Bottle. Amber color. Malty bready caramelly floral aroma. Full bodied. Slightly alcoholic. Malty, raisinny with Caramel And roast. Quite decent

From a 50 cl bottle bought at Plan B in Rotterdam. Local Rotterdam Doppelbock brewed in collaboration with Gänstaller. Moussy, thick, frothy, pale greyish white, irregular, lightly lacing head over a lightly hazy, warm orangey amber beer. Aroma of old orange peel, wet cardboard, sweet paprika, green tomato, barbecued chicken, butterscotch candy, old ’jenever’, bread crust, fresh toast, pistachio nuts, dry autumn leaves, old dried out apple, iron, green olive, pumpkin flesh, rainwater, fried potato, cooked carrots, some onsetting ’rusty’ oxidation. Clean, sweetish onset with restrained fruity hints of sourish redcurrant and unripe peach combined with sweetish apricot and red apple, but all very subdued; softish carbo, smooth and supple, slick mouthfeel, not betraying its considerable alcohol potency. Slightly caramelly, cereally pale malt sweetish core with some bready softness as well as a mildly bittering toasted edge, evolving into a dryish finish in which the toasted bitterishness is accentuated by a considerably significant hop bitterness (especially for a helles Doppelbock), leafy, peppery and even a bit tonic water-like, combined with slightly wry, gin-like alcohol establishing a warming feeling in the throat; some lingering fruitiness, notably bready yeastiness (especially in the end) and juicy malt sweetness go down along with this alcohol effect. A tad too boozy perhaps, but within the limits of what I can accept from a near 8% ABV Doppelbock; distinguishes itself from the classics in the style (think Paulaner Salvator or Kulmbacher Eku 28 Kulminator) by its hop forward profile, cleverly connecting this old and very traditionally German beer style with international trends. Other than that, this is, in all, a boozy strong lager which is probably already past its prime - I’m sure it has been sharper and ’harder’, but likely a bit more exciting too when it was young. Oxidation does not become this one, honestly, but I had worse beers at this age, including German style Doppelbocks so I still enjoyed it, all things considered.

Bottle shared at Danish Ratebeer Gathering Ulfborg 2016, Day 1. Hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of caramel, dull malt, biscuit and toffee. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [19-08-2016]

Bottled at TNOD(U)RBSG2016. Cloudy orange colour, mid sized head. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramelly with butter and grass. Warming finish.

Sampled @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016, Friday, Day 1 50cl bottle. Pours almost clear dark golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of dry and sweet pale malt. Taste of sweet pale malt, bread, dry finish, nothing special.

Sampled from bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Gathering Ulfborg 2016, Day 1. Slightly unclear orange color, average sized off-white head. Aroma is a bit perfumy, can’t really put my finger on it. Taste some malts, a weird sweet flavor, something strange in it but I can’t put my finger on it, again. Meh, weird.

Hell malziger Antrunk mit erkennbarem Alkoholanteil. Süß getreidig, bittere Ausgleichsnoten fehlen vollständig. Nicht mein Fall. 9/8/7/8/1/8

Bottle, 7.5%. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, butter, toasted and hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, medium sweet, hop, little dark fruit, bread and medium bitter.

Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering, fonefan. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel, fruits, malt and hops. Cloying sweet finish.