Bell's Consecrator Doppelbock - Bell's Brewery, Inc.

mpyle

Maryland

4.22/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Amber color, brilliantly clear. Poured a modest head with so-so retention.

Nice malty aroma, and otherwise exceptionally clean.

A nice big clean malt bomb. Initial flavor is malt, and it continues to grow until it becomes borderline sicky sweet, but doppelbocks do flirt with being cloying. Dries out slightly in the finish, leaving just a lingering slightly malty flavor. Some alcohol flavor comes out in the finish, but it isn't unpleasant and serves to help dry it out.

MF - Fairly big body, and low carbonation. Both characteristic of style. Alcohol and alcohol warming are evident, but aren't overpowering.

Overall - A nice, strong lager. Has malty character in spades, and is big without being overpowering. Would make for a nice beer in winter to sip while sitting by the fire.

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2011 00:43:42 | More by mpyle

Cyhops

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-18-2013 00:06:12 | More by Cyhops

TwelveOunces

Kentucky

4.01/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

12 0z bottle poured into a tulip
Bottled 1-22-13

A- Pours a viscous murky amber brown color. Little head to speak of.

S- Massive caramel. A ton of fig and raisins. A german yeast strain. A syrupy smelling beer.

T- A big caramel flavor at first. A candy sugar flavor and a yeasty undertone. A huge dark fruit profile to this beer. A lot of figs, and plums in the beer. A grainy, yeasty spicyness under the beer main flavors. A fairly simple flavor profile but well balanced.

M- A thick beer. Syrupy in the mouth. Medium carbonation, semi sweet. Surprisingly easy to drink for me.

O- A solid Doppelbock, nothing more. A fine example of the style but not one to seek out.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2013 22:55:24 | More by TwelveOunces

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-16-2013 22:26:23 | More by Slatetank

MrParker

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

05-16-2013 04:25:32 | More by MrParker

MSandahl23

Indiana

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-15-2013 20:21:11 | More by MSandahl23

GinsuDave

Michigan

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-15-2013 02:12:47 | More by GinsuDave

vrbulldog22

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-13-2013 18:26:26 | More by vrbulldog22

jokulhaps

Virginia

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-13-2013 02:47:16 | More by jokulhaps

SolipsismalCat

Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Poured into a snifter.

A: Hazy red-brown with one-finger, fizzy, off-white head that lasted half a minute. Not much lacing.

S: Caramel malt and fruit.

T: Moderate to high sweetness and light bitterness. Caramel malt. Figs and other dark fruit. Toasty finish.

M: Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation. Thin feeling.

O: Pretty good Doppelbock. There are better ones out there.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 00:52:22 | More by SolipsismalCat

HarmonMW

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-12-2013 00:22:44 | More by HarmonMW

NYR_Rob

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-11-2013 01:24:18 | More by NYR_Rob

tmm313

Georgia

3/5  rDev -20.8%

05-11-2013 01:16:33 | More by tmm313

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-10-2013 14:48:12 | More by twenty5

barczar

Kentucky

3.65/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear reddish amber with a half inch cream head that leaves minimal lacing and dissipates fairly quickly.

Notes of deeply caramelized malt and nutty toffee are accented by toasted breadcrust and slightly fruity undertones. There's a bit of floral hop presence.

Flavor is nutty and sweet, with cola notes, almost ginger-like, adding complexity. Malt dominant, a bready, toasted, nutty quality hits mid palate to dry up the finish a touch. Underlying specialty malt fruit character surfaces at the brining, but is overtaken by caramel sweetness.

Body is moderate to slightly full, with carbonation a touch on the prickly side, and moderate alcohol warmth.

Definitely a malt forward beer, with enough character to keep things from being too cloying, but lacks the complexity of more traditional doppelbock melanoidin profiles.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 22:36:32 | More by barczar

tedho21

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

04-30-2013 20:03:27 | More by tedho21

Devilman

Illinois

4/5  rDev +5.5%

04-27-2013 22:30:58 | More by Devilman

JimmyFlatRock

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

04-24-2013 20:59:02 | More by JimmyFlatRock

jreindl

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +5.5%

04-20-2013 13:14:53 | More by jreindl

BeerDawgs

Georgia

3.78/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A - Reddish brown, no lace or head. Small amount of clarity.

S - Candy sugar. Caramel, brown sugar. Malty..

T - Like the aroma, very sweet. Strong, but not too boozy. Cranberries, dried fruit.

M - Light bodied, crisp. Medium carbonation

O - A well done doppelbock.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 01:23:10 | More by BeerDawgs

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.51/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

We pour a brew of clean reddish honey. It holds a tight two finger head of caramel colored bubbles, showing nice retention. Drippy sheets of lacing are left around the glass. No haze or sediment is noted, and carbonation appears to be light. The aroma gives adjuncty metallics, roasted caramel dryness, black breakfast tea tannins, moderate buttery diacetyls, banana esters, dark wheatiness, biting booze, light lemon freshness, and fusel phenolic medicinals. Our first impression is that the flavoring is cloyingly sweet, but does dry and roast by the end, making for a pleasant balance. The taste opens with chalky dryness of pale and caramel grain, mild roast, liquid honey sweetness, salt water taffy, and stark medicinal phenols. The middle comes to a peak with sweetened iced tea, soft citric hops, continued caramels, white sugar sweetness, and pear fruitiness. Finishing the sip we get bright banana esters, warmed wheat and raisin breadiness, melted brown sugar, metallics, faint lemongrass bite, and mineral water. The aftertaste breathes of light earthen hops, chalky caramel malts, dry roast, big brown sugar sweetness, apple fruitiness, and black pepper spiciness of alcohol. The body is medium, but heavy with sugar, while the carbonation prickles on the light side. Each sip gives okay froth, slurp, and cream, with the mouth otherwise occupied by more oily, coating slickness and sugary stickiness. The lightest astringent dryness is palpated, but little else. The abv is appropriate, and the beer drinks easily.

Overall, what we liked best about this beer was the nicely inclusive aroma, and its ease of drinkability. From the first look at this beer things seems a bit light. The coloring sits lightly, but never offensively so. The aroma and the taste, too, are on the simplistic side, and are definitely out of balance. While each gives big sweetness through the caramels, esters, and cloying fruity sugars, the roast never quite comes up to meet or even it out. While this is a decent representation of the style, we usually look for something that shows more depth and roast to the malts, and more darkness throughout.

Serving type: bottle

04-19-2013 00:08:09 | More by TheBrewo

JohnK17

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.5%

04-17-2013 16:08:03 | More by JohnK17

mwar

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

04-17-2013 00:41:13 | More by mwar

CesarLopes

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

04-13-2013 17:05:07 | More by CesarLopes

AmitC

Indiana

4.04/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter glass.

Color is ruby amber. About one finger thick head with good retention. No bubbles. Not much lacing either. Translucent with good clarity.

Aroma is of caramel malts. Lager yeast. A lot of malts. Little bit of sweetness. Roasted malts. Strength is moderate to slightly good.

Taste is very much like the nose. Strong roast element throughout. Heavy at certain times. Good warmth. Strong malts. Caramel. Sweetness. Finish is semi sweet.

Mouth feel is medium bodied. No astringency and low on carbonation. I would have loved a more carbonated and bubble doppelbock.

A very average stuff from a good brewery.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 23:59:03 | More by AmitC