Navigator: Syrah Barrel-Aged
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Special Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught. Syrah Barrel-aged ! Deep chestnut with small, dense yelllow-brownish head. Sweet-vanilla, somehow brandy notes (rather than wine), very good reforming the classical Doppelbock aromas. Slight sourish-winegrapey flavour, sweet-sour in PERFECT balance, and alcohol swarming faintly throughout. Ends long raisiny. Very full-bodied, slick, viscuous. WOW. No German would dream this up. This is where California shows real genius.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2008
at 05:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
tap at the brewery - Pours amber with a thin head and an aroma of malt and wine. That wine really comes through in the flavor, yielding a fruity, somewhat sour beer that’s unlike any doppelbock that I’ve had before. It’s full bodied and well, interesting. While I found it alright, I definitely wasn’t as impressed as others were.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 00:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap @ San Diego Brewing brewpub. Pours clear amber with thin off white head. The medium strength aroma brings forth red wine, caramel malts and faint wood. The taste begins with a quick shot of red wine notes and a hint of dry tart tannins. Early in the taste a mixture of dark fruity (or it may be the red wine grapes carrying on), rich caramel candy, a hint of chocolate malts, roasty malts and faint wood. This is a wonderful combination that doesn’t drown out the base beer but lets it shine through the veil of barrel-ness.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2008
at 20:43