Thomas Hooker Liberator Doppelbock

500 ml bottle via trade with CaptainCougar - Pours a brown color with a huge light tan head. Thick lacing. Aroma is light toasted malt and light esters. Flavor is very chocolatey with a touch of fruit in the finish. Palate is thick and so is the body. A roasted malt after taste lingers on the palate. A good beer. Thanks Tom.

Dark brown pour with cherry wood hues, fully diminishing tan head, light lacing. Aroma is sweet cherries, caramel malt, chocolate, lesser molasses, brown sugar and anise. Flavor is more of the same without the anise component. Palate is generous, full and velvety for a bock beer. Finishes with a touch of creamy sweet malt and smoke. Pretty good, had hoped for a lot more.

Thanks to warriorsoul for this 1 Liter fliptop... 2005 edition Appears a dark mahogany, bordering black with a 1 finger, creamy tan head. Lots of streaky lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of roasted nuts, toffee, caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, and cocoa. Taste is of the same aromas but perhaps toned down slightly from the anticipated goodness that was expected. It’s good but not the best of the style by a long shot. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, slightly astringent, along with moderate smoothness, cream, and sugar. I’ll be sure to check out this years version soon enough.

Merry Christmas to mee! Very dark brown, slight reddish hue. Nice foamy milk chocolaty brown head. Flavor of roasted malt and some light hops. Enough were used to create a perfect balance in this one! Very thick textured. Very special beer. I love it. I was to keep this one on hand all the time!

The elegant thick licoriche-like mouthfeel makes this dark malty gem a pleasurable experience. This one combines its roasted qualities with sweetness and there isn’t too much in the bitter hop department here. This one is like candy in a bottle but well balanced and not overdone or saccharine.

Bottle Wow! the noise it makes when you first open it did it for me. Poured a thick, lovely dark black with a creamy looking dark khaki brown head. Taste, and looks very similar to a stout . Hints of coffee, vanilla, butterscotch, and toasted bread. Not much hops in this beer which worked out well for me. The rich smell of smoked wood tends to fade away and come back, the lacing as well. Great beer for the style.

Draft. Pures black with tan head. The aroma was of coffee,smoke and roasted malts. The body was firm and rich. The taste was sweet with the aftertaste becoming bitter like darkly roasted coffee. This was a very good brew but I found myself struggling to the finish line.

Draft at the Grey Ldge in Philly. Nice solid beer. Goold malt flavor all the way through. Nice and roasty. Alochol was hidden rater well.