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Cherry Double Dunkel
Badger Hill Brewing Company
- From:
- Badger Hill Brewing Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 10.51%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 24, 2021
- Added:
- Nov 23, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 7
Formerly Wanderlust Series #2: Cherry Double Dunkel
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Ratings by morimech:
Reviewed by morimech from Minnesota
3.31/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Wax dipped 750ml bottle. Pours a murky brown color with a massive head that was slow to settle to a thick cap. Moderate amount of lacing is left down the glass.
Not getting much aroma. A little cherry and some spice sort of like ginger or cinnamon. Not getting any wheat or much yeast aroma.
Has little weizen flavor. Mostly cherry and spice. Do not get any yeast esters. Flavor is pleasant enough but it is lacking. A little alcohol warmth and flavor in the finish. Finishes on the sweet side.
Full body and nice carbonation. Pleasant texture. Feels lively without being harsh.
Not completely successful. The aroma and flavor just are not there. The cherry alone is not covering up the weizen flavors. I bet this beer will find fans who like cherry.
Dec 08, 2013Not getting much aroma. A little cherry and some spice sort of like ginger or cinnamon. Not getting any wheat or much yeast aroma.
Has little weizen flavor. Mostly cherry and spice. Do not get any yeast esters. Flavor is pleasant enough but it is lacking. A little alcohol warmth and flavor in the finish. Finishes on the sweet side.
Full body and nice carbonation. Pleasant texture. Feels lively without being harsh.
Not completely successful. The aroma and flavor just are not there. The cherry alone is not covering up the weizen flavors. I bet this beer will find fans who like cherry.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota
4.1/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I'm not expecting this to closely adhere to the style guidelines, given the name and the brewer's description.
Aroma is cherry, but subdued and controlled. In other words, not in-your-face-pucker-cherry, but a nice cherry aroma. Behind the cherry is a spiciness betraying its weisse origins.
Color is reddish-brownish-murky-amber, dark. Tall off-white with a reddish tint creamy-thick head recedes moderately, leaving some lacing just above the head. Once the head starts to fade, it does hang around for a very long time at the 1/4+ inch level, eventually fading to a thick cap and thicker ring. The lacing becomes an opposite-side-of-the-glass coating with sparse openings through the coating as you drink. Fine carbonation bubbles rising from the bottom.
Taste is tart cherry hitting boldly up front. (Pleasantly tart, not sour.) While the cherry dominates, you can detect the spiciness underneath. The malts are a bit sweet, but this is covered nicely with the tartness. I was unable to pick of any of the other fruit flavors (chiefly banana) that accompany a weizen beer, since the cherry is the main fruit flavor. (This should not be a surprise, given the name, and it is very nicely done and enjoyable.) The malts become more prominent as the beer warms, but, still, the banana is AWOL.
Body is moderate toward the thin side, with a sticky quality coating the mouth. Slight carb tingle. There is a little alcohol presence felt in the back of the mouth when you exhale.
No bittering, but the finish leaves a pleasant tartness and cherry flavor, along with the aforementioned alcohol. This is a unique beer, it is hard to judge it as its claimed style of weizenbock, because other than the spiciness, it is not very much like the classics of the style. Having said that, however, and taking the beer as it presents itself, I quite enjoyed it and would recommend it, although expect it to be more of a tart cherry fruit beer than what the style weizenbock might lead you to expect.
My rating is the beer as it is, not against any style guidelines, and as you can see, I liked it a lot.
Dec 02, 2019Aroma is cherry, but subdued and controlled. In other words, not in-your-face-pucker-cherry, but a nice cherry aroma. Behind the cherry is a spiciness betraying its weisse origins.
Color is reddish-brownish-murky-amber, dark. Tall off-white with a reddish tint creamy-thick head recedes moderately, leaving some lacing just above the head. Once the head starts to fade, it does hang around for a very long time at the 1/4+ inch level, eventually fading to a thick cap and thicker ring. The lacing becomes an opposite-side-of-the-glass coating with sparse openings through the coating as you drink. Fine carbonation bubbles rising from the bottom.
Taste is tart cherry hitting boldly up front. (Pleasantly tart, not sour.) While the cherry dominates, you can detect the spiciness underneath. The malts are a bit sweet, but this is covered nicely with the tartness. I was unable to pick of any of the other fruit flavors (chiefly banana) that accompany a weizen beer, since the cherry is the main fruit flavor. (This should not be a surprise, given the name, and it is very nicely done and enjoyable.) The malts become more prominent as the beer warms, but, still, the banana is AWOL.
Body is moderate toward the thin side, with a sticky quality coating the mouth. Slight carb tingle. There is a little alcohol presence felt in the back of the mouth when you exhale.
No bittering, but the finish leaves a pleasant tartness and cherry flavor, along with the aforementioned alcohol. This is a unique beer, it is hard to judge it as its claimed style of weizenbock, because other than the spiciness, it is not very much like the classics of the style. Having said that, however, and taking the beer as it presents itself, I quite enjoyed it and would recommend it, although expect it to be more of a tart cherry fruit beer than what the style weizenbock might lead you to expect.
My rating is the beer as it is, not against any style guidelines, and as you can see, I liked it a lot.
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.73/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 750ml bottle into glass. No dating on bottle or label, but hang tag identifies this as "2016 Cherry Double Dunkel". Label identifies ABV as 9% ABV.
Murky, pale amber colored body, with reddish accents. Slight, off white fizzy head quickly dissipates. No lacing.
Cherry and wheat aroma.
Cherry flavor dominates, kind of natural and kind of medicinal, but overall it is okay. Just a passing glance of tartness, with a little more of cherry sweetness (cherry expresses more as a berry fruit rather than a sweetened preserve).
Mouth feel is medium but really minimal carbonation (flat, which detracts from drinking experience),
Age may have degraded beer, but this is a flat carbonation and relatively one note taste experience. Weizenbock notes are lacking.
Apr 26, 2018Murky, pale amber colored body, with reddish accents. Slight, off white fizzy head quickly dissipates. No lacing.
Cherry and wheat aroma.
Cherry flavor dominates, kind of natural and kind of medicinal, but overall it is okay. Just a passing glance of tartness, with a little more of cherry sweetness (cherry expresses more as a berry fruit rather than a sweetened preserve).
Mouth feel is medium but really minimal carbonation (flat, which detracts from drinking experience),
Age may have degraded beer, but this is a flat carbonation and relatively one note taste experience. Weizenbock notes are lacking.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It decants hazy copper amber under a rocky and sticky cream to light tan foam cap with a slight cherry tint to it. Rapidly rising bubbles continually refresh the foam cap giving it persistence. A slight hint of cherry, come malts and kettle sugar aromas evoke tart cherry jam on white toast. On the palate, very creamy rich malts give way to a crisp, refreshing cherry tartness and the mingling of the cherry and weizen yeast banana and clove flavors evoke a fresh cherry tart. the cherry is more prominent than the yeast flavors. The tartness of the cherry balances the malty sweetness for a very pleasant drink. Nothing is cloying or overstated. The medium full to full body hides the alcohol well. the carbonation is medium low which makes the flavors easier to savor. Hop flavors and bitterness are medium low to low but show up in the lingering cherry finish to provide a mile bitter accent. Cherry Double Dunkel is a very interesting, complex and enjoyable beer.
Aug 31, 2016Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.44/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap. Poured a murky, dark brown color with a small tan head of foam. It smelled of cherry, dried fruit and yeastiness. Strong cherry flavor with a sweet maltiness.
Dec 23, 2013
Cherry Double Dunkel from Badger Hill Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
27 ratings
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