Wasatch Devastator
Utah Brewers Cooperative

Wasatch DevastatorWasatch Devastator
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Utah Brewers Cooperative
 
Style:
Doppelbock
Ranked #117
ABV:
8%
Score:
83
Ranked #23,710
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 13.59%
Reviews:
206
Ratings:
600
Status:
Active
Rated:
Today at 03:41 AM
Added:
Dec 23, 2007
Wants:
  19
Gots:
  145
If you're going to sin, sin big. With 8% alc/vol and a creamy richness, this brew has developed a serious cult following. Imagine that - a cult following in Utah?!
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Ratings by spoony:
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Reviewed by spoony from Colorado

3.36/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a 355 ml bottle (best by January 20, 2014) into a nonic.

A-An aggressive pour produces almost a finger of short-lived tan foam. The foam drops immediately and leaves no lacing. The brew is pretty light for the style with nice clarity and a copper-hued, walnut brown color.

S-I get a touch of earthy tobacco, along with a good dose of sweetness in the form of overripe fruit, and dark caramel. There is also a bit of nutty, toasted bread and roasted barley. Pretty simple and shallow.

T-The taste is also somewhat earthy and sweet up front with a nutty flavor like peanuts on the finish. The alcohol comes through in a strange, sort-of fruity and zesty flavor. Very little bitterness.

M-The feel is light to medium body for the style with a semi-crisp carbonation. It is drinkable.

O-This is a pretty simple brew. I kept waiting for more complexity or depth, but each sip stayed fairly uninspired. There were hints of greatness with the tobacco and ripe, dark fruits of the smell, but those faded quickly as the brew warmed. I could have used more cocoa or deeper fruit flavors. Ho-hum.
Nov 07, 2013
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Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas

3.87/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a can born on 11/8/23. Medium brown color with tan bubbles. Roasted malt aroma. Medium body with good carbonation. Caramel malt flavor. A good doppelbock!
Today at 03:41 AM
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

3.54/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can. Best by date stamp on can bottom is smudged for the month, sometime in 2023.
Muddy brown colored body. One finger of khaki colored head. Leaves spots and threads of lacing.
Aroma is slightly sour toasted brown bread. Malts with raisin.
Taste is sweet but no caramel or toffee; the sweetness is more in a dark fruit vein. Lots of dark bread malt for flavor. Lingering sweet malt in the aftertaste.
Slightly less than medium mouth feel. Higher ABV% is well hidden. Good carbonation.
To me there is more sweet than rich in the flavors. Strays a little from the toasted bread motif.
Oct 28, 2023
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.16/5  rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can purchased at The Wasatch Brew Pub in the Salt Lake City International Airport. Not on draft because of archaic Utah beer laws that don’t allow anything on draft over 5% ABV.

This one pours a nice golden brown color, with a small white head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like caramelized honey, breadiness, some light dark fruit, a touch of spicy hops, and molasses.

This is pretty excellent, and feels just about spot on to my palate. There’s a rich and deep malt character here, caramelized, bready, and just slightly fruity, with a touch of very warming bitterness – maybe booze, maybe hops, whatever it is, it works well.

This is creamy, rich, and quite drinkable.

I enjoy this quite a bit – it feels like the dictionary definition of the style.
May 18, 2023
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Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky

3.69/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At the brewery from the can.
Apr 04, 2023
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Reviewed by NorsemanOne from Utah

3.65/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12oz can poured into a pils glass

Pours a muted brown with amber undertones

Boozy and caramelly nose

Good caramel sweetness, strong malt and the plum really shines through in the aftertaste

Heavy body, but not syrupy
Feb 01, 2023
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Reviewed by MadMadMike from France

3.93/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz can at Wasatch Brew Pub in Park City, UT, into a can looking logo glass. Pours deep amber, loose foam that didn’t make it all the way thru the drink.
Smells like dark caramel, medium roasty.
Taste is sweet and caramelly, plum, raisin, not a long finish at all. 8% ABV is present but not overwhelming.
Feel is medium thickness, low carbonation.
Overall, it’s good, far from great. But nice to get a can from the source.
Sep 23, 2022
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.28/5  rDev +16.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Semi-clear dark brown with a short khaki blanket.

Semisweet date meets toasted pumpernickel and so on. In an attempt to be economical with my words while on vacation, this is solidly on point and quite satisfying.

The medium body has a rounded crispness and finishes semi-dry, developing a touch of tobacco and roast as it warms.
Apr 25, 2022
 
Rated: 4.08 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Jan 08, 2022
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Reviewed by mscott

3.65/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Color consistent with class. ABV at 8.0% consistent. Solid beer for class but nothing noetworthy and kind of lackluster. Good beer but nothing exceptional and no threat to German best in class (Ayinnger, Spaten, etc).
Aug 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by BiologyBob from Texas

Jul 05, 2021
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Reviewed by SaltyScot66 from Utah

2.87/5  rDev -22%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
I picked up some of this at the DABC. I bring this up, because I’m hoping the poor storage of beers by them made my experience less than enthusiastic. The taste was a bit on the cider side and I really didn’t enjoy it.
Dec 19, 2020
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Reviewed by b_mule from Utah

4.56/5  rDev +23.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Picked this up at the DABC, in Utah you can’t get it at a normal store. I was nicely surprised by the flavor, mainly because didn’t know how to pin it down. Still don’t. Thought it was a little boozy like other reviewers stated. But got used to it. One reviewer said notes of raisin, I’m going with that flavor at the source of that unidentifiable taste. I think it’s a thicker mouth feel, a little dense, but not syrupy. I’ll say that I make sure to pick up a six pack when I go for bottles of something else. A nice surprise flavor-wise. Kudos Wasatch Brewery.
Nov 28, 2020
 
Rated: 3.96 by rsuarez1982 from Texas

May 26, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 02, 2020
 
Rated: 4.35 by Anacross from Oregon

Mar 29, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by beaulabauve from Louisiana

Mar 19, 2020
 
Rated: 3.48 by Mortarforker from Texas

Feb 09, 2020
 
Rated: 3.78 by bump8628 from Oklahoma

Feb 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by superwho24 from Arkansas

Jan 30, 2020
Wasatch Devastator from Utah Brewers Cooperative
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 600 ratings