Salvator Doppel Bock - Paulaner Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG

706Union

Ontario (Canada)

1.5/5  rDev -61.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

330 mL Bottle. Front label dated 05/06 at bottom right corner.

A: Pours a gorgeous super clean amber-red. 1-finger head dissipates quickly to a light, slightly sticky ring which leaves no lacing. Very light carbonation - just the odd rising bubble.

S: Smells strongly of rotting grass - pretty foul.

T: Tastes much like it smells. Grass and alcohol flavour is so dominant I can't really pick up anything else.

M: A little more carbonation than is visible. Fairly thin. Slightly warm going down. Up-front alcohol quickly numbs the tongue.

D: Meh. A pretty foul brew that I didn't care to finish.

Hello, headache. A bad bottle is possible here, but I'm not looking forward to trying this again.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2006 23:13:10 | More by 706Union

Augustiner719

Connecticut

1.65/5  rDev -57.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5

Poured 3x 12 oz bottles into a 1L stein.

Appearance: Poured a reddish auburn brown color that was clear and yielded little head.

Smell: Smelled like cherry robotussin. Literally this beer is almost undrinkable. If it werent for the minor hints of what a double bock should taste like, this would get a zero from me.

taste: tastes like cherry robotussin mixed with budweiser. Totally one of the worst beers I have had.

Mouthfeel: Its got nice carbonation, and a good backbone, but flavorwise its so terrible.

Drinkability: I would say no to this beer over and over again. Its nothing like the other german stronger beers ive tried. Mayber i got a bad batch but this is one beer I hope to never drink again.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2008 04:49:07 | More by Augustiner719

a10t2

Colorado

1.75/5  rDev -55.4%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

A: Brown bottle marked for consumption by 11.06. Vigorous pour required to generate a thin, tan-brown head that rapidly dissipated. Deep brown in color, orange against the light, with no visible carbonation.

S: Ethanol, pure and simple. Other people at the table commented on the odor.

T: Actually fairly pleasant at first, smooth malt character with very little bitternes. The finish however was again overwhelmed by alcohol. After the first few sips my mouth was numbed to any other tastes.

M: Smooth and thinner than I expected. Again, the alcohol character in the back of the mouth is the strongest attribute.

D: I was unable to finish this beer. Based on the other reviews, this must have been a bad batch or bottle. I'll definitely be trying it again in another location.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2006 22:55:07 | More by a10t2

Mechphisto

Missouri

1.78/5  rDev -54.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

(A) - Deep, rich amber. nearly opaque. A dirty amber. The head was a nutty tan--very nice. A minimal amount of lacing, but it stayed awhile.

(S) - The smell is unappealing. Sour and citrusy. A little smoky as it warms up.

(T) - Tastes a lot like a very weak whisky. Even has that alcahol aftertaste and back of pallate clench. Also tastes a little sour, like an over-ripe fruit. Hmm, sort of like a bad whisky diluted by the last third of a Coors that's been sitting out for a while.

(M) - I almost don't want to drink any more of this in order to analyze the mouthfeel.... Eh, not bad. Would be just fine if not for that awful cringing feeling in the back of the mouth from the weird whisky taste.

(D) - No, not at all. Didn't care for it one bit. I tried to drink it at all temperatures from cold to warm, and all it did was change ways in which it was sour and flat and not the good kind of bitter.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2006 05:02:11 | More by Mechphisto

pjohnston007

New York

1.78/5  rDev -54.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Up front: I like doubles, tripples, and quads.

Perhaps I got a bad bottle. Our Army CL VI (shopette) gets a fairly good rotation of world beers in. There is a possibility that I had an old, skunky bottle, but it is not probable.

A: Crap brown--like Guatemalan water. Perhaps a hint of red dye #5.

S: Yeast and malt.

T: Sour grapes and bananas.

M: Nothing special.

D: Highly disgusting. Drank about 3/4 of it and had to pour it down the drain.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2011 01:33:48 | More by pjohnston007

bcgoldtoe

Michigan

1.8/5  rDev -54.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

A: Beautiful creamy head but lacing disappears fast.

