Three Floyds Decimator Doppelbock

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Munster, Indiana USA

Bottle… DLD ‘08… Mostly clear, burnt orange lager with a large, wispy, white head. Great, chunky retention. Notes of golden raisins, fuzzy fruits, cocoa and citrus fruits make up the nose. Full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel. Rich chocolate malt and caramel malt flavor with balance provided by inconspicuous hops. The finish is sweet, but also fairly clean.

Pours a deep brown with reddish highlights and an eggshell head that was part creamy, part big bubbled. It had a bready, sweet aroma, chocolate with dark malt and burnt wood. It got mayhaps a bit too sweet up front in the flavor, but a smokey bitterness arose that balanced it out. Interesting to have a doppelbock at a "living ale" festival. I’d like to get more info on this brew.

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On tap at the 3F’s brewpub. The body was deep rusty brown with a tan head. The aroma was caramel with cherry notes. This was like a strong Tootsie Roll. The taste was Tootsie Roll with some caramel. There was also a little bit of peanuts and toast. Not at all subtle, but what else would one expect form Three Floyds?

This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated brown colored body and a poor lacing. The mild aroma was malty. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start with a mellow finish and a bock like aftertaste. The thick flavor contained notes of malt hops sweet and dark malt. Good bock flavor. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

In short: Rich, full and highly drinkable Doppelbock. One of the best ever.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Dark mahogany body with a small tan head
In long: Luscious dark caramel, plenty of figs and dates, some chocolate. Body is as full as it can be, this is almost a meal. A big condensed fruit cake will a little chocolate topping. A truckload of leafy hops provide a fresh “green” finish. I went through my glass in about 5 minutes. A strong beer like that should not be so highly drinkable, that’s just too dangerous. Just too highly drinkable, the dudes at 3F probably had a party with that thing on tap all night and the day after they came up with the name.

on cask at Night of the Living Ales IV, pours ruby with creamy off white head. nose is bready and smokey. flavor is nice smoke to it, toffee, brown sugar, long finish, this is a really nice doppelbock.

Pour is fairly opaque caramel ruddy brown with a thin tan head...smell is faintly smokey but predominantly sweet caramel and molasses...tasete is sweet and relatively one sided...caramel and molasses...some faint toastier malt flavors are there though...finish seemed a little bright...

DLD ’08: Pours a hazy brown with an off white head. Aroma, fruits, caramel, roasted notes, toffee. Flavor, caramel, fruity notes, roasted malts, toffee, some nutty hints, and earthy hops. Pretty solid.