Bottle 330ml. @ home.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, sugar, light chocolate. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, brown sugar sweet, raisin - dark dried berry sweet, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily to creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20110418]

bottle from biershop-braugasthoefe.de. Deep amber-brown colour, large and creamy beige head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, smooth palate, flavours of malt, biscuits, caramel, dried fruit such as dates, raisins, prunes. Well-balanced, a very good beer.

Bottle: Reddish-amber coloured small off-white foamy layer; sweet dried fruits, dark malt and caramel plus a tinge of roasted malt; moderate to solid sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied; dryish toasty-bitter flavours in the dark-malty and fruity finish. Unspectacular, but pleasant and easy-drinking Doppelbock.........

(bottle, 33cl, 7.7% abv) Clear, dark amber to brown colour with a big and beige foamy head. Toasty malty and leafy, leathery aroma with notes of dark bread/Pumpernickel as well as a tinge of alcohol. Sweet flavour with a whiff of bitterness, full bodied with an oily mouthfeel. Robust toasty malty base with notes of dark bread, molasses and subtle notes of dried fruits; sweet and molassy malty finish with a well-covered alcohol. Clean and nice, just a tad too sweet for my liking. 05.VII.10