Schtüpulator
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Rotating|
Score
6.94
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Boutip (9769) reviewed Schtüpulator from The Alchemist 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can: Poured a slightly hazy deep copper color ale with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of caramelized malt notes with some residual sugar notes. Taste is a mix of caramelized malt notes with some residual sugar notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol notes. Well made Doppelbock but it doesn’t have the typical banana bread notes.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Schtüpulator from The Alchemist 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can from MrBarleywine, thanks as always for hooking me up! Can pours a mostly clear deep copper with an off white head that slowly dissipates. Rich toasty bready crackery burnt sugar aromas with hints of earthy fruity hopiness to counter. Medium body light alcohol warming. Very nice.
Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Schtüpulator from The Alchemist 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Fairly clean, amber colour with a frothy light-beige head, average retention and some light lace spots. Dates, caramel malts, mild nuttiness for aromas. The mouthfeel is not too thick, and the hops in the finish cuts this with enough dryness. The flavours are a nice mix of the darker malts with dark fruits note and the herbal hoppiness. An easier-drinking Doppelbock that hits the spot.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Schtüpulator from The Alchemist 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught tulip at the brewery on 3/10/06.
Deep auburn-mahogany with some darker black cherry skin highlights and a sandy-beige head of moderate size (one-finger) that is somewhat well retained and laces lightly.
The nose smells of a mix of fruity nut bread (cherries, candied figs and dates), brown sugar and some sweet cream. Alcohol dryness on the end, again a touch of phenols and the usual munich malt breadiness. The brown sugar and simple, sweet creamy sugars come off a bit too simple, with the fruits being a little too sugar-soaked/candied. Dryness comes, but it’s too bready and sharp (alcohol).
Flavor is overly simple. Well-extracted, of course, are the malts, but it just seems like brown sugar and candied cherries fatigue the palate somewhat, while a bit of looseness to the texture is at odds with the low carbonation. I don’t get all of the lusciousness I had hoped for. The malts nearly cloy instead of comforting. And it’s interesting that the alcohol is used to dry out the flavor. I can appreciate that that is more traditional than using hops, but combined with the breadiness from the munich malt it proves tiresome to my palate. Nuttiness and lightly astringent berry-skins on the end, with perhaps some phenols. Perhaps more an issue with German beers, than any complaint with Alchemist, as this beer is well-made, but I just find the breadiness and sweetness coupled with overly drying phenols and alcohol in a strong German beer to be inferior to a similarly made Belgian beer.