S: Flowery scent, hint of plums

T: Terrible. Overpowering ethanol taste makes me have bitter beer face.

M: Thin, but it's hard to tell because I don't want to keep this in my mouth.

D: 1 sip maximum.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2008 19:55:52 | More by bcgoldtoe

beertaster13

Washington

1.83/5  rDev -53.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1

Pours a gorgeous cheery wood dark amber with a phenomenal tannish head that is magnificent. Lacing is excellent. The smell is strong of fruitiness and traces of alcohol. Strong cider apple with not bitterness to speak of, no hops present. The taste was very dissapointing. It was to sweet, to syrupy strong with no hop bitterness to blend it all together. It was like sucking on apple syrup, that is great on pancakes but not in a beer glass. Nice medium bodied smooth feel but the taste of this does not refect what I want in a beer.

Serving type: bottle

07-19-2004 18:43:36 | More by beertaster13

burnerfinger

Texas

1.95/5  rDev -50.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

a orangey with a thick head that dissipated almost completely. not even a little but of lacing, none at all. a bit hazy


s sweet like a cheap wine. no hops at all

t: as per the nose, sweet like cheap wine honestly I wonder if this went bad on me.

m failty full body. medium cargonation. siginificant alcoho lbite.

d very poor indeed. I could not finish this
and that's in spite of the fact that I had no other cold beer to tun to .

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2009 23:36:12 | More by burnerfinger

B967ierhunter177

Pennsylvania

2.03/5  rDev -48.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A: pours a slightly hazy, copper color with half-inch head, no lace

S: aroma is fruity, nutty, and alcohol

T: the flavor is mainly caramel with some fruity notes and an alcohol bite

M: it has a light mouthfeel, thin for a doppelbock

O: Paulaner Salvator Doppel Bock is a mediocre beer, bit of a disappointment, barely recommended

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2011 23:15:16 | More by B967ierhunter177

SmashPants

Australia

2.05/5  rDev -47.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Bottle: good 330mL brown bottle, pretty cheesy and rubbish label.

Appearance: dark cloudy amber. Big head that dissipates quickly to a thin caramel brown.

Aroma: sweet smell of roasted malt. Hints of toffee and molasses, darker fruits. Caramel and sweet milk.

Taste: typical sweet malty taste of many euro beers. Something really, really unpleasant in it. Awful.

Aftertaste: even worse. I don't know what that off flavour is, but it tastes like off beer mixed with too much malt.

Mouth feel: thin mouth feel with a bit of stickiness around the sides. Not unpleasant.

Overall: very poor mixture of off caramel, overripe fruits and some kind of unpleasant sweet flavour that smells and tastes like decay. Such an unpleasant beer. Add to that it is AU$85 a case (2012), and this is one of the worst beers I have had, ever. Poured most of it out. Avoid, avoid, avoid!!

Serving type: bottle

07-03-2012 09:26:01 | More by SmashPants

JDV

Texas

2.25/5  rDev -42.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Clearish reddish amber colored beer with off white head. Smell is sweet, sour malt, kind of like a maarzen or heller bock style smell. Taste is deep strong malt, a touch of bitterness and a definite noticeable alcohol taste that really detracts from the beer. Alcohol is more noticeable as it sits and really makes it less enjoyable. I was dissapointed by this beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2008 22:26:03 | More by JDV

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

2.3/5  rDev -41.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2

Another beer that just isn't one of my favorite genres, but everyone says this is one of the best doppels. . .

Very surprised by the appearance, very light looking for a doppelbock. Looks like a pale brown ale at its darkest. Smells like a rauchbier. Ugh.

Taste is a little thin, not as maltbomby like some doppelbocks. Mouthfeel, not something that gets better, or is desireable in the mouth. Hence, it isn't so drinkable. A lot of alcohol, dark fruit notes, and metallic bitterness. I don't get it.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2009 04:57:08 | More by Beerandraiderfan

EskimoDave

British Columbia (Canada)

2.33/5  rDev -40.6%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

It pours an orange mahogany. I don't know if that make sense, but that's how I felt it looked when I poured it. I thought doppelbock were suppose to a lot darker. Anyways, this orange mahogany brew was topped off with pillowy white head.
It has a sweet fruit smell and then it hit me - Christmas Cake! This beer smells Christmas cake.
Paulander takes a step farther and makes it taste exactly like a beery Christmas cake.
Salvator has a nice medium body to it and the carbonation was spot on.
The only downside to this beer is that I loathe Christmas cake. If I didn't pay money for it I would have been the first beer I poured down the drain.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2010 00:29:08 | More by EskimoDave

Erdinger2003

Iowa

2.38/5  rDev -39.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

The appearance is lacking a bit with almost no head and a very weak lacing, the color is clear and brown to copper.

