Allgäuer Cambonator Doppelbock
Dark in color, with a fine aromatic taste.
3.6
223 reviews
Kempten, Germany
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Brown pour with an off white head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, brown sugar, maple, floral hops, raisins, dates and vanilla.. Flavor is similar and pretty tasty Nice..
A: The pour is a dark brown with plenty of amber tones to it. There’s a large off-white head that sits on top.
S: Not an overwhelming aroma, but good. Some decent dark fruit notes such as cherries, dates, and raisins, but mostly dark specialty malts that provide a subtle roast and sweetness.
T: Starts off with a definite metallic tinge, but it fairly quickly fades to rather normal doppelbock flavors. Moderate raisin and date flavors with a decent caramel sweetness along with some molasses.
M: The body is medium with a certain creaminess on the tongue and moderate carbonation.
D: A nice doppelbock that was dangerously easy to drink. Wouldn’t mind having this one again.
Clear ruby brown color/ viscous tan head. Big sweet dark bread, molasses, dark fruit aromas. smooth medium body. Sweet prune juice, earthy molasses, dark bread, yeasty flavors- good.
Bottle: Had to retry this one - the last was bad. (Thanks , Binnys). Pours an amber brown, with an off white head. Toastiness, dark fruits in the aroma. Nice maltiness, dark fruits, toffee, caramel, medium mouthfeel, a little resiny.
Appearance: rich mahogany brown, with a creamy, fluffy head and extensive lacing. Aroma: dark toasted caramelized malts, chocolate, toffee, notes of vanilla and cream, some earthy wood and maple syrup. Taste: sweet dark caramel, toasted grains, raisins, chocolate milk, brown sugar and ginger snaps. Finish: long, sweet toasty and slightly dry. Notes: A superlative doppelbock. Absolutely loved it. Quite rich, sweet and delicious. Perfect carbonation keeps it from being cloying.
Pretty good stuff. Not a spectacular doppelbock but not too bad. Serving: Bottle
another tick for dak ended up being pretty good on 1/25/2010...
orange tinted brown pour with an off white head.
it smells of malt syrup... really malty and sweet with notes of chocolate, brown sugar, maple, earthy and floral hops, raisins, dates and vanilla.
tastes the same... incredibly malty with hints of yeast with a slight grainy bitterness on the finish.
the medium body borders a bit thicker... smooth, slick texture is almost oily. 7/4/7/4/16/3.8
On tap at Gourmet Haus Staudt. Pours cloudy dark brown with a lasting beige head and some lacing. Aroma is sweet and malty with caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and dark fruits. Flavor is also malty and sweet, but not too sweet for the style. Caramel, toffee, syrup, and brown sugar. Lots of great dark fruits, particularly raisin and date. Fairly full body with a smooth mouthfeel. Not at all boozy. This is a very good doppelbock overall.
Clear brown. Light tan head. Cane syrup, caramel and honey. Sweet flavor with honey, caramel and a light hop finish.
(br-btl wh/bu-lbl gl-trim, "dunkler doppelbock")
br/ambr-lct, slight-head, ^co2, full-body.
sweet-malt aroma, sweet malty T1, bock(mtllc,iron,mnrl) T2, fruity T3, bitter Tf.
Got this at Sam’s in Chicago this past summer. Poured with a medium light tan head which mostly dissipated and no lace. Color is nice dark, clear mahoganey. Aroma is fairly simple of dark, sweet malts, fresh, and little hop. Flavor’s about the same. Body seems a bit thin for a dopplebock, but does have good carbonation. A little warming in the short finish. Ok beer; nothing special. Could do a whole lot worse. Could be a session if you didn’t have any other choices.
Bottle and served in snifter, next to Kaufbeuren Buronator Doppelbock, Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock and Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock (the baseline bier):
App: All three had a mahogany hue with the Buroator and Asam bocks displaying a bit more reddish highlights as well as a darker more tannish creamy head and better lacing. Cambonator gets the lowest score of 3, the others 4 each.
Aroma: Buronator, heavy caramel malt, bready and alcohol, some prune and fig along with a touch of peaty like smoke, brilliant. The Cambonator displays a walnut tone long with caramel, brown sugar and grape juice, interesting. The Asam bock has the weakest nose of the three with notes of caramel, wood, tobacco, grains, and a hint of raisin.
Taste: Rich and sweet caramel malt is front and center as expected in all three biers as is a hint of molasses. The differences are found with the undertones: Buronator has a figgy and roasty tone along with a dash of mineral water. It seems despite the heavy malt to be the most balanced of the three. The Cambonator has a very slight acidity (again grape juice) and some ashy notes. The Asam has more of a bakers chocolate tone and is more earthy and tobacco like, the most complex of the three.
Mouthfeel: Buronator, creamy and lively, Cambonator, lively and oily, a bit thinner, Asam lush and heavy, dry mineral finish.
Overall: While all three are well done and similar in the basics, the difference of enjoyment and complexity gives Buronator a slight advantage over Asam Bock with the Allgauer Cambonator my least favorite. This is interesting since the Buronator has the lowest ratebeer score of the three. Now when compared to the standard bearer of the style, and Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock ( 4.2), I found both the Buronator and Asam close companions but still a second cousin, The Cambonator was not even in the same zip code. Ahhh, the wonders of the horizontal tasting.
Bottle from Market of Choice. Poured out a nice copper color with a thick white head. Aroma was full of brown sugar, raisins, molasses and caramel. Flavor of caramel, plum, raisins, brandy. Pretty damn tasty.
