McKenzie Fünf

Formerly brewed at McKenzie Brew House
Style: Doppelbock
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

KSBF 06. Pours a deep woody amber, slight haze, and an awesome sticky tight off white head. Aroma is campfire smoke, sweet and caramelly with some chocolate, smoked salted meats, and some light plasticy phenols. More meaty smoke and woody burnt malts in the flavor with a slight saltiness, sweet caramel malts. Full mouthfeel and sticky sweet. Good toasty smoky almond lingering finish. Real smooth.

Poured a lightly hazy, brownish amber color with a medium sized, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, caramel malts, light cocoa, and meaty smoke. Taste was roasty, with caramel malts, dry smokiness, wood, tobacco, and more nuts as well. Faint alcohol in the finish.

20061007 Tap at Kennett 06. Liked this one quite a bit. Medium brown with much head, thick and tan. Smoky tobacco and distant forest fire. Full, sticky body, rich and savory. Complex and sweet with nice mingling of smoke and dark honey malts. Finishes with more nuttiness, sticky, dark toffee, lingering. Delicious - I’m a sucker for smoky doppelbocks.

On tap at KSBF ’06... Appears a hazed, amber toned brown with a small, bone colored tan head that slowly fades out and leaves hearty lacing around the glass. Smell is of caramel, smoked malt, cocoa, along with a meaty, and creamy vanilla aroma that is very nice. Taste is of the given aromas with a gentle smoked nuttiness that caresses the caramel flavors from the brewed grain. Mouthfeel is smooth, medium-full bodied, along with a caramel roastiness that does the brew justice.

Poured a deeper brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of smoked meat (bacon), caramel, and light cocoa. Tastes of smoke, caramel, roast and a little nutty. Light alcohol in the finish. I found the smoke done well. It complimented the beer and went well with the other aromas and tastes.

Pour was a hazy copper/brown color with a clingy, off-white head. Aroma is dry smoke and a little roasted malts. Flavors are smoke, dry oak, toast, roasted malts, with subtle but sweet grapes in the finish.

On tap at Kennett. Dark reddish copper brown in color with a nice fluffy off white head. Malty caramel smokey aroma. Grainy. Toffee caramel smokey flavor. Roasty notes. Smokey and sweet tasting. Smooth. Finish is smokey. Full bodied. Very nice. Enjoyable.

KSBF 2006. Pours a translucent brown amber with a foamy light tan large head. Aroma of light smoke, smoked meats and a grainy maltiness. Flavor of smoke, sweet malts, cereal and various grains.