Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke

Bomber Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Collab with: Coast Mountain Brewing
Altbier Regular

Score

6.35

ABV: 8.6%

IBU: 39

Ticks: 6

When head brewers Blair Calibaba (Bomber) and Kevin Winter (Coast Mountain) first met, they immediately became fast friends and began plans for a collaboration brew. The result of that planning is this special version of a Düsseldorf Altbier that is higher in alcohol than the traditional German style with a much hoppier aroma due to the use of dry-hopping. ‘Doppelsticke’ means ‘double secret’ in German, hence the nod to the Delta House brothers and Dean Wormer’s infamous crackdown. In the words of John ‘Bluto’ Blutarsky, “My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”

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4.5

SHIG (13882) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle: Poured a Brown with off-white head. Aroma is dirty spice. Taste is bland malt drinking beer. Added note: After reading others reviews this may have been a bad bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2018 at 10:10

6.5

crit200 (5324) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cloudy chestnut,lasting beige head.Earthy nose,light alcohol. Earthy malt profile, full bodied.Medium hop finish with light but noticeable alcohol heat

Tried on 08 Sep 2017 at 02:30

5.5

Ferris (26026) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Draft - Caramel and dark toffee. Dark cloudy Amber with a small white head. Dark and sweet toffee with some bitter twig notes. Finish has some bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2017 at 20:32

6.5

Oakes (33493) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Odd this has lower IBUs than regular Uerige much less the sticke. Has a nice colour, though, reddish-brown. Thin head. Caramelly nose up front. Nice lacing. Soft and sweet...totally underhopped for doppelsticke...has some decent earthy caramel like any good alt, but the malts aren’t super complex and the hop rate way too low. People outside Deutschland pretty consistently underestimate what good altbier tastes like; gotta go to D�sseldorf to understand this style.

Tried on 22 Apr 2017 at 22:35

7.5

fiulijn (28382) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught at the brewery
Dark brown color with very small head.
Caramel aroma, simple. Full bodied; the malt and caramel have a depth rarely seen in recent times, moderately sweet, lean, and with the profile of an Alt, with lingering fruity esters, roasted nuts, but less hopped than the original Doppelsticke.
Very good, honorable effort.

Tried on 13 Mar 2017 at 16:05

6.6

mcberko (47456) reviewed Double Secret Probation Doppelsticke from Bomber Brewing 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Bomber, pours a deep dark amber / mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted nuts, caramel and bready malt. Flavour is very malty, with lots of toasted caramel malt, toasted nuts, and crisp biscuity malt. Anything but an authentic alt (even though fiulijn will lambaste me for not knowing what a true alt is since I haven't been to D�sseldorf), but it's quite tasty.

Tried from Draft on 22 Feb 2017 at 22:17