McKenzie Doppelbock

Brewed by McKenzie Brew House
Style: Doppelbock
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at McKenzie’s. Poured a dark brownish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of roasted malts, light chocolates and some toffee. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel and slightly bready. 7.3% alcohol content hidden. Light to medium sweet.

Poured a dark brown, red color with a small, light tan head that left very light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast, caramel malts, dried fruits, and chocolate. Taste was much the same, very chocolatey and roasty, with spices, some smoke, and some bananas as well. Very tasty.

ksbf 07. Pours a deep amber/toasty brown with a thin white head. Aroma is a bit on the caramelly sweet side and not as toasty as I would like, but still has hints of nuts, and light munich hints but lots of caramel and crystal malts- a bit sharp smelling. Full flavor of caramel malts, dried fruits, apricot hints, toffee, and a light bitterness in the end. Fairly smooth finish with a good body.

GABF ’07. Pours clear brown with a small, frothy, light brown head, lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, chocolate), light hops (grass), average yeast (dough) with notes of toffee. Medium bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, and a metallic finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

KSBF07. Poured reddish-brown, thin off white head, ok lacing. The aroma was brown sugar and dried dark fruits, faint chocolate. Flavor was raisins, brown sugar, sligthly bittered chocolate, finishing with other dark fruit/figgy notes and some caramel. Mouthfeel was full for the style, nicely done.

2007 GABF Dark mahogony pour small tan head. Big sweet wheat bread w/ sugar aroma, other hints of chocolate and maybe a fig or plum in the background. Well coated palate but a bit thin. odd taste, sweet caramel, wheat, something off but I can’t place it.. still ok though.

Enjoyed @ the pub. Poured a small tan head, fair retention with spotty laceing. An almost black brew but with deep ruby red highlights. Nose of medium sweet malts, caramel, roast and a light spiceyness. Body is med/full, creamy on the palate. Good roast and light coffee flavors, licorice and caramel malts, light sourness and a light earthiness. Finish is lightly sweet and lingering. Alcohol is well hidden. A nice Doppel!

Very dark ruby/mahogany with little head. There’s alcohol in there for sure, but it doesn’t sem like too much else. Bitter and sweet, too one-dimensional.