Doppelbock - Barrel Aged

Persephone Brewing in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Bock - Doppelbock Regular Out of Production

Score

6.66

ABV: 7.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

This doppelbock was brewed as a traditional German-style, strong dark lager with notes of bread crust, molasses and herbal hops. We then aged it in bourbon barrels that held out 2017 Barley Wine and let the oak lend the beer it's (sic) smooth, toasty, woody character. The result is a hybrid of brewing traditions, and a beer that pairs well with herb roasted root vegetables and Baroque music (played on bluegrass instruments).

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6.4

BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Doppelbock - Barrel Aged from Persephone Brewing 7 years ago

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

650ml bottle. Leftover from the previous day tasting at Alex's, hehe. Pours a clear brown with a tan head. Aroma is moderate green apples, caramel. Taste is slight bourbon, some green apples and roasted malt. It's ok.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2018 at 06:22

6.9

mcberko (47456) reviewed Doppelbock - Barrel Aged from Persephone Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

650mL bottle, pours a hazy dark copper with a small beige head. Aroma is along the same lines, with lots of bourbon barrels, molasses, bready malt and toasted caramel. Flavour is along the same lines, with lots of bourbon barrels, molasses, and bready caramel. Bourbon character is actually pretty good here. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2018 at 04:18

fiulijn (28382) reviewed Doppelbock - Barrel Aged from Persephone Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Hazy amber colour. Knowing that these are second use barrels, there is more Bourbon than expected; some aroma of apples, light fudge, mild alcohol; the body is quite light, there is some caramel and fudge flavour, dry finish with light astringency.
Ok beer.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2018 at 03:21

6.8

Ferris (26026) reviewed Doppelbock - Barrel Aged from Persephone Brewing 7 years ago

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

Dark caramel, touch of ginger and light barrel notes. Clearish Amber with a frothy beige head. Caramel, soft malty notes, barrel and a long malty finish.

Tried on 07 Dec 2018 at 03:19

6.1

Oakes (33493) reviewed Doppelbock - Barrel Aged from Persephone Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Golden-brown colour with a thin head. Almost entirely bright. The bourbon is a bit over the top, lending too much bubblegum and estery notes, messing with the toffeeish, molasses malts. On the palate, this is sweet, with a nice molasses note. The heavyness of the bourbon is less so here, but still lends a fairly strong character. Just not the weird notes. So the finish is sweet, more rounded than the aroma hints at. Not bad, but seems that the base doppelbock is only ok (not surprising since it's not from lower Bavaria) and the treatment doesn't quite fit. I'm thinking rum might have been a better choice, or a barrel that's a bit cleaner (like later uses). It's not bad, but there are some structural issues here.

Tried on 07 Dec 2018 at 03:16