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The classic German dark beer, bottom fermented ’Doppel Bock’. Full bodied with a deep dark color and rich roasted malt flavor.
The classic German dark beer, bottom fermented ’Doppel Bock’. Full bodied with a deep dark color and rich roasted malt flavor.
3.6
1972 reviews
München, Germany
Community reviews
Nice aroma, small head, good malt taste. Pours a nice dark brown in color. Nice full body, but doesn't feel heavy. very easy drinking.
Wonderful full flavoured, complex, strong. Beautiful beer, my style. online saveaur bier
330 ml bottle from Beer Hawk's mystery case, bb 07/2019 so ok.
Red/brown, clear, pale beige head.
Nose - raisins, dried figs, malts.
Taste - bittersweet, follows the nose.
Maso
12 oz bottle, pours reddish brown clear. Medium body, aroma of dark fruits and malt. Bready raisin taste with slightly bitter finish.
Appearance of coca cola and some of the sweetness too. Figs and licorice in the flavour with heavy malt backbone and some marmite umami. Morello cherry tartness stops it being over the top in my opinion. I like this style anyway and thought this was an interesting and worthy example.
355ml green bottle. Pours a clear red-brown with a large, creamy, short lived, tan head that laces. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, caramel, raisin, prune and brown sugar. Sweet flavour of toasted bready malt, caramel, toffee, raisin, prune and mild chocolate in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Very nice, ABV is well integrated.
From a beer hawk mystery case. Pours dark brown like Coca Cola. Thin head. Little aroma. Very sweet malty liquid. Taste of caramel , banana, toffee , brown sugar, malts. Way too sweet for my palate and not enough hops. Cloying. Not my favourite. But at £1 a bottle from beerhawk it was ok ! Would not buy at full price. I will stick to IPAs , from the brewing capital (Burton, England ) and similar hoppy beers.
Avec un alcool uniquement 7,6 %, ce qui n'est pas très élevé pour le genre, la brasserie Spaten réussit ici à nous livrer une Doppelbock d'une belle complexité, d'une bonne intensité et corpulence avec un équilibre tout à fait remarquable où amertume et alcool s'associent pour donner à la fois fraîcheur et caractère. Le sucre est de surcroît moins présent que d'autres bières du genre, ce qui permet une légèreté certaine que j'ai particulièrement apporté. De fait, la texture est plus fine sans que cela soit gênant toutefois. Le visuel sur une brun acajou limpide est également sympathique. Absence quasi totale de mousse toutefois. L'effervescence est pour sa part peu poussée. Très joli nez, dense et riche sur le raisin, la prune, une pointe de pomme, le miel, la mélasse et le caramel et avec de surcroit un superbe duo amertume/alcool. Nous retrouvons cette même complexité et ce même équilibre dès l'attaque. De légères épices s'ajoutent au cocktail. Intensité et ampleur sont au rendez-vous. La deuxième bouche voit à la fois l'amertume croître quelque peu et l'alcool, parfaitement intégré poser davantage l'ensemble. L’arrière-bouche voit l'alcool se renforcer encore davantage, conférant ainsi du caractère à la bière. Le final, même s'il est d'une bonne longueur aurait tout de même mérité d'être soit renforcé soit d'être plus flamboyant. Belle gourmandise.
Bottle shared courtesy of Daniel Tomlinson in Bluebell Bar on a windy summer evening - Thanks!
Thin fluffy head left a cover on a mahogany coloured still body.
Caramel, malt & demerara aroma.
Medium bodied, so smooth on the palate with a sparkling back.
Treacle toffee, caramel, biscuit, malt, brown sugar, spices & liquorice tastes.
Very nice,
Bottle from beerhawk. Coco-cola appearance. Aroma is caramel, malt, cherry and roasted. Flavour is smooth, crisp, herbal, dark fruits, cherry, malt and caramel.
24-06-2019; bottle; at home (bought at Saveur Bière, as part of their December 2018 discovery box).
The beer looks nice. Chestnut brown, crystal clear and with a nice soft almost creamy light brown layer of foam. Foam retention is average. Looks like a proper Doppelbock.
The aromas of the beer are great. The malts give caramel, toffee, some roast and some liquorice. It is warm and full. The hops give some rather herbal aromas. Nothing clear, but just a warming herbal ness. Yeast gives some fruity esters. There are some touches of banana in the distance. Also quite some spicy yeast. I like the touches of dried fruit in the beer and there slightly rough hops and yeast notes. It has some power to it.
The taste of the beer is nice. Sweet malts, with also a bitter toasty malts, bitter hops and some savoury notes from the roast. The beer is well balanced. Nice one.
