Millys Tavern Goats Breath Doppelbock

Brewed by Millys Tavern
Style: Doppelbock
Manchester, New Hampshire USA

Hazy amber body with beige head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, caramel, some raisin. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some herbal/earthy, raisin, some alcohol. Medium-full body, some stickiness.

Brownish orange glow, white ring. Strong caramel aroma contains an earthy tartness I’m not familiar with. Quite mellow aroma, fruity, orangey and grainy. Becomes better to my tastes in mouth. It has a creamy smooth feeling accompanied by a medium body and low carbonation. A tartish toothpaste mintiness adds a new dimension to the sweet candyish caramel maltiness. A balancing bitterness keeps it from reaching the extremes effortlessly. A good beer that knows its limits.

Very grainy alcohol undermines the sweet fruitiness...A slick body emboldens the cereals’ intriguing bitterness (the hops’ as well), as apricots diversify the fruitiness...Ultimately a lazy feel without enough caramel sweetness, which failed to reach me...

New England Road Trip Easter ’05 with MartinT, tiggmtl and Rastacouere, beer #17. Small sample at the brewpub, also in the company of Volgon and brewer Dirtymike. Deep caramel-copper with bit of a ring of foam...incredibly sweet, creme brulee nose with a touch of licorice...sweet-smoky body, big and rambunctious at first, then settling into dry and sour-breay late...could use a bit more heft, but this one has promise.

Aroma contains notes of fresh grain, caramel, dark fruits, brown sugar, cream, oranges and earth. Clear amber-copper coloured body is topped with shy white head that recedes to ring. Caramel, raisins, plums, chocolate flavours with a light roasty bitterness. Medium-full body dries out in the finish with fair-moderate carbonation. Sampled at the brewpub with dirtymike, MartinT, muzzlehatch, Rastacouere and Volgon.

Growler from Dirtymike at the 6/4/05 Mondial Gathering. Orange-amber, with a rusty sheen to it and hints of auburn waves giving a lightly layered appearance. Thin white head is fleeting, with little to no lacing. Clear consistency. Candied apples and chocolate in the nose, decent bocky-yeastiness. Definitely some sweet and tart fruits in the nose, cherries, plums, raisins. Flavor begins lightly dry, with an oily feel to it, but some yeast to chew on. Toffee and rich barley grains, giving a lightly roasted edge. Candied-roasted almonds on the end, moderately dry, with a touch of orange peel. Easygoing, low carbonation and mouthfeel. As it warmed and breathed, I got to liking it far more than my first sip, which seemed to dry, pale and oily.

Clear reddish copper color with a thin white head. Aroma and flavor of vegetables (brocoli) with some malt and fruits. Light to medium body, soft carbonation.

On tap at the brewpub: Clear orange with a medium white head. Sweet malts in the aroma, starts and ends lightly sweet, smooth body, very drinkable.