Smell is very malty and sour, but with hints of syrapy nuttiness in the backround.

Taste is very sour, then it has a honey flavor to it. It seems this bottle is old, but the original must've been mouth watering good.

Mouthfeel is ok, with a little smoothness and carbonation that finishes with a little flavor in your mouth.

I would love to find a fresher bottle and see how this was supposed to turn out, because it is seemingly great before time and weather get to it.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2006 05:35:40 | More by Erdinger2003

DavoleBomb

Ohio

2.5/5  rDev -36.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Poured into a pint glass.

2.5 A: Dark orange. Poor head retention. No lacing to speak of.

3.0 S: Grapes and hamster (I'm not sure that's what they were going for, but it's definitely a new smell to me and I actually like it). Really though, it smells alright.

2.5 T: Wood chips (as in the kind used for hamster bedding), orange peel. Again, not too bad though it should be.

2.5 M: Smooth. Carbonation is there, but isn't overwhelming.

2.0 D: Didn't enjoy this one all that much and wouldn't want another one.

By the way, I cleaned the glass I used by hand (like I always do) and don't have a pet, so I didn't in any way taint the beer with outside hamster flavors.

Serving type: bottle

08-11-2008 01:02:27 | More by DavoleBomb

Monicagm

California

2.53/5  rDev -35.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Light amber color. Light carbonation and barely no head. The lace starts to stick to the glass but then receds back into the beer.

A sesame/caramel smell. The malt smell is more prominent whereas the hops do not appear in the smell at all.

The taste was definitely a sweeter beer. It has a more malty, roasted taste with a clean finish at the end.

Light mouthfeel.

Overall, it was an ok beer. It wouldn't be one of my first choices.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2012 17:07:02 | More by Monicagm

TheSixthRing

California

2.53/5  rDev -35.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Appearance - Pours a deep amber with an off-white head, 2 fingers thick with average retention. The resulting lace is sparse.

Smell - This smells like bacardi and coke, or rum raisin. Strong alcohol notes.

Taste - Follows the nose. Strong alcohol flavors. Very much like rum. Really hard to distinguish flavors beyond the heat. Subtle raisin. A touch of caramel. Bready malt sweetness. Very little hop character, but what is there is classically European and helps to give this a dry finish... and speaking of the finish, it ends with a lot of alcohol burn.

Mouthfeel - Full body. Sticky syrup character. Carbonation is an afterthought.

Overall - Blech. Way too much heat for a beer that's only 7.9%. This is the kind of heat I expect for beers over 11%, and beers that strong have other flavors working for them. If I wanted to drink heat, I'd order a shot.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2012 01:41:27 | More by TheSixthRing

kimcgolf

Georgia

2.55/5  rDev -34.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

I had looked forward to this given the relatively high ratings by most BA's. I liked the looks of this, with its deep color and thick head. However, for me the aroma and finish were much too predominantly chocolate or toffee....seemed too sweet. This beer just did not do it for me.

Serving type: bottle

07-01-2006 02:09:30 | More by kimcgolf

RollingRocker

Maryland

2.55/5  rDev -34.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

this is the first Paulaner Munchen beer i have ever tried, pours pretty flat with a miniscule amount of lacing. the aroma is a faint sourish, hoppy smell. the flavor is leans more to the hoppy side with a slight malty flavor with a bitter finish. mouthfeel is flat with hardly any carbonation not sure if that has anything to do with the high ABV (7.9%) or the fact the label says 07/08...i'm going to the finish the 6 pack on principle and thats about it.

