Grand Teton Illuminator Doppelbock

On tap at Boonville Beer Fest. An interesting (and good) doppelbock. Amber color with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, oak, tea, dark fruits, and a little alcohol. Flavor is very malty with brown sugar, toffee, apple and other fruits, and a nice hop bite at the end that you rarely get with this style. Smooth, fairly full palate.

Aroma: smells of apple juice, carmel malts, finger nail polish remover, spices, old wood, plums and other dark fruits, and rubbing alcohol.
Appearance: mohogany, small head, little carbonation.
Flavor: sweet, light, sugary, fruity flavors of cherries and apples. Also flavors of wood, carmel malts, and a touch of hops.
Palate: very smooth and sweet, with a sugary/honey aftertaste.

Truly beautiful 1L bottle, the Cellar Reserve. Clear, red-brown appearance with a dead head--burns off really fast. Alcohol-malt aroma, somewhat nutty. Flat and syrupy palate. Long caramel finish with a bit of honey in the flavor. Not my favorite dopplebock--it needs more life in multiple dimensions (aroma and palate).

Distributed in a one liter bottle with melted red wax over a flip-top cap. Takes some work to open the bottle, but is cool nonetheless. Pours a dark amber-brown color with virtually no head. Has an strong alcohol aroma. Has caramel and alcohol flavor.

Thanks to Jordan and Mike for the bottle! Brown and red appearance with close to no head. Dark cherries and wood with alcohol in the aroma. Light and smooth carbonation, wet and watery but not thin. Apples, musty wood, almonds and butter flavors. Quite good.

Dark red/ruby color with light head and similar lacing. Aroma is moderately hoppy, slightly fruity, but none of the essential bock qualities that I look for. The flavor is pretty well balanced with a moderate sweetness and a good amount of hops, even more so than is usual present in a bock. The finish is ultra smooth though. I really enjoyed this one. As much as it didn't seem like much of a doppelbock, it was still a terrific beer.

In the light, it's a very nice ruby hue. Out of it, it appears a bit more brown. I got very little head on this pour. Sweet malts in the nose, a bit of spice and some small hop like characteristics. The flavor is bursting with malts, some breads. Almost a candy like flavor, along the lines of red licorice or bubblegum. Full bodied, and a molasses like palate. Very nice doppelbock.