Thomas Creek Deep Water Dopplebock

Draft sample at Knoxville Brewers Jam 2009. Poured a clear dark brown color with an average frothy brown head that was mostly lasting and good lacing. Moderate toasted caramel malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium toasted sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Complex drinkable brew.

Pours dark brown with a ruby tint and a thin beige head. Aroma is alcohol, caramel, and toast malt. Taste is light toffee, biscuit, and grain. Overall a thin beer.

Black pour that thins out a lot on tilt. Smells malty and sweet. Tastes smokey, sweet and thin. Sticks to the palette though. Very average.

Pours a clear dark brown with beige head. Aroma of roasted nuts, caramel, molasses, some fruitiness. Similar taste, roasted bitterness in the finish. Kind of watery given the strong aroma.

Bottle shared with the guys at the Inglorious Emergency Tasting. Very dark brown pour with reddish highlights and small ring of tan head. Nose of malty alcohol, much too much for 6.25% abv. Flavor is not quite as good as the flavor, a little grainy and metallic, but some faint coffee flavors supporting the slightly sour cherry body. Moderately syrupy, but thin body.

Pours a lasting ring of beige head and a deep brown body. Smells of molasses and dark, dried fruit. Flavor is the same. Nice carbonation. Body is a little thin.

On tap at the Colonial Downs Rhythm, Bets and Brews Festival on 06/20/2009. Very dark amber body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy tan head. Sweet caramel and molassas aroma. Sweet caramel and molassas flavor with light floral notes. Medium body wtih moderately low carbonation.

(Sample Date: 6/20/2009 Source:Other) Colonial Downs Rhythm Bets and Brews. Bready aroma with touch of roastyness. Clear amber brown. Lightly bready and toasty malt accentuated with hints of alchohol and subtle fruityness. Dry moderately bitter finish. Maybe not quite the malt profile expected in a Doppelbock but still pretty good.