Hacker-Pschorr Animator

Animator

 

Hacker-Pschorr in Munich, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪

Brewed at/by: Paulaner Brauerei
  Bock - Doppelbock Spring
Score
7.23
ABV: 8.1% IBU: - Ticks: 132
Hacker-Pschorr, Munich’s Brewery since 1417, has released a Limited Edition Series which is a collection of hand-crafted specialty beers produced in small single-brew batches and available in the US only while supply last.

Among the earliest Dopplebocks, Animator draws you in with its deep mahogany hue and creamy foam crown Your experience culminates on the palate with notes of chocolate, roast, brown sugar, licorice, apricot, and exotic fruit.
 

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7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 7
(Bottle at Timo A’s tasting) Amber and clear. Medium sized and white head. Malts, sweetness and chocolate in aroma. Full bodied and warming palate with medium carbonation. Malts, sweetness, caramell, light fruitiness, some roastedness and bitterness in taste. Malty aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2009 at 14:10

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit aroma with some caramel hints. Fruity malty dark fruit flavor with lots of raisin. Also has some caramel hints. Has a fruity malty dark fruit finish.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2009 at 08:58

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled (Beerangel, BB 09/2009). Clear deep amber-ruby color, good creamy beige head. Molasses, pear and raisin in the nose as well as some nutty-woody and grainy notes. Smooth mouthfeel. Sweetish, pear-fruity and toffeish flavor. Some alcohol, but less than 8.1% indicates. Simple flavor palette, liquerish doppelbock.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2009 at 16:34

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Pours slight cloudy deep orange with a huge creamy and light tan head. Dried fruit, breadish, mild spiced and caramelish dark aroma. Smooth chocolate and caramelish base flavour. Followed by a mild sweetends breadish malt and a smooth caramel flavour into the finish. Light bitterness and spiced finish. Light chocolate/caramel smoothness into the far finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2008 at 03:22

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear amber colour, white head. Aroma has caramel mats and spices. Flavour has toasted malts, nuts and sugar.
Tried on 21 Nov 2008 at 05:57

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 50cl. sving top @ home.[ Trade by Koelschtrinker ]. Clear medium orange amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, toffee, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (310808)
Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2008 at 03:16

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
The bottle looks good, the beer in the glass also, very much foam for a doppelbock. Tastes strong and spicy, like christmas, intense but not alcoholic finish. Not too malty. Really good! Big thanks to joss for the bottle!
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2008 at 10:49

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2008) Dark amber colour with lasting, beige head. Malty, toasted nose with grain, ryvita, orange peel and dried apricots. Malty, grainy taste with notes of dark bread, caramel, dried fruit, apricots and spicy hops in the finish. Medium body, rather sweet. Nice doppelbock with a solid malt foundation and spicy fruit to match.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2008 at 10:34

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled. Hazy amber colour, mediumsized beige creamy head. Aroma is raisins, caramel, mild hops, bready malts, quite sweet malts and some hints of alcohol. Flavour is malts, caramel, raisins, alcohol and mild notes of hops in the background. Aftertaste is rather sweet malts and raisins with some breadyness too.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2008 at 01:17

8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle w/ swing-top: Poured a chocolate brown color with a red tint around the edges, head was beige. The aroma was dark fruits with chocolate and roasted nuts. Taste was fruit and roasted touch, sweet dry finish with nuts. Made me feel warm.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2008 at 14:23