Schnee Bock - Schlossbrauerei Au-Hallertau

Offa

California

3.98/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a nice doppelbock, bot outstanding, but excellent, enjoyable, with a good balance of drinkability and character without being too sweet.

Very dark chestnut, almost black, it has a small tan head soon thinning to a foamy ring, a few wisps of lace.

Aroma is a nice almost quintessential doppelbock aroma, meaty stew and prunes, brandied bread, some port.

Taste is dry, toasted dark bread, brown bread, brandied fruit, plus a faint earthiness. It has some sweetness and a little bitterness, but is fairly dry for a German doppelbock, and very nice. Feel and body are light but solid and firm.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 01:10:42 | More by Offa

UCLABrewN84

California

3.76/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pours a hazy orange-brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to an oily film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of toasted malt, honey, jam, and bready aromas. Taste is much the same with slightly sour fruity and toast flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of spice bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a sour aspect in the aroma and flavor that is interesting.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 04:36:32 | More by UCLABrewN84

westcoastbeerlvr

California

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

04-07-2013 01:29:01 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

Hopmodium

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

03-10-2013 21:34:10 | More by Hopmodium

StoicBeast

California

4/5  rDev +1%

01-18-2013 00:30:19 | More by StoicBeast

OregonGrown7

Nebraska

4/5  rDev +1%

12-30-2012 02:35:00 | More by OregonGrown7