Spaten Optimator

Brewed by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu (InBev)
Style: Doppelbock
Munich, Germany

A good beer, would definitely get it again. Very dark pour with very little head. Nice flavor.

From the bottle, this poured dark brown with deep grape red tones and sticky light-tan suds. It smells of booze,warming into bread pudding minus the vanilla; candied sugar, toasty malts, a little bit of fruit. The flavor is intensely sweet. a touch sour with a bitterness in the finish. The syrupy quality is balanced well with adequate carbonation. Deliciously potent.

Pours dark very brown with a little red and a off white red. Excellent smoky sweet aroma and a similar flavor of roasted nuts and sweet fruit.

I keep trying new Doppelbocks but always seem to come back to this one. Sweet but not too sweet. Nutty and malty as well. Its also really cheap for a beer this good. Scores extra points from me.

Pours dark amber with ruby highlights. Very clear with a quickly discipating head. Aroma is distinctly munich malty sweetness. Body is medium full. Flavor has a lot of residual malt sweetness but is balanced well with a background bitterness. A really good dopplebock.

I have had this many times, but it has been probably two years since my last one. Pours a deep porter-like dark brown, small lace, caramel and roast aroma. Flavor is big and mildly sweet. It was 6.99 a 6pack at my Trader Joes and at a respectable 7.2% abv, this is a mighty fine beer to start out my October!

dirty charcoal filtered pour gives to caramel colored yet translucent brew with minimal head and zero lace. aroma is well devloped caramel and caramelized nuts. flavor is of more of the same and a late and light booze mule kick. palate reflects the ABV - silky but only such as 7% can provide. i’d like to see this ferment out to 10%.

Dark brown pour with lots of aroma, especiallly caramel. The taste is sweet with malt and caramel. If anything it could use a bit more bittering balance. Silky presence on the palate. Enjoyable.