aroma with hints of European malts and some citrus in the backend. The beer itself is a vibrant red-orange/ruby color with a frothy off-white to beige-colored head. Toasted malts are followed by fruit in the mid-palate (caramel-apple). Strong, sweet dark fruits dominate and there is a candy orange citrus hoppiness in the slightly dry finish. This beer is medium-bodied and mostly smooth, although I was expecting a better mouthfeel for a Doppelbock. Overall it’s a pretty good brew.

1 pint, 9.4 fl. oz. bottle (8.3% Alc/Vol; 30 IBU) shared by Tmoney99. Thanks Tom! Rating #122 for this beer.

Poured brown with tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel, fruit, and chocolate. Flavor was the same as smell.

Poured at DLD. I was surprised that I disliked this one. Brown color with a tan head. Aroma has some raisins, caramel, booze, and some odd herbal notes. Flavor is a weird mix of booze, wood, caramel, hops and fruit. Doesn’t come together well.

Bottle: Poured a dirty brown color with a nice head. The aroma was dark fruits and caramel. The flavor was the same but with yeast, malts, and thick feeling. Overall, a very tasty brew.

Bottle pours a medium brown color with a butter brown color head No carbonation pop when the bottle was opened. Buttery figs and raisin aroma. Caramel and butter in the body. Slight bitterness at the end. A bit funky for a dopplebock. Average beer. But was pretty decent paired with bbq chicken.

Brilliant copper color with a frothy tan head, very nice pour. Sweet n’ spicy molasses aroma. Smooth chewy mouthfeel. Decent bock flavors of bready malts, with an earthy lager yeastiness. Not too bad.

Pours toward the amber side of mahogany into the glass, with an initial froth that diminishes to a thinning ring with light soap lace. The nose is of toffee, aerated sugars and some esters. The flavors let down a smidgen, with muddy malt, esters, roasts and a back-palate hop and ABV that aren’t necessarily discernible from one another. The mouthfeel is decently smooth and slick, but this really gets muddy as a discernible doppelbock. Kudos for the effort as the first truly mass-marketed open-source brewing project!