Pennichuck Saint Florian Doppelbock

Brewed by Pennichuck Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Milford, New Hampshire USA

This is really thin for a doppelbock, a little on the dry side. Nice dark malts, actually, but it doesn’t really satisfy.

Bottle at Bukowski’s after Night of the Funk in Boston. Pours a deep crimson hued brown with a medium to thick tanned beige head. Malty, sweet, and light hop aromas. A little bit metallic, a touch sweet. Malty and hoppy with a just burnt finish.

Bottle at Bukowski shared by j12601: Thanks Jay! Pours a deep ruby brown with a dense light tan head that retains well. Rich dark German malt aroma with mild brown sugar, and doughy toffee- clean and feels German. Creamy body/mouthfeel with a toasted dry malt character in the flavor. Mild cocoa and dark German malt breadiness with a mild toffee richness. Clean and rounded- a solid take on the style.

Pours a clear brown color with a thin tan head. Interesting aroma of malt, fruits and caramel. Good flavor of malt, fruits and caramel. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Not bad.

1 liter fliptop bottle. Pours clear and dark crimson in color, with a minimal, swirly head of tan foam. Scattered, sugary spots of lacing dot the glass. The aroma is largely sweet, driven by dark fruits such as raisins and prunes, with a big brown sugar and molasses component. Flavors are similar, quite fruity and figgy overall, rich with raisin and caramelized sugar, showing hints of sweet pipe tobacco and cocoa on the finish. There might be a touch of earthy, worn leather in there for good measure. The palate is smooth, lightly carbonated, and somewhat syrupy, finishing warm but not boozy. Overall, a pretty decent doppelbock.

1 liter flip top thanks to Beerlando for sharing. Molasses, smokey caramel, toasty bread, very malty on the nose. Pours a rich amber with a thin head. Very malty, slightly nutty, with a strong caramel molasses flavor, hiints of spices, freachly toasted pumperknickle bread in the flavor. Very nice dopplebock!

Pours a three finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving some lace. Clear deep amber/mahogany color. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Light bready nose. Flavor is sweet coriander and bread. $10.59 for a 1L flip-top bottle from Beverage Warehouse Winooski, VT.

1L fliptop. pours a muddy dark amber under a small yellow/tan head. malty aroma with cereal, roasted malts, brown sugar, raisins, caramel and toast. flavors of raisins, brown sugar and burnt toast. a hint of fruit in the finish. medium bodied.