Oskar Blues Doppelbock

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Doppelbock
Lyons, Colorado USA

draft at the longmont brewery. pours dark reddish brown with off white head. nose is sweet caramel malts. flavors are mainly sweet malts, caramel and brown sugar. very smooth but nothing too exciting, just a tasty dbock.

Growler from the Tasty Weasel. Pretty nice. Lots of sweet malt on the nose. Sweet, malty flavor up front with a nice dry finish of hops. Not amazing, but solid.

On tap in Lyons... Not much of a head, nice malty aroma, translucent but deep mahogany color. Taste is really smooth and malty... really nice... like it a lot but there was other stuff to drink.

(on tap at Falling Rock Tap House in Denver, CO). Very dark brown color. Small off white head. Sweet malt aroma. Sweet molasses flavor with light alcohol. Avg duration. Thin texture. Smooth finish. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.

On tap at Falling Rock poured a clear dark reddish brown with a lasting tan head. Aromas of carmel, molasses, dark fruit and pepper. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a smooth finish. Flavors of carmel, molasses and dark fruit with a smooth malty fruity finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear burgundy with a beige head. The nose is of clean dark caramel; pleasant but pretty one-dimensional. Medium-bodied and softly effervescent with a mildly boozy finish. The flavor is very sweet: dark caramel, yeast and alcohol. I’m not really used to doppelbocks being this boozy. It’s interesting and effective (as it got me fairly buzzed). It’s a decent enough brew, but it’s lack of bittering hops to balance the sweetness of the malt make it a bit cloying.

Draft @ Lyons brewery. Toast brown/plum/dark cedar colored body. Semi-sweet malt-driven nose: cara, Munich, Vienna - toffee, toast, bread, etc. Medium to light body, some resinous and oily qualities over the middle and a hint of frothiness or fullness but it never finishes the job. Very light citrus notes, turning into more of some caramelized apples and maraschino cherries due to what I can only guess it an abundance of caramel malt. Okay but unexciting.