Forst Sixtus Doppelbock

Brewed by Forst
Style: Doppelbock
Merano, Italy

Bottled (BB 08/2005)
Copper brown, small expresso head. Good caramelly, roasted nose - very typical German dobbelbock aroma. Roasted, licorice, cold coffee and burned caramel. Touch of alcohol in the aftertaste. Just quite thin palate otherwise one of the best (or the best) Italian sampled so far.

A brown beer with a tanned head. Aroma is a bit malty and sweet. A sweet sugary flavour, drinkable but to sweet for me. (Bottle 33cl)

This beer is labeled doppio malto and is a bock bier by style, coming in at a gravity of 16.8 degrees Plato, and 6.5% abv. This beer is a rich, delicious, sweet malty dark lager, brewed almost entirely with Munich malt, and has lots of flavor and character. Forst Sixtus pours to a beautiful, bright, deep chestnut brown color with a dense and creamy tan head, and a soft to moderate amount of carbonation. The nose on this beer is very rich and aromatic, with lots of big sweet malty, toasty, nutty, and chocolatey malt aromas. The palate is rich and creamy on the tongue with more big malt character. Flavors of sweet malt, nuts, light toast, caramel, and undertones of milk chocolate glide over the tongue. Forst Sixtus finishes with more delicious creamy and malty flavors up front, then ends with a slightly cloying, slightly warming, soothing burn. This is an outstanding Italian version of bock bier in my opinion.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a thin tan head. Nutty, caramel, and lightly fruity aroma. Nutty, lightly roasty, caramel, and lightly fruity flavours. Light to medium bodied, perhaps a touch thin. Lightish but drinkable doppelbock.

A brown beer with a thin light brown head. The aroma is sweet with a distinct nutty character. While the flavor is malty with a roasted character blended with notes of nuts, but I find the body thin inspite of the 6.5% ABV. Thanks Alex (fiulijn) for bringing this to Denmark.

Dark amber colored, foamy off-white head. Sweet grassy and chocolaty aroma with some alcohol present. Sweet brown sugary and malty flavor. Too sweet and candied, but drinkable.

Sweet malty nose, with hints of some yeast. Dark brown to ruby body, small off-white head. Dryish and quite sweet malty flavor, some nuts.

Bottled: Burgundy coloured. Clear. Light brown dense head. Grassy, sweet, light roast, some fruit and malt in the aroma. Flavour is smooth, grassy, light alcohol and fruity Ends on an alcoholbitternote. Has fruit notes.