Spaten Optimator - Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

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rAvg: 3.9
pDev: 12.31%
Reviews: 1207
Hads: 701

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Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

Germany

Style | ABV
Doppelbock | 7.60% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1062), on-tap (142), nitro-tap (1), cask (1), nitro-bottle (1).

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Reviews by beerogre:

beerogre

New York

4.5/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Unless my parents turn around and tell me I'm adopted, this beer is likely to be the biggest surprise for me in 2007. As one might expect, the supermarket shelves in Central Florida are almost completely dominated by the usual macro suspects. The tedium only ever being broken by the occasional arrival of a Samuel Adams seasonal like Octoberfest or Winter Lager. So it was with extremely low expectations that I decided to examine more closely several unfamiliar looking brands which were either new arrivals or that I had simply just not noticed before in amongst the Heinekens and Dos Equis.

A Doppelbock? - Had this been delivered to the wrong store?

Well I like doppelbocks, and really, just how bad could a beer be with an abv of 7.2%? - So in the end the purchase was an easy decision.

Not only was I rewarded with a fantastically malty, beautifully sweet gem of a beer, at just the right strength I like (a couple of steps up from session, but not a one punch lights out merchant) but when I returned to the store the next day to buy some more (I pretty much drank it all in one go) I found it was now on sale.

I normally like to have several different beers during an evening, but the fact that I spent Labor Day Eve drinking nothing but this beer is a testament to how much I enjoyed it.

This was equally a great find and surprise.

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2007 01:35:20 | More by beerogre

More User Reviews:

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4/5 rDev +2.6%

05-23-2013 15:11:22 | More by InspectorBob

Isotope

Texas

4/5 rDev +2.6%

05-23-2013 02:48:47 | More by Isotope

Bikeboy1

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev -10.3%

05-22-2013 19:25:11 | More by Bikeboy1

jiffymon

New York

3.75/5 rDev -3.8%

05-22-2013 14:33:08 | More by jiffymon

Glyph

Georgia

4/5 rDev +2.6%

05-22-2013 01:20:31 | More by Glyph

GinsuDave

Michigan

3.75/5 rDev -3.8%

05-21-2013 23:25:05 | More by GinsuDave

Blumstein

Tennessee

3.5/5 rDev -10.3%

05-20-2013 04:16:39 | More by Blumstein

Rwang

California

4.5/5 rDev +15.4%

05-19-2013 01:53:41 | More by Rwang

apanloco

Sweden

1/5 rDev -74.4%

05-18-2013 20:04:17 | More by apanloco

Wildcatz69

Kentucky

4.25/5 rDev +9%

05-17-2013 19:45:53 | More by Wildcatz69

rheff

Arkansas

4.75/5 rDev +21.8%

05-17-2013 03:48:43 | More by rheff

Sarmartay

California

3.75/5 rDev -3.8%

05-14-2013 20:03:10 | More by Sarmartay

shanny1981

Georgia

4.33/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

This is one of my favorite classic German beers. This is a very decent, full bodied, flavorful, reddish amber beer with a good sweet, roasted grain smell. A roasted malt flavor with some hops in the aftertaste. Has a fair amount of head to it that dissipates almost immediately. Some toasted grains on the aftertaste so a little bitterness as the aftertaste with a hint of some grapefruit. A dry finish which would go good with any good meal.

Serving type: cask

05-14-2013 13:51:29 | More by shanny1981

adkrogue

New York

4/5 rDev +2.6%

05-14-2013 13:46:07 | More by adkrogue

MistahBeah

Massachusetts

2.34/5 rDev -40%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

I think this one may have been skunky so maybe not accurate. Reading other reviews that were favorable but I really didn't care for this one

Appearance: Initially poured like a true dopplebock. Small tan head. Little carbonation. Deep copper. Clear amber in the light. No retention/lacing. After a little while I honestly thought it looked like sewage. Not very inviting but maybe its my overall impression clouding my judgment.

Aroma: No surprises here. Smells like yeast and sweet caramel. A tad hoppy?

Taste: This is where it tanks in my opinion. Way too hoppy for the style and it tastes skunky. Tastes more like a maibock - which wouldn't be bad if it wasn't a dopplebock. Sticky resin hops with slight char malts but virtually no sweetness. No detectable alcohol. Really not a fan.

Mouthfeel: Feels more carbonated than you'd think. Really coats the mouth. Sticky and if I thought it tasted better I wouldn't mind.

Overall: Like I said, if it said it was a maibock I'd probably enjoy it but I was let down. Not a terrible beer just a bad representation of the style

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 23:30:05 | More by MistahBeah