Grebbestad Lunator

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Doppelbock
Grebbestad, Sweden

Bottle at Bishop Arms, Gothenburg. (vintage 1999). Red brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, alcohol, fruit. Flavour is sweet, honey, caramel, alcohol, spices, malt.

Bottled at Bishops Arms, Gothenburg. (vintage 1999) Reddish brown with a small off-white head and some sediments. Aroma has very ripe fruits, beef-stock, sugar-sweetness, malt and alcohol. Sweet flavor with stock, alcohol and spicy notes. Full-bodied, with a long finish. (060825)

(50 cl bottle at Bishops Arms, Västra Hamngatan, Gothenburg on August 25) From 1999. Shady brown color, white head. Sweet raissin a bit vineous scent. Very smooth mouth feel. Sweet taste. Normal bitterness.
7/3/7/5/13=3.5

2000 version: (Bottle on RBESG 2006) Shady brown color, tan head. Sweet raissin Madeira like scent, also some grainy smell. Sweet raissin Madeira taste as well. Smooth mouth feel.
6/3/5/3/9 = 2.6

2005 version: (Bottle on RBESG 2006) Clear brown color, tan head. Sweet scent, a bit tame taste, perhaps sweet. Dry mouth feel.
5/2/5/3/10 = 2.5

Yet one more rating
(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg)
2007 version.
Clear dark red color, thick tan head. Malty, grainy smooth scent. Raissin, malt sweet taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
7/4/7/3/13=3.4


New rating from March 25, 2008. (33 cl bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) 2003 vintage labeled 7.9% ABV.
Brewed 2002-01-18. Bottled 2003-04-24. BB 2004-04-24.
Shady brown color, smallish brown head. Raissins, port wine, alcohol, grainy scent. Raissin, alcohol, grainy, roasted taste. Coffee aftertaste. Chocolate as well. Smooth mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Well aged I think.
8/3/9/4/17=4.1

New rerate
2007 against 2008
2007 at a 33 cl bottle 7.9% ABV purchased by me about 1 year ago at Systembolaget
2008 purchased by deft recently, 33 cl bottle at 7.9% ABV from Systembolaget
07 BB 05/08 - 08 BB 03/09
On September 11, 2008
07 rating - Clear dark reddish brown color, tan head. Sweet malty caramel scent, also roasted, raissins and metallic. Sweet caramel and toffee taste, roasted hints and also bready with raissins. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterenss. Very nice. Some dirt cellat moist earth tones.
8/4/7/4/15=3.8
08 rating - Clear dark reddish brown color, tan small head. Sweet malty and caramel sent, some alcohol. Sweet malty, bready and grainy, alcohol taste. Slight roasted aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. A bit too young perhaps?
7/4/7/4/14=3.6

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. 2000 vintage, ABV is 8.1%. Hazy brown colour, low head. Surprisingly pale for a doppelbock. Sweetish bakery aroma, some alcohol. Flavour is cloying malty sweet and one-dimensional. Disappointing. Drank it too warm though.

[1999 bottle RBESG 06] Rich malty nose, sherry notes, raisin aromas, perhaps a little tobacco? medium to full bodied, sweet upfront, dry. (newer bottle sweeter, not as complex though slightly fulled body 3.4)

Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma of plum, alcohol, malts and some fruits. Fruits, plum and hops dominate the flavour. Aftertaste is fruit and candy sugar. Hides the alcohol very well. Also some caramellish hints.

(Bottle from 1999, at Bishop, Västra Hamngatan, Göteborg) Pours: dark red with a sand coloured head. Aroma of cherry chocolate and sweet candy banana. Sugary toffee. Alcohol aroma. Taste: sweet, silky, sugary. Dried fruits and barley. Buttery toffee. Medium body.

(1999) Seriously nutty aroma with some light sherry notes from the aging and quite complex. The taste is far lighter with notes of wheat, but a good finish.