Wolfgang
Great Divide Brewing Company

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From:
Great Divide Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Doppelbock
ABV:
8%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 10.05%
Reviews:
119
Ratings:
434
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 01, 2022
Added:
Jun 20, 2012
Wants:
  38
Gots:
  26
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Ratings by WVbeergeek:
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Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

4.38/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Great to find a bottle of this I was kind of pissed when I missed it's release last summer, pours a turbid plum brandy cola tinted color with caramel beige head forming thick with large bubbles of flowing carbonation. Aromatics offer up hints of plum, raisin, dark malts over ripened fruit, beautiful beer almost cider like tartness amongst the dark roasted malts. Flavor rustic lager flavors, smoke meat, just a hint of that, with big ripe dark fruits, plum juicy raisins, and plum that dark juice you can only get from the source. A definite German style lager from Colorado, excellent take by all means I'm just so spoiled to have tried so many great doppelbocks from PA they are the kings of the German beer styles brewed in America with minor exceptions along the way. Hints of dark chocolate and toffee as I take a few more sips with the dark fruit a mesmerizing beer experience, I'm glad I'm digging in now a year later. Mouthfeel is great smooth easy going each sip easier than the next I'm glad I found it subdued and refrigerated for a year it's been truly lagered, easy going carbonation great chewy dopplebock medium to full bodied. Overall I can't stop talking about this beer, excellent stuff nails the style truly good drinking doppelbock they better still make this stuff.
Jun 07, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Mar 01, 2022
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.51/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Right on the money doppelbock, malty and mildly sweet. Dark amber/brown body, aroma is sweet malt, molasses. Nice creamy head. Taste is also mostly malt, more subdued than the aroma, but right on target for the style.
Jul 19, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by ckollias from Maryland

Feb 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 05, 2016
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Reviewed by L0ne from Texas

4.29/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle.

Pours a clear reddish-brown with golden highlights. One finger of sticky, bubbly, off-white head.

Bready, doughy, burnt-sugar sweetness (bordering on maple even? mmm), some dark fruit, faint bittersweet chocolate. Light spiciness alongside herbal hops in the finish cut the richness with just enough bitter and freshness to keep you wanting another sip.

Medium bodied, relatively low carbonation, maybe just a touch of warming alcohol.

Loved it! Wish it was something I had regular access to.
Sep 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by MisterKilderkin from California

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.83 by Prospero from Colorado

Jul 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.87 by Hop_God from California

May 27, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Pours brilliant ruby tinted chestnut under a clingy 1” light tan head.
S: A hint of tobacco that transforms into earthy aromas joins bread, prune, and plum on the nose.
T: Brown bread, dark kettle sugars, big malt character, light earthy bitterness on the finish.
F: Very smooth, creamy and soft in the mouth with above average body and slightly below average carbonation.
O: A big but easy to drink doppelbock.
May 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Matt141 from Texas

May 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by millelacsmark from Minnesota

Apr 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.79 by jshusc from South Carolina

Apr 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.15 by MrJuengling from Pennsylvania

Mar 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.39 by 31Sam13 from New Hampshire

Mar 05, 2015
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Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia

4.07/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Aroma definitely gets your attention - strong and malty with a caramel overtone and notes of spice and chocolate plus an earthy hint. Pours a translucent chocolate brown, close to mahogany, with a thick and fairly persistent tan head that leaves some generous lacing. Flavor does not quite equal the promise of the aroma, but is still quite good - malty, bready, subtle notes of caramel, cloves and chocolate. Smooth texture has good body and fizz, and leaves a malty, woody, slightly chocolaty finish. Get this goat!
Jan 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.97 by rudabegga9 from Georgia

Dec 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by erushing from Texas

Dec 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Dec 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.88 by Dr_Fox from Utah

Dec 05, 2014
Wolfgang from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 434 ratings