JosephsBrau Winterfest

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Palo Alto, California USA

Dark reddish brown, short tan head. Although this has some toasty malts, I mostly get a sweet plummy taste out of this, grapes and a lingering sweet stickyness - hardly balanced, I can’t drink more than one of these in a session - there is a little bit of a roast/hop at the end, slight smoke and coffee at the back of the tongue. Grab some of this for your holiday party for sure.

bottle-pours deep brown amber with a mall soapy off-white head. Big chocolate note comes to me at first with some notes of smoke (hickory) and some nice carmel undertones. some woodsy notes in the flavors with touches of smoke, chocolate, and slightly ashy. body is full, round and fairly nice! pretty good, but i liked their bock a little better.

Nice mahogany brown colured, with a large super dense frothy/bubbly dark tan head. The aroma is of course very malty and quite pleasant, with some funky milk chocolate aspects. Good dark roasted malt taste with a nice dark fruity end. Quite good on the palate, smooth with a grt long lasting bitter fruit aftertaste. A good American attempt at a doppel-bock, not as good as most available german examples , but again a great bargain beer.

Clear mahogany red. Sweet malts, some molasses and raisins, bit cookie-ish. Overly sweet.

Nice pour, a creamy tan, heavy lacing head topping a deep chestnut body. The aroma is a lightly roasted caramel malt with molasses. Unfortunately, this fades somewhat is the slightly thin body, the flavor being mainly the sweet caramel touched by hints of juicy fruits. Not a bad drink.

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Clear, dark ruby--almost maroon--body with a fluffy, tan head. Sweet, caramelly aroma with cocoa, grains, some molasses and a hint of honey and raisins. The body is relatively full, but not thick or oppresively full. The flavor starts sweet, continues it’s sweet character at the top and finishes sweet, with a light alcoholic twinge. All told, it’s pretty sweet, with caramel, overripe fruit and a light cocoa element. Not overly interesting or complex, but tasty and enjoyable, especially at $5.99 a six-pack.

Chestnut colored with a large, light tan head that is partially diminishing. Heavy caramel/toffee aroma, similar to peanut brittle with just a slight roast. Roastiness really pops in the flavor, along with roasted nuts, brown sugar, and molasses. Lively carbonation. Finish is slightly metallic, sadly.

Bottled. Pours a dark amber color. Clear with very little head. Prunes and malt in the nose. Very roasted flavor of dark fruits with some sugar and a little alcohol. Tons of smoke.