 dkachur (2381), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 23, 2009 22 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear bronze color with a creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is toffee, nuts, dates, other dark fruits, toasted grain, leafy hops. Taste is caramel, toffee, molasses, dark fruits, leafy hops, booze. Medium-full bodied.
heemer77 (4307), Savannah, Missouri, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 19, 2009 Bomber. Deep and bright copper when held to light that looks a little brown if not. The large head was medium khaki and it left a fair amount of lacing on the glass. The nose was very sweet with the dates and some green wood. There was also a little bit of toffee and chlorine treated pool water. The taste was sweet with the date fruit and old bread crust. There was also some peanut at the end of each drink. Overall, this is nutty, sweet and quite enjoyable. However, it is definitely a sipper.
beerbill (1956), Laurel, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 19, 2009 22 oz. bottle. Pours a clear deep reddish brown with a moderate off-white head that lasted through two-thirds of the glass and left partial lace. Pleasant aroma of sweet malt and dates. The flavor is again sweet malt and dates with just a bit of brown sugar. This is definitely a sweet beer. The dates add a sticky, kind of syrupy texture to the finish, which I was ok with. This is not something I would sit and drink on a regular basis or in any great volume, but enjoyable as a change of pace.
wcampbell (577), Central, South Carolina, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 12, 2009 Good, but too sweet for me. The sweetness greatly reduced the drinkability. Mostly malty dopplebock flavor. Full bodied, but not as creamy as some great dopples. Sweet dark fruits in the flavor. Finish was too sweet with mild alcohol flavor. A little more belgian double would have made for an interesting beer. Needed some balance.
jhumphries69 (729), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 6, 2009 22oz bomber. Pours a deep and brilliant copper with a thick but short-lived light tan head that leaves a scant few specks/spots of lace on the glass. Bubbles stream from the bottom of the glass - apparently endlessly. The aroma has a strong malt tang - caramel, plum, and honey on toast. There is a slight fruitiness in there, too - fig and banana maybe. The flavor follows the aroma: big malty flavor with lots of bready malts and a fair bit of malt sweetness with notes of honey, caramel, and fruit. The fruitiness is pleasant and accompanied by balancing neutral bitterness and subtle flavor of ethanol at mid-palate. The finish is dry and sweet with some slight alcohol warmth as it goes down. The mouthfeel is very full-bodied - thick and slippery. The suds lighten the texture a good bit - lots of carbonation, but luckily not so much as to be distracting or detrimental to its character. Overall, a very malty and decent brew. The label says "half doppelbock, half belgian dubbel". I’d call it more like 2/3 doppelbock. There are some fruity ester notes in there, but the beer’s character is dominated by a full and sweet munich malt character.
Snojerk321 (1990), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 3, 2009 22oz bottle from BevMo. Pours a deep copper color with a 2 finger thick beige head, light lacing. Lots of toasted malts and dried tree fruits on the nose, mostly dates and plums. Flavor was fairly sweet and malty, faint booze in the finish.
Bier brauen (214), Bremerton, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 2, 2009 I’ll say something. It’s very unique. But it is a combination to me that doesn’t quite work.
Heathen (803), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 1, 2009 THOUGHTS: It really was like a fruity doppelback mixed with a dubbel. I never really smelled a date before, but I know the type of fruit it is so Im’ pretty sure this was full of dates, both in the flavor and aroma; and it worked incredibly well with the styles of beer blended here. I’m always impressed with He’brew’s decisions and beers. Even with all the flavor, the alcohol still shines in this, just like I like in a doppelbock. A really different spin on two styles I really like.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brownish, orangey red with a small to average, foamy, off-white head that mostly diminished, keeping a decent sheet and leaving good lacing. The aroma was heavy caramel and molasses; port, very light alcohol, I’m assuming dates, much like prunes, raisins, plums and grapes. The initial flavor was very sweet, slightly acidic and ever so slightly bitter; while the finish was extremely sweet, a little bitter, slightly acidic and ever so slightly sour with and average to long duration. It was nice but a little cloying. There was caramel malt, prune, raisin, grape, assuming dates, molasses, maple syrup, alcohol, slight hops and hint of chocolate or coffee. The medium body was syrupy with tingly carbonation and a lightly alcoholic finish.
|
Rate This
Statistics
Find This Beer (Want/Have)