7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the Loop’s Encore Lounge. Malty smell is thick and like brown bread. All wrong for a beastly hot day like today, but I’m having this anyway. A thin layer of bubbles from, I’m told, a mix of CO2 and Nitro gas, giving a nice, silky oatmeal stout texture. Some doppelbocks taste like banana muffins; this one is more like a carrot cake, with a drizzle of chocolate icing. Nice cocoa and mocha aftertaste, even a note of sweet apple juice. A big, brawny lager.