Plank Heller Doppelbock

Brewed by Brauerei Plank Laaber
Style: Doppelbock
Laaber, Oberpfalz/Bayern, Germany

Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: cloudy dark yellow, fine off white head,
Aroma: sweet candy malt aroma with a nice fruity character,
Flavor: sweet candy flavor, lots of malty sweetness, touch of bready character, light bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

(50cl bottle) Medium white head atop hazy light amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, floral/orange, some bread/caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, orange/floral, some bread/caramel. Medium body, light resin. More like an APA or even an ESB than a Doppelbock. Yummy though.

Clear sunny yellow coloured lager that focuses directly on malts. The faint white head quickly departs. Not much fruit complexity, but rather crisp biscuit, fresh bread, cerealic base. Very fresh vienna malts. Soft and pleasant herbal/hay-like hops. Not grand, but quite successful in its homogeneity. Every ingredient fits one another. Subtle, sometimes grainy, sometimes toasty. A bit of honey reminiscent sweetness creeps up, but never dominates, the toastiness balances it out nicely. Pleasant, but the appearance is disappointing and aroma perhaps too shy.

Bottle… Cloudy orange lager with tons of miniscule black floaties motoring about the glass. Small, creamy, white head with decent retention. Fruity, malty, yeasty aroma - peach, apricot, toffee and fresh-baked bread. Full-bodied with lively carbonation. Sweet, biscuity flavor up front with underlying notes of toffee, raw sugar and a hint of fuzzy fruit. Lengthy, lightly sweet finish. Thanks go out to smith4498 for sharing the bottle!

(Bottle) Pours a deep golden body with a medium white head. Aroma of toasted grain, corn, alcohol, and honey. Flavor of toffee, grass hops, caramel, and light citric.

Pours a transparent deep golden bronze with a spotty-lacing froth of white head. Aroma of sweet toasty pale German malts, some floral hop notes and German yeast with some subtle bubble gum character. Body starts with good full sweetness and nice bitter balance before a slightly drier, earthy hop and bready finish. A nice heller doppelbock.

16.9oz bottle-pours a nice off white head and amber/gold color. Aroma is nice sweet light/medium malt-caramel/toffee, orange, some spice/floral hops. Taste is sweet light/medium malt-caramel/toffee, orange, secondary herbal/spice/floral hops. Good carbonation. Medium body.

Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing. Pale golden coloured beer with a lightly yeasty hazy. Very fresh biscuity malt aroma. Bready and crusty with a nice yeasty character on the back. Light herbal hoppiness is apparent in the nose as well. Flavour is simple, fresh bready malt, herbal/grassy hop flavour and a fairly assertive bitterness. Clean, malty, and pretty tasty. A simple, well-crafted beer.