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.
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ABITA ANDYGATOR HELLES DOPPELBOCK
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.
(DER HIRSCH) DOPPEL-HIRSCH BAVARIAN DOPPELBOCK
SAXER JACK FROST WINTER DOPPELBOCK
No-headed amber-hued medium-bodied Bavarian double bock opens with aromatic spiced-hop bittering, subtly sweet malt whiskey palate, and casual honey-soured wheat sway. Yet despite black cherry meander, sinister orange tang, and fine rose’ finish, lack of fully-fruited assertion decreases value. Brewery defunct: 2005.
DOCK STREET ILLUMINATOR DOUBLE BOCK
Lustrous ruby amber doppelbock arouses cereal-grained brown-sugared caramel malting with port-burgundy-rosé wining to fig-spiced prune-dried chocolate-covered raisin conduit of mighty fine digestif. Floral hops subsidize black-peppered coriander-cinnamon-curry speckle, medicinal pureed cherry trickle, and pecan-marzipan-walnut tease.
SLY FOX INSTIGATOR DOPPELBOCK
Though dank olfactory mustiness, astringent alcohol acridity, and wafting prune pungency hinder blue collar consumption, bolder thirsts may find solace sorting through dizzying expressive complexities. Taut roasted hop concentration affects carbolic overflow, allowing fleshy head to surge prodigiously above brown-hued ruby-highlighted body of chewy Bohemian-styled bock. Durable molasses-thickened raisin-fig souring picks up plush burgundy-sherry illusions emanating from oaken red grape-cherry esters and leathery peat snatch. Flirtatious chicory segue imbues dried apricot midst haunting tobacco-stained woody grove as tertiary powdered cocoa acridity, smoked nut remnant, and scant pumpernickel trace counter residual brown sugar salvo.
ETALLER CURATOR DUNKLER DOPPELBOCK
(SMUTTYNOSE) S’MUTTONATOR DOUBLE BOCK
Fruitful brownish amber bock scintillates from ripe citrus opening to warm barleywine finish. Juicy fig-raisin emphasis envelops ripe tangerine, bruised banana, and maraschino cherry on second passing, strikingly contrasting alcohol heft. Buttery caramel and biscuit-y wheat guard corners; occasional cinnamon dalliance or floral trace pop up.