Grebbestad Lunator

Brewed by Grebbestad Bryggeri
Style: Doppelbock
Grebbestad, Sweden

An unclear red beer with a fine disappearing beige head. The aroma is of nuts, caramel, and hints of wood. The flavor is malty sweet with notes of nuts, licorice, and chocolate. A very nice beer. Thanks a lot to Per (omhper) for trading this one with me.

(Bottle 33 cl) Apparently the name refers to the moon, as this beer is only brewed once a year during the first full moon. Close to copper-coloured, quite limited head. Fat body, very malty with a pronounced hoppiness. Very close to an original German doppelbock. Delicious. 020603

Bottled - 2002 vintage. Dark amber with no head. Dusty aroma. Hugely malty, dryish and full bodied. very firm and dense maltiness, rich and wonderful. Balanced toasty bitter finish. Perhaps not overlycomplex, but wonderfully flavourful. This beer keeps getting better for every year, but sadly also harder to find.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a fully gone head. Mild roasted and breadish aroma. Light spiced. Deep fruity flavoured an dry breadish roasted too. Mild spiced and dry bitter finish.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium to dark red brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, like a bock, light brown sugar, vintage malt, dar fruit - berry, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090614]

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. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits and dried fruits. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, dried figs an fruits.

Amber; thick, chewy malt nose, and a worty, malty body that gets leaner as you go. Swedes like to lay this one down for a year or two before consuming, although it is perfectly good immediately.