Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock

I saw this fine brew on the list of a beer festival about five years ago and quickly put it on my "to sample" list. But when I approached the appropriate table, the worker insisted that it wasn’t one of the beers at that booth. I never did find it. So imagine my pleasure when I finally saw this, in bottle, at a local store...after five long years and with a name that still came easily to mind, making it instantly recognizable. To build up such hopes...well, it can lead to disappointment. But not this time. This nice doppelbock pours a dark, burgundy tinged brown, with a large, light tan head. Nose is a nice interplay of sweetness from rich, dark fruits, roast and chocolate, and malt, of course. Flavor is much the same, with the roast and dark fruit flavors dominating, but very well rounded overall. Really, a lovely beer, and one that I’m happy to have found nearby (and at what I think is a pretty good price!). Well worth the wait!

(bottle) darkest ruby-red colour with a bubbly mahogany head. strong nose of dark fruits, with cookie-dough, chocolate and a few roasted touches. flavour has a fresh roasted malt base that accentuates all the components of the aroma, along with a delicate hop spiciness and a light alcohol touch. medium and well-balanced body, not too sweet.

500 mL bottle from Wine Warehouse, dated 11.01.02. Reddish brown pour with a 2-finger head. Aroma of brown sugar, banana and grain. Taste is wheat, brown sugar, raisins, banana, caramel. Full bodied but very light texture. Very nice.

If you are looking for something very malty this is your beer, it is also very full boided and has great balance along with a nice mouthfeel. The caramelly sweetness in this works very well, the metallic notes play second fiddle and get ignored by me mostly. A highly recommended beer in my books.

Bottle. Dark brown. Small off white head that didn’t last. Left a little lacing. Smells very malty - cereal/weetbix dominates with some toffee. Tastes very malty as well - toffee, molassas, cereal, with a toasty slightly bitter finish. Its real viscous and syrupy feeling. A tasty beer but perhaps slightly sweet and syrupy for me.