Weihenstephaner Korbinian

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

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!

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.

Pours hazy dark brown with a nice inch-thick tan head that lingers. Nice bright floral aroma, nutty and sweet. Solid malt flavor with great background of nuts, caramel, coffee and a nice warming kick of alcohol. Slight bitter aftertaste, but a nice clean finish. A very smooth drinking experience, always wanted more after each sip.

sweet roasty molasses flavor - bitterness at the end. feel on the tongue is creamy-great slurping, less so simply sipping. smells like bananas. I think I really like dopplebocks. I could only drink a bit of this, but while its happening, so good.

(16.9oz bottle) pours a dark clear chocolate w/ hints of ruby. Nice light tan head that has good staying power. Nose is toasted brown sugar, sweet malts, and belgian candi sugar. Taste is cocoa, roasted malts, dark lightly sweetened chocolate and has a creamy finish that’s slightly bitter but pleasingly so. Very drinkable and delicious.

Pours a dark ruby red. Smells of raisins, plums and sweet bread, taste follows nose. Sweet with a good finish. Very nice.