Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock

Caramalized sugar, roasty malt aroma. Pours a rich dark amber. Strong roasted malt flavor, molasses flavor. Feels heavy and thick on the tongue. Not really for me. re-rate 7-17-07 Huge roasty aroma, caramalized sugars, and molasses, i was right on with this 2 years ago. Still pours brown/dark amber. Smooth malty flavor, roasty, i definitely appreciate this beer a lot more now. Very smooth, doesn’t seem to linger.

Dark and complex, with notes of chocolate, molasses, and anissette shining through heavily with notes of spice.

New beer to Florida

Pours a gloomy crimson black body and a towering tan head. The beer is nearly room temperature at this point…. The aroma and flavor are heavy with molasses, dates, raisins, and plums… dark pitted fruits rolled through molasses and peppered with spicy tobacco shavings. Suggestions of chocolate covered cherries, kilned malts, the bready smokiness of baked pumpernickel, toffee, brown sugar, coffee with sweetened cream…. A delectable treat fit for a brisk Autumn’s evening… and although the leaves are turning, it still feels like summer here in Florida...

Damn this is nice. Had to have something while firing up the BBQ late the other night and this is what got grabbed - rich dark brown with a frothy tan head. Sweet toffee and molasses and dark fruits and chocolate. Sweet in the mouth but not too much - coats the tongue with light carbonation and brings you back for another sip. Smooth sweet finish. Nice.

I like how the beer is made in a monastery, but the label features some sketchy aristocrat leering at some object of desire seated beneath his opera box. While I am crazy about German beers, I really do not understand all of the fuss with this one. Basic, good doppelbock. That’s all. Nice appearance, lasting head. Good palate, but no real complexity, in my opinion. I should say that on the label was printed the numbers "09.01.01" Perhaps this sample is four years old. If so, it held up nicely and maybe the complexity was lost over its years in the bottle.

After downing a bottle of Barock Dunkel, I had odds on this being a fantastic Doppel Bock. I really should have placed a bet!!! Poured into a large chalice, a short two-layered dense beige head formed atop a deep, dark ruby red body. Head lasted and left gluggy webs of lace down the glass. Strong, almost concentrated, malty and fruity nose with rich chocolate, plums, light vinous notes and a little liquorice. So thick and treacly in the mouth, very light in carbonation and made more intense by the strong concentrated flavours. Prunes, raisins and sultanas, toffee and toasted malt, and a dry vinous back that blends into a roasted malt swallow that lingers between each slow sip. Quite sweet without becoming cloying, it had a lot of fruit in the mouth once it warmed a little and really belied its almost modest alcohol level. Very strong flavoured, quite smooth and exciting to taste, this was an excellent late night sipping beer. A definitive ’in-your-face’ Doppel Bock that I will certainly taste again.

Big malt aroma with some molasses like sweetness. Beautiful looking deep brown with a thick mocha head. This is the kind of beer that you can’t wait to drink it. Smooth and creamy malt backbone with caramel and molasses flavors from fore to finish. One dimensional, but when that one dimension is so good it works well.

Bottle. This is one very delicious doppelbock IMO. Poured a large tan head that was mostly lasting, fine-large sized bubbles, good lacing, transparent, and a red hue. Aroma was malty, sweet, caramel, and some chocolate. Flavor was wonderful-sweet, malty and caramel. Absolutely tasty! More please!! Palate was very smooth. Will be seeking this one out again for sure.