The palate of the beer also is nice. Full body, smooth texture with even a creamy component. Carbonation is average. The finish of the beer is nice. It has nice red fruit and caramel, together with a slight spicy hop thing. All in all, a very nice beer. Definitely worth a place in the monthly discovery box by Saveur Bière.
Botella 0,33l Color marron oscuro-rojizo,espuma blanca,fina,alta,poco resistente.Aroma malta,caramelo,frutos secos.Sabor dulce,oleosa,fuerte,maltosa,caramelo,frutos secos,amargor entra ultimo,suave.Un Doppelbock muy bueno
Bottle. Clear mahogany color with an off-white fizzy head. Aromas are malty with clear melanoidins, note of caramel, brown sugar, hazelnuts, caramelized apple. Taste is sweet but balanced, quite sticky and flavorful. Good body, medium to high carbonation. Tasty Doppelbock.
Aroma acaramelado, sabor dark agradable al paladar, no muy intensi pero de sabor marcado.
Candy malt sweet candy burnt smooth Carmel. Good head. Nice head. Sweet. Medium head.
12 oz. bottle (I thought all imports were 11.2?). Nice roasted malt scent, faint hints of coffee and chocolate, touch of banana. The green bottle is deceiving, the beer is very dark brown. Taste is malty, with a hint of chocolate, some booze. Subtle hint of hops. Sweet smooth finish. A heavier beer, not one for the beach, but rather for sitting back and ending the day.
Brune avec une amertume contrôlé
Bottle at home. Beautiful dark red to red-brown color, medium sized tan head. Aroma and flavor is malts, sweetish caramelish, caramelised sugars, lightly brown malts. Decent body and carbonation. Nice, well done. 7-4-7-4-15.
Dark bown pour with a thin head. Aroma is malty/bready. Flavor is crisp and similar to its aroma. Very nice.
Cerveza negra fuerte con mucha espuma. En boca tiene un sabor a cereal, con matices similares al fernet.
Acompañado con maní extra sal
Robe ambré très très sombre, limpide, belle mousse éphémère, ne reste même pas un disque complet. Nez vineux, fruit sec et caramel. En bouche, c'est sucré et très alcoolisé, on sent du vin cuit, de fruit sec (figue, raisin), et une pointe de caramel salé. C'est très corpulent, ça tapisse la bouche malgré une texture plutôt fluide. On est loin d'avoir du sirop de sucre, malgré une indéniable charpente. Notes de café en finale. Grosse longueur en bouche.
Bouteille de 35,5 cL achetée sur Saveur Bière. Robe ambrée sombre avec une mousse brune éphémère. Arômes de caramel, malts grillés. Texture légèrement crémeuse, carbonatation moyenne. Notes de caramel, cassonade, malts torréfiés, alcool. Fin sur le caramel.
Più bock che doppelbock, color rosso scuro, pochissima schiuma e bassa carbonazione. Gusto classico per una bock: tostato, liquirizia, caramello..senza demeritare, ma anche senza eccellere.
Аромат классический для стиля, очнеь много солода, как и карамельного так и немного жженого, легкие нотки какого сладкого карамельного сиропа. Цвет темно коричневый, пенка неплохая, мелкопузырчатая. Вкус питкий, хотя крепость пива ощущается. Вкус по большей части карамельный с легкими прожаренными нотками солода. Послевкусие с хмелем, хотя сильно не горчит, даже вообще не ощущается какая то резкость во вкусе от хмеля лишь легкое покалывание и терпкость, но постоянная. После глотка немного водянисто чем нужно. Легкая першистость как у темного лагера. Сладость от карамели и снова какого то сиропа, эти нотки от сиропа лишь слегка дисбалансируют вкус.
This beer has potential, and am sorta liking Spaten. Wouldn't say is my favorite dobblebock, but the price for an imported 7.2% can't really be beat. Sampled this for a single, then just saw today Total Wine and More has a 6-pack for about $7.50. Almost bit, but gonna wait and get a 6 down the road for sure. Mostly malty brown here, minor hops at the end. For 7.2% you would think the alcohol would be somewhat masked, but sorta stands out...in a good way though. Not something I would want to drink all year long, but here and there splitting 6-pack with a friend sounds good to me.
De Hopt. En copa Teku. Viendo Westworld 1x10. Unidimensional. Caramelo bastante tostado y poco mas. Da la sensacion de no estar muy fresca
Cerveza alemana oscura, muy bien equilibrada y con la espuma justa. Tonos finales a regaliz y un toque de alcohol nada molesto. Se bebe muy fácilmente, muy buena.
Una scura doppio malto da 7.6 gradi. Un po' troppo amara per i miei gusti...
Birra ambrata scura, dopplebock ma dai sapori leggeri.. Essendo una dopplebock, mi aspettavo sapori e profumi più.. "potenti"