Shoreline Curse the Goat Doppel Bock

Brewed by Shoreline Brewery
Style: Doppelbock
Michigan City, Indiana USA

Nice looking brew, a slightly hazed chestnut body with red highlights and a bubbly off-white head. The aroma has sweet toasted malts, dark caramel, and a hint of smoke and dark fruits. The alcohol is detectable in the flavor but is just enough to blend in nicely with all of the flavors reflected in the nose. Good stuff.

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Draft at the brewery. Poured dark amber with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate balanced malty and sour citrus hop aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. This is the standout beer of the beers tasted.

Tap at brewery and served in a 10.5 ounce glass: Clean deep amber hue with a small lasting head but very good lace. The aroma has notes of apple, pear, caramel, toffee, grassy and aromatic hops, and an earthy yeast ester. The taste starts with a nice sweet malt base but not cloying, fruity with a hint of rose hips and clove as well. A finishing notes of German hops (Saaz perhaps?) which led to a lingering biscuity finish. The mouth feel is smooth and does not display any note of alcohol, very quaffable, almost too easy to drink! A nice classic dopple IMO, yummy! Very well done Sam.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that was long lasting and left behind a transparent uncarbonated light brown colored body. The mild aroma was hoppy and malty. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The weak flavor contained notes of malt hops and sweet. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Tap at the brewery. Medium sized ivory head with good lacing, transparent, no visible carbonation, and a golden, orange hue. Malty, caramel, sweet, some toffee, and hop nose. Flavor was sweet, somewhat bitter, some hops, and malty. Tingly mouthfeel. This is a beer style that I greatly enjoy; however, this one missed the mark for enjoyment. On the day of rating this, it didn’t hit the mark for a good dopplebock. It was just so-so.

Dark roasted malt sweetness...caramel, dark fruits, and a touch of smoke. Very prominent ABV steps out of the shadows to tune you up a bit in the finish, but you probably had it coming to you.

On tap at the brewpub. The color threw me off a bit. Very light, pale even, in color. Super Miabock maybe? Spicey hop quality in the nose. Lots of alcohol. I didn’t really this as much as I’d hoped.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a red brown with a beige head. Malt and red fruit in the nose. Bitter red fruit malts with a light bakers chocolate and pine near the finish. Pretty ok beer.