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Blue Goat
New Holland Brewing Company
- From:
- New Holland Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 13.33%
- Reviews:
- 80
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 17, 2018
- Added:
- May 02, 2006
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.78/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 5/12/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, golden raisin, plum, peach, pear, and red apple; with light notes of herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malts, fruitiness, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, golden raisin, plum, peach, pear, and red apple; with light notes of herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, golden raisin, plum, peach, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Nicely clean on lager flavors, not overly fruity/yeasty. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this a very good doppelbock. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malts, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Nicely clean and rich dark/Munich malts; restrained fruity yeast, and mild earthy hops against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Just a bit too fruity and not as rich on malts as I hoped.
Nov 17, 2018Reviewed by Benjolovesbeer from Michigan
3.42/5 rDev -5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Ruby red raspberry look with a malty boozy, slightly caramel aroma.
Taste is burnt caramel and malt with mild boozy bite. More I drink the more I like it.
Sep 01, 2017Taste is burnt caramel and malt with mild boozy bite. More I drink the more I like it.
Blue Goat from New Holland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
98 ratings
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