Forst Sixtus Doppelbock

Brewed by Forst
Style: Doppelbock
Merano, Italy

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.

Chestnut brown. Full bodied. Earthy, malty, balanced sweetness, bitter. Excellent double bock

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium brown amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, roasted, caramel, oxidoid malt, earty - damp stained. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090530]

Bottle, 6.5% in Rome. Sweet aroma, brown sugar and pepper. Clear brown colour, unstable head. The flavour is also sweet and sugary with a rough bitterness.

Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head. Caramel, alcohol, malts and a bit roast in aroma. Flavour is alcohol, caramel, raisins and some malts. Pleasant brew.

Mahoganey colour with minimal head. Aroma of molasses, toast and brown sugar. Fairly full body with long, toffeeish malt notes and a hint of earthiness imparted by the dark malts. Simple but effective structure, with enough richness to keep me interested.

2009-09-21, draught at Eataly, Bologna, 6-4-7-3-14=34
Dark amber to brown color; small head. Delicate caramel aroma, Medium body strength, with good caramel flavor, compared to the bottle it’s less round and has some more chocolate touch. Correct bitterness; in the end it’s possible to find some residual sugars, also the chocolate is more evident. Solid.

2009-09-18, bottle, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Dark brown color; medium creamy head. Aroma of mildly roasted cereals, and slight oxidisation; caramel. Medium body, strong caramel flavor, dry, with roasted nuts; correct bitterness. The final is more mouthfilling, and round. Not powerful but complex enough, and well brewed.

2003-10-20, bottle, 7-4-7-3-13=34
Dark amber color. Quite strong aroma: malt, unmalted grains, bran, paper, cane sugar. Round mouthfeel, with a strong presence of caramel; some malty sweetness at the end, before the bitter final.

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.