.5liter bottle. dark, reddish brown color, not quite transparent. Minimal head leaving no lace. Strong, sweet aroma carrying lots of fruit. Flavor is strongly plum/raisin on a float of brown sugar/molasses. Slightly lacking on the back end for flavor, although the aftertaste is pleasingly sweet. I’d buy it again. It’s possible I started this one out a little too chilled.
Bottle 500 ml
Appearance: clear lager, dark deep brown with hint of copper. Medium bright contrasting top. 4-
Nose: Sweet malty aroma , fruity with light plum feel. Slight hint of berry and alcohol.7+
Flavor/Palate : Full bodied. Mature feel. Brown malts felt heavy on palate. Thick, malted feel. Alcohol felt quiet for style. Good doppel but it was missing something that would make you wanting more.13+/20
Bottle from Keg Liquor, IN.
Poured dark brown color with an average frothy light brown head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Moderate complex sweet malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth sticky texture and soft carbonation. Moderate sweet flavor with with a moderate sweet finish of average duration.
Good drinkable beer.
Bottle. Pours an amber brown body with a tan head. Sweet roasty coffee notes, caramel and a light smokiness. Dark fruit raisins in particular with a thin lagered yeast flavor. good brew.
Bottled. Poured translucent coppery brown with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up toasty aged caramel with overtones of earthy and brown sugary notes.. warm alcohol presence, but entirely complementary. The flavor had warm, aged caramel on the core with lesser notes of brown sugar and baker’s chocolate.. bitterness was light and earthy.. warmed up the throat and belly on the finish. Medium-bodied and a touch tangy on the palate with lower carbonation.. no complaints at all about this one.
nose slight lemons, heavy on malts, nutmeg, cinnamon, barley yeast, touch chemic-y. visually a cola-like pour with carbonation bubbles along the side of the glass and an opaque blackish color. thin head. taste is well-balanced vanilla malts then turning into a bourbon barrel, oaky resonance. Very pleasant. Palate is superb, coats the mouth and provides flavors from all sides.
bottle, clear toasty brown with bright white foam head, malty nutty aromas, flavors of cocoa, malts, almonds and a slght metallic finish
Deep brown, minimal head. Raisiny toffee quality, juicy. Bready, heavy caramel, chocolate little flat in palate with a drying lingering bitter quality, drying finish.
Pours a dark mahogany with a small creamy beige froth. Sweet fruity aroma, a little bit spicy, light chocolate, hint of hay. Dry chalky first taste, roasted bread, touch of cinnamon, chocolate covered raisins. Lighter, slightly creamy, finely carbonated body. Straight-forward, simple, tasty and very dry. Bitter after-taste.
Draught. Dark caramelly colour with a thick white head. Aroma of sweet malt and caramel. Dark full flavour with a sweet finish. Not for all day drinking but a lekker peg to to a bieraand.
1/2 liter bottle poured into a dimpled mug. ACD pours quite typical for the style, it has a medium-sized creamy head and the color is dark brown, almost the color of cola. The nose is subtle and sweet with malts dominating. The body is a tad thin but not terribly so. It has a nice malty body and is quite smooth. The finish has a surprisingly bitter flavor that I was not expecting and may actually be a result of some Swiss cheese I was eating earlier. This is a very nice doppelbock and there is no reason to fear.
8/20/2008: Allgäuer Brauhaus Cambonator Dunkler Doppelbock pours perfectly into my Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock glass. This beer is dark brown with a foamy head that has a kahki color and is lasting. The malty aroma is deeply caramelized with a hint of sweet, cooked applesauce. A traditional German Doppelbock flavor greets the tastebuds. This beer has a higher than average good noble floral bitterness to it in the finish along with a suggestion of the alcohol strength contained in this beer. The flavor reminds me of a sharp Pils with the addition of dark, sweet caramlized malt and a shot of alcohol. This beer is smooth and medium-bodied. Overall this is a pretty good example of a doppelbock and well-worth trying (especially at the really affordable per bottle cost!). I do think that I lacks some of the depth and complexites that the highly rated doppelbocks (e.g. Celebrator, Optimator, etc.) have...
1 pt .9 fl.oz. bottle (Alc. 7.2% by Vol.) brought back from Virginia for me by my thoughtful wife. Thank you honey. I appreciate it! Rating #182 for this beer...
(GERMANY) Pours a dark amber / brown color with a med-tan head. The aroma is of malts, dark fruit, and yeast. The taste kind of has a clove flavor with prunes, bitter malts and a hint of caramel. Overall this dopplebock is decent and worth a try.
Bottle. Pours dark ruby red and brown. Aroma is lagery yeast, malt, and sweet raisins. Rich dark roast flavor, a bit warming, bitter roast with a hint of cloves. Medium witih a creamy body and a bit of carbonated bite. A fair doppel.
Dark brown with hints of red hue and a thin light-tan head. Aroma is light - fruity cherries and raisings, hints of chocolate. Flavor is roasty malts, lightly sweet but well balanced. Notes of raisins, dark cherries, plums, but not as deep and rich as some dopplebocks I have tried and preferred. Still, a solid made db. Cheers!
Earthy brown...medium amber head. Earth and dark malt aroma. Flavors of roasted malts, slight caramel, molassas, carob, banana, smoke. Flavorful and decent doppelbock.
Bottle: Pours a dark ebony color with a touch of mahogany through the edges. An intense brown, that’s for sure. Light off-white head and some lacing. The nose has bright hoppy notes with some light berry, fig, muddled chocolate and thick toasty carob. The flavor is a bit more bitter than I thought it would be, more drinkable than a cloying doppelbock naturally; I like that. Some mellow astringency and light alcohol notes follow up and a creamy roasty tail is to follow. Nice doppelbock, a little different, which is welcome in the summer.