Steel Battalion Series: Doppel Debockery
O'Connor Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Regular|
Score
6.72
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown coloured body with a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of deep roasted and toasted malts along with some oats and light specialty grains with a light amount of sugars and a touch of metal and astringent qualities. Medium-bodied; Strong roasted malt flavour with a touch of coffee and a super small amount of chocolate, but more earthier and deep caramelised sweetness around with some lighter fruit elements near the back and a dash of more noticeable coffee near the end. Aftertaste is largely about the malt and pungent grain with some subdued sweetness from the pitted fruits, but also showing some earth and yeast/bread towards the end as well. Overall, a nice and robust beer showing some light complexities, but not enough for the style to be considered great or worth searching out. Nice to sample and the price was about right, but there could be a bit more complexity or depth to this one. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Springfield, Virginia on 19-December-2017 for US$5,99 sampled at home in Manassas, Virginia on Christmas Day, 25-December-2017 with family!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear dark amber with beige head. Aromas of caramel, malt, light roast. Tastes of malt, caramel, cocoa, slight dark fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. Pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Total Wine, McLean bomber: pours mahogany with a small head. Aroma is smoky, malty, and very fruity. Taste is rather sweet and a bit smoky. Body is medium. Not a bad doppelbock and plenty drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bomber from Whole Foods Short Pump. Clear dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, mild chocolate, smoke and plum. The taste is herbal notes, plum, toffee. Thin bodied, dry.