Livery Bourbon Barrel Aged Liverator Doppelbock

Brewed by The Livery
Style: Doppelbock
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

Thanks to BBB63 for the growler Clear brown color, malty nice bourbon highlights with vanilla, it’s very tasty

On tap at the Livery. This black ale poured with a miniscule beige head. There is a really nice roasted malt flavor with a mellow bourbon finish. This one was good to the last drop.

Draft @ the Brewery. Dark brown with a small head. Aroma has a large helping of bourbon/wood with a hefty sweetness that comes from big roasty malts, dark fruits and vanilla. Flavor has lots of boutbon and wood, vanilla, oak, plumb, brown sugar, and other sweet flavors. Tasty, but the taste couldn’t quite live up to what I was hoping for. Still a great beer.

On tap at The Livery, and served in a snifter. This beer poured a dark brown color with a very thin, light brown/gray head that left no lace. The aroma of the brew consisted of bourbon, light caramel, dark fruits, and some light alcoholic notes. The flavor was stong bourbon, dark fruit, wood, vanilla, with some warming alcohol showing up at the finish. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and slightly oily with a very minimal amount of carbonation. This was one exceptional beer. Don’t pass it up if you have the opportunity to try it.

Tap @ GTMW. Mildly translucent and murky chocolate brown in color with a creamy tanish foam wrung for the head. Aroma livens with bourbon stained coasters and pool floaties. A hint of plastic sealant on the barrel and a subdued cocoa chocolate dust reach the olfactory as well. Flavor is naturally full and true to the base beer. Sodden grahams get lined with chocolate nutella paste. Hazelnut shards line several inches of caramelized toffee bricks. Active carbonation reams in the cocoa oat bread and maple infused whole wheat cubes. A touch of spicy scotch traits come through in common complimentary power to the fuller bodied basis of the beer. The barrel is complimented by a golden honey coating over maple oat brown bread in the finish.

GTMW. A pleasure to sample this one as I’ve been a fan of Livery since they first appeared on the scene at the Great Taste in 2005. Enjoyed this one just before their casked aged IPA. Notes of bread, clove, cherry, black plum, and vanilla on a rich palate. Bourbon complements the characteristics of the doppelbock well. This may not be quite up to the standards of the Weizenbock on bourbon, but it sure is a great ride. Nice work, Steve!

On tap: Big caramel, vanilla, bourbon, and oak aroma. It’s a dark cloudy brown with a large tan head with great retention. Teh flavor has fruit, raisin, plum, and caramel. There is some light oak in the background. The finish has light bourbon with some fruity tanginess.

MI Summer Beer Fest. Pours brown in color with a thin head of light creamy bubbles. Aroma is sweet and malty with some dark fruit. Flavor is dark fruit, chocolate, grain, and toast. Palate is medium bodied, mildly carbonated, finishes sweet. Smooth and rather easy to drink. Solid.