[1] Review by doulos31 from Middletown, DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/6/2008 7:18:41 AM)
"Beer pours with a nice frothy head, but no lacing, the exact color of cola. Aroma is hard to describe...it smells sweet. The flavor is also really sweet, bordering on but not quite too sweet. A lot going on in this one, sweet dark fruit, some earthiness...not quite smokey but maybe musty and nutty in some fashion. Really hard to describe, but pretty good. The mouthfeel was rich and almost crisp like a lager. I enjoyed this."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.8)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[2] Review by ferthalangur from Glen Echo, MD, USA who has tried this beer once. (1/2/2008 10:58:28 PM)
"Brownish to black, nice thick head when poured splashily. Slightly metallic aroma, and it's very faint. Sweet, treacly, crunchy malt flavor. The finish is slightly bitter, and reminds me of dark chocolate. I really like this entry in the "dunkler doppelbock" style."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 16.9oz @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[3] Review by YumBeer from Edgewater, NJ, USA who has tried this beer once. (10/4/2007 8:45:36 PM)
"A maroon almost black colored beer poured somewhat thick into the glass. It was like a meal in a glass. A very malty sweet smelling beer that had the smell of roasted malts and caramel. This full bodied doppelbock had a nice roasted caramel flavor on the palate that was seductive and simply scrumptious."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
9/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Forced Draught Sample Size: 12oz @ $8 Unit Cost: $10.67 per Pint
[4] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/24/2007 12:46:11 AM)
"Pours into my 25cl tulip with a four finger thick, dirty, light brownish, tan colored head that sits atop a dark, opaque, black-amber colored beer that shows a brilliantly clear, purple tinged, deeply red hue when held up to the light. The aroma is an interesting mix of concord grape aromatics, toasty grain, biscuit malt, perhaps a hint of dusty chocolate and a hint of an herbal edge to it. Really the concord grape aroma is the most noticeable thing about the nose.
Fairly sweet, but the concord grape note has become more of a berry-like note in the flavor. Rich, but not overly thick, about a middle of the road thickness, though perhaps a bit on the light side. Chalky malt notes of cocoa, toasted grain and soda crackers seem to become noticeable somewhere in the middle through to the finish of this beer. There is a hint of bitterness here, but there is also a touch of herbal character that could be ascribed to a hop influence. Still that malt induced fruity berry notes are the dominant note here, at times it is a little distracting. Really this is just not all that appealing to me."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.8)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by eaglefan538 from DE, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/26/2007 10:50:24 PM)
"Bottle, pour is burgandy brownish, nice generous off-white head, great retention, nice lacing too. The aroma was quite pleasant, earthy, musty, lightly grassy, dark fruits, nice grapey-ness, itty bitty touch of floral notes. The flavor was earthy, grassy, grapey (this, the grapes, my favorite part), other dark fruits, dry breadiness, only light chocolate under it all, faint. The mouthfeel was dry, lager-like crisp, nothing sticky about this one. This was a darned impressive beer, very drinkable, lots going on, great melding of the various flavors. Not as much depth and slightly less complexity, but right up there with Celebrator and Andechs DD in my book. Wow, Allgauer makes something good?"
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
9/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.4)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $2.99 Unit Cost: $2.83 per Pint
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(3.8)
