Simply too light and arid for prestigious doppelbock class. Smoked chocolate malting and dried cocoa dusting, reminiscent of black ale styling, fades into wispy raisin-plum-fig spell to earthen dry-hopped barley-toasted bottom.

Wavering ‘high gravity dopplebock lager’ reminiscent of light brown ale or mild porter. Dark-roasted hop-embittered caramel malting picks up smoked molasses simmer and chewy brown chocolate-y whir. Recessive banana, cherry, and prune notes aid lilting barleywine swirl.

Mellow moderate-bodied German-styled bock suspiciously blends white ale fruiting into doughy pilsner inclination. Despite bold 8% alcohol flow, soft fizzy-hopped sourdough persistency and gentle pear-apple-nectar cascade lighten slightly hazed amber body. Minor marzipan sweetness gets lost.

New-sprung San Diego brewer boasts ‘better beer through chemistry.’ Found medium-bodied doppelbock lager on-tap at Mission Beach hangout, Liar’s Club. Glutinous wheat stickiness absorbs buttery marzipan entry and dry orange canopy, picking up slim gin profundity towards resinous lemon lime finish, where flavor profile fades.

Elegant ruby-hued bottle-conditioned German doppelbock features bright melon-cherry thrust overlaid by chocolate malts and sour fig-prune sedation. Wispy whiskey finish hedges maple-sugared caramel-burnt sweetness.

Soft-toned white-headed pale-bodied bock with bread-like yeast pungency, musty malt severity, and dry mocha sourness too light and insignificant for exalted class.

Fine spruce-wafted reddish amber IPA with unimpeded roasted hop thrust propelling tangy grapefruit-led fruiting. A smattering of pine embitters red apple, cherry, peach, pear, and pineapple upsurge to toasted barley base.

Rich auburn-bodied beige-headed top-fermented abbey ale with combustible 8% alcohol rate and sinewy leaven yeast sediment. Barleywine subtleties waver above dirty grain base and silken hop spicing. Fully formed, yet difficult to clearly define as a double bock, therefore recommended to dark ale connoisseurs.

Expansive ‘premium lager’ alleviates roasted chocolate-caramel malting and buttery cocoa elegance with soft barleywine warmth, picking up minor cinnamon-nutmeg tingle and dark rum spicing at lingered dry prune-raisin finish. Closer inspection reveals creamy maple-cola immersion.

Easily one of greatest American brewpubs, Mc Neill’s generic labeled ruddy-browned full-bodied seasonal bock offers laid-back ice coffee flow soured thusly by orange-bruised prune-dried green raisin scour and vinous grape tannic tartness before settling into dry port finish. Ashen peat bottom collapses.

Heavenly juicy-fruited medium-bodied dark amber may lack alcoholic chocolate-rimmed citric-dried inertia of richer bock competition, but fig-spiced bruised cherry entry dazzles. Spry floral-hopped briskness enhances luscious melon sweetness and mildly tart grape-quince sequel solidifying toasted wheat bed. Instantly approachable for lighter thirsts, yet bold enough for strong ale heads.