 SDalkoholic (1198), Chula Vista, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 28, 2009
Bottle from Bevmo: Created a thick and fluffy head which did eventually thin down while the liquid was a dark amber hue. In the aroma there is a delicate usage of caramel malts and a scent of milk chocolate but I am unable to smell much else. The flavor is thick and heavy with strong syrup like sweetness in the malt while the cherry flavor seems to taste tart and almost artificial like. But, the cherry flavor could just be drowned out because a lot of elements add to this flavor in addition to the syrup such as caramel, oak chips, and slight resemblance to a cognac.
mcox90 (656), Wilton, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 1, 2010 22 oz bottle. Pours reddish brown with a 1/2" beige head. Aroma is Sweet caramel, malt and cherry. Full bodied palate and low level carbonation. Sweet doppelbock flavor, mostly caramel, with just the right amount of cherry. Enought to make it interesting, but not overpowering. Little bit of oak flavor too. A nice holiday treat.
scooterbub (390), Lander, Wyoming, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 27, 2009 22 ounce bottle. Pours a dark cloudy brown with a decent tan head that lasts. Taste is of malt, cherry, caramel, alcohol, chocolate, oak and some hops. Slightly tart with a minor bitter and alcohol aftertaste. The aroma is similar, but more alcohol comes through. Smooth and easy to drink. A nice holiday beer.
slimweebs (144), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 27, 2009 I have always been intrigued by cherry flavored beers. It seems to be a fruit that many brewers try to play with but most of the time they just get it wrong and dominate an often overly simple beer with cherry flavor. This one got it right! The dopplebock is done very nicely with rich full body and sweet tongue, with just enough coffee/chocolate flavor to give it a nice roasted background, and the cherry flavor is very subtle and tasted on the back end. This is a really nice beer.
cbkschubert (2027), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 22 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a brown color with a one finger thick light tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is dark esters, cherries, and faint oak. Flavor is toasted malt, dark esters, and a tad bit of herbal hops. The esters linger in the finish. Medium body. A decent beer, but it’s something I would not buy again.
Headbanger (1601), Aurora, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 22oz bottle 12/21/09 (Binny’s-Downers Grove)-Pours a dark brown with a full tan head that dissipates into a small covering. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, cherries and slight oak. Taste of cherries, sweetness, oak, and slight alcohol. This medium bodied brew hides the ABV very well and is pretty well balanced. This is not too bad and was not expecting much and it lived up to those expectations.
BeerandBlues2 (3235), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Bottle. Pours clear, effervescent tawny with a smallish fizzy light tan head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (caramel, nutty), light earthy hops, light bread-like yeast with notes of candied cherries, toasted oak, and alcohol (solvent-like). Some off aromas of stomach acid (butyric) indicating sanitation issues. Flavor is fairly sweet caramel malt with bitter hops and slight cherry notes. Again, the stomach acid is in the flavor too. Some oak notes at the end. Creamy start with a spicy and dry finish; a tad too attenuated. I was hoping for more from this beer given that they took a doppelbock, aged it on oak and cherries, but something went wrong here.
kiefdog (1645), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Bottle from Whole Foods (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark cola brown to black with thin tan head. Aroma is cherries, malt, chocolate, brown sugar, tofffee, ripe fruit, apple peel. Flavor is chocolate, bourbon, candy sugar, vanilla, oak, smoke, some spice. Medium body with malty and chocolate finish.
OD40oz (603), Box Elder, South Dakota, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 I was very surprised by this one. Found a bottle for 7 bucks at the local liquor store. Pours bing cherry red with a quickly diminishing tan head. Cherry, chocolate aroma. Nice balance of cherry and bock taste. Not too bad. Better than I expected.
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