Weihenstephaner Korbinian

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Doppelbock
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

500ml bottle served in a hefe glass. Poured a beautiful mahogany with three fingers of tan head. Malty aroma with molasses and dark fruit. Also some noble hop aroma. Rich malty flavor with some chocolate and more molasses. Not overly sweet. Very smooth and creamy Nice malt complexity. Very drinkable. I liked this a lot. If you are a fan of German malt flavor, you should try this.

Nice dark brown with an off white head. Dark roasted malt aroma with floral notes a bit of dark fruit. Sweet complex flavor with a long malty finish. One of my favorite doppelbocks.

Poured into my Eichhof bier mug. Pours a dark transparent brown with highlights ranging from ruby to orange. Nice fluffy white head of two fingers. Not much lacing. Nose is very dark, with a kind of fruitcake-like sweet doughy maltiness. Some milk chocolate influence as well. Tastes very sweet, with a lot of rich malt and sugary dark fruit notes like date and prune. The chocolate note comes out in the flavor, as well as a distinct flavor of fresh grainy bread. Very smooth on the palate, with great carbonation and a nice medium-full body. A bit too sweet to be incredibly drinkable.

(Bottle at Weihenstephan Berlin on 2009-02-04) Dark reddish brown and clear. Long lastin tan coloured head. Chcolate, malts and caramell in aroma. Full bodied and thick palate with little carbonation. Cholate, malts, caramell and bitterness in balanced taste. Chocolate and bitterness in aftertaste.

Clear dark mohogany pour with fair light tan head. Dark fruit aroma with caramel malt. Flavors of honey, raisin, malt, and plum. There is even some meatiness in there! Creamy medium body with a sweet malty finish. Fantastic doppelbock and a great label to boot!

Poured a dark amber brown with medium tan head that left a nice ring lacing on the glass. The smells were faint, but I picked up some burnt caramel and dark malts. Tasted a bit of coffee and chocolate, roasted malts, and hops. Thick and heavy, but silky smooth. Pour me another please, I could drink these all night. Serving type: bottle

This is a great double bock. It had a great deep color with a nice toasty and malty aroma. The balance is very nice as it has a nice light bitter finish. This is good stuff!

My Weihenstephaner Korbinian came to me in a large 22oz bottle which I promptly poured into my tall 24oz bomber glass. She poured a rich earthen brown with tinges of burnt amber accentuating her sides and the curves in the glass. A small head of foam fades into a blanket on top of my brew. As I tease her nose, brussels lace trickles down the sides with each swirl. Rich roasted malts greet my nose with sweet caramel notes, prunes, faint chocolate, and wet earth. Her succulent and almost syrupy viscous body fills my mouth with sweet malts, caramel, fresh prunes backed by lightly sweet chocolate. Semi-sweet chocolate maybe? A warm beer, she has a heavy body which thankfully doesn’t cloy too badly, otherwise she would be very hard to finish. As is, each quaff glides across my eager tastebuds and leaves a brisk, almost lemon-rind finish. For a very full body, I am surprised and delighted to find my Korbinian to have a pleasant effervescence as she warms. Malty sweet, succulent, with rich dark prunes, chocolate, spice, and a drying bitter citrus finish.
An excellent Dopplebock if I do say so myself. Ayinger’s Celebrator is still my favorite dopplebock to date, but Weihenstephaner proves that they haven’t lost their touch over centuries of brewing and perfecting their craft. History is best enjoyed with a beer in hand, even more so when that beer in hand is a part of brewing history itself.