Goosinator Doppelbock
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Winter|
Score
6.16
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From Mar 2007
This one pours from 750ml caged and corked bottle(2005) a deep clear amber with a medium sized head of foam that receded rapidly. After the second pour, the foam stuck around much longer and showed some good lacing.
The smell is very strong. I'm getting a lot of caramel and roasted malt and it's way on the sweet side, kind of reminds me of butterscotch.
The taste on first sip is huge malt....lots of sweet caramel, roasted malt, some dark fruit, and bread. The more sips I take, the more the sweetness seems to subside and is replaced by strong burnt caramel along with some molasses and some bitterness. There's even a touch of sourness in there. Hmmm. I'm not exactly sure if the various flavours are really working all that well together.
I'm now on my last pour and....the foam is really thick and billowy now with the clarity I mentioned earlier being replaced by a murky amber and the flavours seem to be meshing more favourably so I'm starting to like this Doppelbock more. I guess my initial experience with the complexity of this brew caught me off guard. Yep, I like it.
Bottom line: This starts off a bit muddly but if you persevere with it, it turns out to be a pretty darned good brew in the end.
Edit: Jan 2, 2011:
2005 Left Hand Goosinator
Still a great looking brew with plenty of foam.
Huge caramel malt smell, lots of chocolate and toffee.
Lots of the same in the smell with some definite oxidation. Loads of bread in the taste as well. Bottom line, this didn't handle the 5 years well but is still drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is dark fruit and bready malt. Thick mouth, toasted malt, spruce, light dry finish, decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Utobeer Market Stall. Brown pour with a beige head. Smoke, chocolate and coffee aromas. Smoke, fresh tobacco, chocolate and caramel flavours. Quite sweet. Smooth, sweet finish. Tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
1st January 2008
Dark brown beer. Crisp and dry. Smoky! Malty mid tone with some bitterness in the finish. Smoke dominates too much.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle, 2007. Aroma of liquid smoke. Flavors are woody, smoke, bourbon, and sweetness. Heavy on the smoke - almost too heavy. Could be pared alright with bbq or something if you wanted a match to the same flavors.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber color with a small off-white head. Roasted malty smoky aroma. Sweet malty and smoky flavor. Sweetish malty and smoky finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 7.2%. The aroma is mostly metallic, but also slightly smoky, a little unpleasant. Hazy red colour, small tan head. The flavour is distinctly smoky, but not overpowering. Toned down a bit by some maltiness. Cow stable aftertaste. Medium carbonation and OK mouthfeel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle-pours a big foamy tan head and amber/orange-brown color. Aroma is smoky/smoked bacon, medium/dark malt-caramel/chocolate, spicy/woody. Taste is nice smoky/peat that’s there and balanced, not over powering, medium/dark malt-caramel/chocolate/licorice, some sweet, secondary spicy/woody hops. Easy drinking, smooth, very likable. OK/mild carbonation.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook. Clear dark brown with ruby highlights and a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet molassas and rum soaked fruit aroma. Heavy carbonation, slight postage stamp and caramel flavor, some slight smoked malt. Medium body with a fairly high carbonation.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at the Vintage Estates, thanks Nuts. Very nice fresh cooked italian bread aroma. Big foamy head that gradually subsides. Clear brown iced tea colr. Taste is spicey smoke and roasty, surprised by the barbecue. Some malt alky impact. Very little carbonation. Alky smoked spice character builds thru the session. Tho alky is pronounced, the flavors of this beer keep it only peeking around the side. Finish is mild bitter medicine. This stuff sings a western smokey campfire song the whole time you are drinkin it.