Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg
Style: Doppelbock
Kelheim, Niederbayern, Germany

Dark brown with a light brown head. Very sweet smelling with hints of leather, roasted grain, caramel, and a little smoke; in a word: complex. Flavor is surprising vinous with hints of smoked and roasted malt. Thin enough to be very easy to drink, but not so thin to detract.

The DM & Hotstuff’s European Honeymoon trip beer number 54. This draft brew from the Unionsbrau brauhaus in Munich Germany poured a medium sized head of light brown colored finely sized mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a semi-opaque dark brown colored uncarbonated body. It had a semi-vinous aroma with heavy dark malt notes. The mouth feel was also vinous with dark malt and caramel flavors in a mild vinous finish that also contained a note of licorice. I really enjoyed this one.

Very nice... Pours an incredibly dark red/black with a decent head that left minimal lacing. Scent is strong of coffee and malt. Taste is coffee/toffee and dark fruits. Palate has a nice mineral feel to it. It’s thick without being very carbonated. Overall it’s rather nice and offers a nice challange to Celebrator/Salvatore, and worth giving a try.

Very deep garnet red colour. Low carbonation. Pronounced cocoa and malt aroma, with vinous, woody and musty undertones. Sweet burnt malt flavours up front, with licorice and caramel and a lactic edge towards the finish. A very rich beer. My only minor quibble is that the mouthfeel gets a bit sticky after a while. Otherwise excellent. 500ml bottle from beersofeurope.co.uk. BBE 22 October 2004.

Pours deep reddish with mild tan-like head. Big sweet malty nose. Flavors of raisins, chocolate and roasted caramel. Slight smoky finish.

Bottle bought in Germany. 500ml in a snifter/stem hybrid. Malty and strong, chocolate, fruit and wonderful aftertaste. So smooth, rich and thick. Lovely.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. A deep ruby colour with nice tan head. Sweet malt aroma with raisins. Intense flavour, very malty with some hop to balance it up. Sweet, roasted honey with some nice bitterness at the end. Full bodied with an excellent mouthfeel. Excellent beer.

Bottle: Poured a black to very deep ruby with a bubbly yellow/tan head that diminished to a ring very fast. Aroma of raisins and molasses with spicey herbal notes (smelt thick!). Golden syrup flavour intensity with some refreshing herbal hop to balance in the background. Very strong and nice. A thick, syrupy beer, the golden syrup flavour remains stuck to the palate for some time. Nicely balanced by some bitterness, although I found the carbonation somewhat sharp. Very nice.