-RR

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2009 19:38:02 | More by RollingRocker

Kyle987

Minnesota

2.58/5  rDev -34.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Very thin head and zero lacing, but impressive color - a dark but clear reddish brown. Light but pleasant aroma. Unfortunately, the taste was very disappointing, especially since I typically enjoy both Doppelbocks and Paulaners; there was little flavor at first, and a bitter finish. Mouthfeel was fine, but drinkability suffered from the taste.

Serving type: bottle

06-25-2008 04:21:49 | More by Kyle987

maddyaliotti

California

2.58/5  rDev -34.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This was a dark amber colored beer. The aroma was that of soy sauce or sesame. It was a complicated sweetness. I was not too fond of it due to the savory aroma. There was little carbonation in the beer and almost no head on it. Heavy on the malt, no hops. Caramel-y. Medium mouthfeel when drunk.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2012 04:39:00 | More by maddyaliotti

Liquids

Connecticut

2.6/5  rDev -33.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pour a unique reddish glow but with a fizzy, cream colored head that quickly disipates into pond scum. The color is ultra transparent. Smells extremely sweet, syrupy, and mostly malts. Kind of odd aroma...oddly sweet...do I smell corn syrup?... Taste is also ultra syrupy and sweet, with a flash of alcohol. Now I see that there is a date on the beer that says it is about a year old, but there is no detectable skunking...this beer should age well, no? Very unappetizing. Hardly drinkable at first. People like this? Hmm. Mouthfeel is medium and carbonated...nothing too notworthy...light compared to other dopplebocks. If I actually enjoyed the taste of this, it's drinkability would be fair, but the high alcohol turns me off. And the sticky caramel sweetness. I was waiting all day to get home and pop this one open. Nothing salvific here for me, sadly. Your mileage may vary.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2006 15:54:34 | More by Liquids

thekanna

Maryland

2.65/5  rDev -32.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: A slightly opaque ruddy brown with almost no head.

S: Some sweet, thick roasted caramel malts with a bit of dark fruits, can't pinpoint which though.

T/M: Caramel toasted malts with a some fruitiness and an undesirable big medicinal hop finish. Slightly over-carbonated and filling, with a bit of cardboard box at the end.

D: I've had some pretty good doppelbocks before (read: Samichlaus or Ayinger Celebrator), but this one doesn't quite cut it. It seems like it's going through an identity crisis of whether to be a bock or doppelbock, but ends up sharing good attributes of neither.

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2010 01:48:24 | More by thekanna

LyonsHead

Ohio

2.68/5  rDev -31.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: Dark orange with red hues. Looks like a cloudy irish red. Not sure why this lager is not clear (wheat maybe)... who knows. Creamy off-white head that left pretty quickly. No significant lacing

S: Good does of munich malt and the bready aromas that come along with it. There is also a strong scent of clove. this seems more like a bavarian wheat than a doppelbock

T: The flavor is right along the lines of the scent. A bit of maltiness with a semi sweetness. There is a big banana/clove presence that just seems odd for this style. There is a lot of ester character as well

M: medium light body, harsh tasting

D: Im a little confused. This does not at all represent a doppelbock in my mind. There is a hot alcohol, with clove and banana esters in a cloudy, wheat-like beer. If i was guessing blind I would say this is a bavarian wheat beer... weird

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2010 00:37:43 | More by LyonsHead

ReebShorts

Washington

2.7/5  rDev -31.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours with a nice 2 finger head, that faded to a thin layer slightly off-white. Color was a nutty brown some hints of orange.

Smell was definately malty, rich, and a bit of caramel. Also picked up some mixed floral scent.

It feels a bit creamy on the intake, then there is some spice to balance that out, which is a nice touch. However I couldn't help feeling that this went down a little watery (to the point of seeming a bit flat). Also it left a rich, carmelly sweet kind a pastiness in the back of my mouth. I'll have to try some more Dopplebocks, to see if it's just this style of beer, or this particular brand that I did not fancy.

<Update> ok, just had the Celebrator last night (review forthcoming), and must say it's not the style of this I did not care for, it was this beer in particular, as I loved the Celebrator.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2005 03:35:58 | More by ReebShorts