Icelandic Doppelbock
(has 3 batches)
Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Brewed at/by: Viking ÖlgerdBock - Doppelbock Winter
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Score
6.74
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This limited-edition winter brew will make its debut in October, but this winter celebration ale is worth the wait. Malted barley and chocolate tones define the traditional style, while the robust aroma and long, mellow finish will make this the perfect companion for your holiday adventures.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/9/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear dark ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, chocolate, cocoa, light dark fruit/herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Perfectly clean lager finish, never yeasty. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.7%. Overall this is an excellent doppelbock! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and easy to drink for the ABV; with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Very rich, clean, and complex dark/Munich/light roasted malts; with just enough earthy hops to balance sweetness. Never overly fruity from malt. A really enjoyable offering, perfect style example all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2018
at 01:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours dark caramelly copper, very dark brown. Small layer of white head. Smell is bit dry, sweet, complex but unintense backbone ( earthy , caramel,..) Taste is medium bitter, caramel, rather sharp (the low fermentation, probably ) mild cocoa tones underneath the much stronger caramel. Dark bread, breadcrusts ( rather intensely so ) . medium body, medium to medium high carbo. The intensity of taste is medium.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2018
at 18:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
"Einstök Icelandic Doppelbock", Flasche (33 cl) von Hopfenkult, Dresden. - Schwarzbraun, trüb. - Recht matte Nase mit zurückhaltendem dunklen Malz, Moos und Walderde. - Antrunk massiv dunkelmalzig aber wenig süß mit zart bitterschokoladiger, kühl moosiger Herbe. Sehr gedämpfte Karamelsüße. Mild rezent; schwerer und tiefer Malzkörper. Im Abgang leicht moosige, dezent zitrusfruchtige Herbe. - Etwas unterkühlter aber sehr gediegener Doppelbock.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2017
at 15:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
03-11-17 // bottle from Kiosk45, Frankfurt. Murky brown. Very malty, some roasted malts with cocoa touches, some dry malts. Malty bit not too sweet. Quite decent. --- Beer merged from original tick of Icelandic Doppelbock on 03 Nov 2017 at 18:46 - Score: 6. Original review text: Murky brown. Very malty, some roasted malts with cocoa touches, some dry malts. Malty bit not too sweet. Quite decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 08:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, tan, good retention. C: very dark amber/coppery. A: sweet caramel/roasted malt, bit toast, bit fruity, caramel, nutty. T: caramel sweet, toast, bit roasted tones, dry grassy bitterness, nuts, bit chocolate, bread, very nice, medium to full body and medium carbonation, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Tallinna Kaubamaja Toidumaailm in Tallin, Estonia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2017
at 14:11
5/10
Tried
on 17 Jun 2017
at 13:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown with quick fading head. Aroma and flavour are intense with toasted malts, caramel and a milk chocolate type of smooth sweetness.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2017
at 15:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
*Bottle from Rudat. Malty smooth roasted chocolate beginning. The malts are dark and round with a nice smooth sweetness. Slightly bitter rich dark aftertaste. Nice typical Doppelbock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2017
at 05:17
7.5/10
Very flavorful bock. Slight hint of something roasty/ashy, but not nearly as much as in the porter. Caramelly, some chocolate, bittersweet.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Drinks & Gifts
on 05 Mar 2017
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Hundholmen, Bod�. Has a deep reddish brown colour with a small beige head. The aroma is heavy malty with wort, nuts, rye bread and leather. The flavor is also quite malty with wort, brown sugar, caramel, chocolate and dried fruit. Nice sweetness as well. Has a slick mouth feel, medium to full body and a light bitterness. Quite malty bock, and the flavor is really interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2017
at 13:26