Spaten Optimator

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

bottle, pours dark brown, medium light tan head. Sweet carmel and a doughy malt aroma. Sweet lightly toasted malt, some carmel notes and a light spiced finish that lingers. Moderate carbonation and a medium to heavy mouth feel. A solid doppelbock.

Bottle; can’t believe I haven’t rated this one. Poured a dark, dirty brown with some amber notes. Aroma of sweet malt, wheat, caramel, and brown sugar. Not bursting with aroma. Flavor was pretty minerally, perhaps too much so initially. But that goes away. Caramel and brown sugar notes are very strong. Some vanilla and brea.

Very nice deep clear dark amber brown colour with a suitably off white creamy head. Smell of molasses, cola, and wheat. Taste is smooth and creamy with some slight caramel, rye, burnt sugar, cherry, vanilla, even some coconut notes. The alcohol is practically invisible amongst the flavour. Overall, a good, drinkable Doppelbock; but one that suffers partially from being kind of unexciting.

nice dark brown pour, slight head. really potent aromas of sticky malt and raisin. creamy mouthfeel and nice traditional malt roast. A little bit of chocolate and dark fruit in the aftertaste. Really quite good

Sort of a dark scotch ale aroma? Not much head to speak of. Malty and roasty. Some alcohol burn. Strong, sweet. Reminds me a lot of Old Chub.

Pours rather dark brown with a bit of a matching head. Nose is sweet with hints of dark fruits (plums, raisins, etc.). Flavor is very creamy and smooth with the same dark fruits from the nose. I believe I also detected some floral notes at the end, or at least something similar to what I usually identify as floral. An excellent beer, to be sure.