Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. And The House Is On Fire Smoked Doppelbock Lager

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This beer from Charleston, South Carolina, is a smoked doppelbock lager, . This lager beer is 7.5%. This beer is a strong version of a German Bock beer made by German monks. This beer pours a deep amber color with a two-finger off-white head. The aroma is smokey, dry, and malty. The flavor is dark, smokey, dry, and malty. This has a medium feeling in the mouth. This bock beer comes with a smokey and dry, malt finish. The aftertaste is dark and dry with some smokey notes. This beer is not a big smoke bomb, and it isn’t like inhaling a campfire. But you do get just enough smokey flavor. I give this beer a B. The smoke is light and the overall flavor is good but a bit one-sided. I don’t think this is a beer where you could drink all four in a pack. The smoke would get to be a bit overwhelming. I would recommend And The House Is On Fire. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trader Joes Josephs Brau Winter Ride Double Bock

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Out of all the places that brew beer a grocery store or supermarket would not be my first thought of a brewery. But apparently, Trader Joe’s brews beer. They brew beer in San Jose, California under the Josephs Brau. This is Winter Ride, Double Bock. This beer is 7.5% ABV. This double bock uses dark roasted Caramel Munich malts. This bock pours a dark brown color with a tow finger off-white head. The aroma is nutty, roasted, malty, and caramel. The flavor has similarities to the aroma. There is roasted caramel and malty flavors, and a light bitterness. There is a slight metallic flavor. This beer has a semi-sweet finish. That leads to a caramel-roasted flavor with a metallic bitterness. This beer is okay, a C+. I think the metallic flavor keeps this beer from being any better. It’s not the end of the world if you have or don’t have this beer. It is just slightly above average. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Schlenkerla Dopple Bock Oak Smoked

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Coming from Bramberg Germany this Dopple Bock of Double Bock is Schlenkla Dopple Bock Oak Smoked. This beer is 8% ABV and the malts are smoked with Oak instead of Beechwood. This smoked Doppel Bock uses Hallertau hops. This beer pours a brownish color with a two-finger beige head. The aroma is smokey, malted, and sweet. The flavor is smokey, sweet, malty, and lightly rich. This beer has a fuller feeling in the mouth. Then this beer has a smoked malt finish with light sweetness. Then comes a light smokey aftertaste with touches of malted flavors. This Smoked Dopple Bock is an A+. I’ve had the Marzen variety from Schlenkerla, and this is just as good, with a bit of a deeper overall flavor. I really suggest you try this and all of Schlenkerla’s beers. This beer is not heavy on the smoke flavor. It has just the right amount to make this a delicious beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westbrook Brewing Co. Low and Slow Doppelbock

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Westbrook Brewing Co. Low and Slow Doppelbock, 8.2% ABV part of their Low and Slow series, it’s lagered in oak barrels, brewed with CTZ, Hallertau, Mittelfruh Hops, German Lager Yeast, Black, Caramuinch, Munich, and Pils malts. Then it’s lagered for four months in natural oak barrels. Doppelbock pours a deep mahogany brown and a two-finger beige head with sweet malty notes that a slightly alcoholic. Then you find yourself at a rich malty sweet taste with some boozy notes with a nice complexity that comes together with a sweet malty-rich finish and has a nice sweet slightly sticky aftertaste with a full mouthfeel. This beer would go great with grilled or barbecued meats but I find Westbrook Brewing Co. Low and Slow Doppelbock to be an interesting take on a Doppelbock with its the oak barrel lagering, and it’s a B+ beer. The oak barrel does add a nice complexity and gives the flavors a sharper taste on your tongue and really gives you a sense of the higher 8.2% ABV. I did enjoy this big beer and I recommend that you check it out! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Hi-Wire Brewing Twice as Nice Doppelbock

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Asheville North Carolina is big on craft beer with a lot of different craft breweries, one, in particular, is Hi-Wire Brewing which brews this Twice as Nice Doppelbock, 10.0% ABV which is a black lager in the German doppelbock style. Twice as Nice pours a black color with light brown edges and one finger quickly fading head giving off aromas of licorice, roasted malts with a slightly sweet note that has a tiny hint of bitterness and draws you into a taste of molasses with black licorice, roasted notes, sweetness with a little bitterness on the back of the mouth with a bittersweet licorice finish and a light bitter aftertaste that lingers and turns to a molasses flavor as fades somewhat quickly with a medium mouthfeel. Hi-Wire Brewing  Twice as Nice Doppelbock does really stand up to Ayinger Celebrator, which I think is one of the best Doppelbocks. Twice as Nice Doppelbock is a C, it’s not bad nor is it really good. It was finishable and at no point, during drink it did, I think to pour it out and have something else. It had sweetness but was not enough and the bitterness was slightly too much. Would I recommend Twice as Nice Doppelbock? well, it’s a beer that you have just to say you tried it. I did! Cheers Please enjoy responsibly!