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Deviator Doppelbock
Cameron's Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cameron's Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 8.93%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 03, 2011
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 4
Doppelbocks are Teutonic-inspired dark lagers that feature imported German malt and were served by the Bavarian monks during times of fasting as “liquid bread.”
It features imported German malt and has a deep dark amber colour. Its aroma is full of sweet toffee and caramel and its body brings out hints of coffee and freshly baked bread. The finish is deliciously complex with a full mouth feel, followed by lasting sweetness. Perfect if you’re hungry or if you simply love a rich, flavourful beer!
It features imported German malt and has a deep dark amber colour. Its aroma is full of sweet toffee and caramel and its body brings out hints of coffee and freshly baked bread. The finish is deliciously complex with a full mouth feel, followed by lasting sweetness. Perfect if you’re hungry or if you simply love a rich, flavourful beer!
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Ratings by mick303:
Reviewed by mick303 from Canada (ON)
3.63/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a tulip snifter, 8.6% ABV 750mL bottle aged for about a year, now its being released in smaller bottles. Poured a rich dark brown, with a compact creamy dark tan head, leaves a good film and lace. 4
S – bourbon oak barrels stand out, rich nuttiness, dark caramel fruitcake, candied cherries, vanilla, dark molasses, a rich nose for sure, with a lot of rich fruitiness akin to a barleywine, and then layers of bourbon and oak, intriguing. 4
T – a lingering bourbon oakiness is really left all on its own at the end. Some of the fruitcakey-berry-caramel notes initially, raisins, creamy xmas cake, a bit too sweet initially (iced tea!!!!) with a strong molasses character, then gets dry with pencil shavings and lots of oak. I was hoping for a more complete and balanced flavor here so was a bit disappointed. Flavour has an intense start but then starts to drag. 3.5
M – fairly big, but not a lot of carbonation, and the body and flavor is a bit too much akin to a long island iced tea for my taste, sweet caramel and lots of oversteeped tea/chai dryness and booziness. Drinkability is good initially then gets cloyingly dry. 3.25
Overall this is still an interesting beer, if only for how the intense vanilla bourbon oakiness interact with the fruity caramel malts. If its pricy though (and I imagine it is, cant remember) then I would likely give this a pass and look for a more complete and complex offering. A bit disappointed all round, it does pack some good flavour but would benefit from more balance. 3.5
Feb 05, 2014S – bourbon oak barrels stand out, rich nuttiness, dark caramel fruitcake, candied cherries, vanilla, dark molasses, a rich nose for sure, with a lot of rich fruitiness akin to a barleywine, and then layers of bourbon and oak, intriguing. 4
T – a lingering bourbon oakiness is really left all on its own at the end. Some of the fruitcakey-berry-caramel notes initially, raisins, creamy xmas cake, a bit too sweet initially (iced tea!!!!) with a strong molasses character, then gets dry with pencil shavings and lots of oak. I was hoping for a more complete and balanced flavor here so was a bit disappointed. Flavour has an intense start but then starts to drag. 3.5
M – fairly big, but not a lot of carbonation, and the body and flavor is a bit too much akin to a long island iced tea for my taste, sweet caramel and lots of oversteeped tea/chai dryness and booziness. Drinkability is good initially then gets cloyingly dry. 3.25
Overall this is still an interesting beer, if only for how the intense vanilla bourbon oakiness interact with the fruity caramel malts. If its pricy though (and I imagine it is, cant remember) then I would likely give this a pass and look for a more complete and complex offering. A bit disappointed all round, it does pack some good flavour but would benefit from more balance. 3.5
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by DaveBar from Canada (ON)
3.58/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Purchased at the LCBO for around that $10.00 mark or so. Served at 4deg C in a tulip
A- Opens well and pours a 1" high light brown head that lasts for a couple of minutes before film out. Very dark brown colour and unfiltered
S- Good malt base with some heat
T- Dark, rich and malty. Has some good hops but not a lot. Decent dopplebock all around
M- Dry and tart
O- Pretty good brew. Not a favorite nor will I buy it again but was enjoyable as a one off. Will not buy again based upon value of taste to cost
Food Pairing
This pretty good brew went well with........ Curry chicken! This brew bit right through the heat of the curry easily.
Enjoy
Sep 08, 2015A- Opens well and pours a 1" high light brown head that lasts for a couple of minutes before film out. Very dark brown colour and unfiltered
S- Good malt base with some heat
T- Dark, rich and malty. Has some good hops but not a lot. Decent dopplebock all around
M- Dry and tart
O- Pretty good brew. Not a favorite nor will I buy it again but was enjoyable as a one off. Will not buy again based upon value of taste to cost
Food Pairing
This pretty good brew went well with........ Curry chicken! This brew bit right through the heat of the curry easily.
Enjoy
Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio
4.16/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed from the bottle in a snifter, this very nice doppelbock pours an intense muddy brown with a decent head of light tan foam that dissipates to a thin ring and slight pool with decent lacing. Nose of chocolate, rich rum soaked fruitcake, dark brown sugars, and strong booze. Flavors exceed the nose with strong raisin, brown sugar, and chocolate notes all dancing about a touch of coffee and dates and finishing with a touch of oak and fresh baked dark breaded malt. Excellent. Medium carbonation makes the slickness and sweetness not so cloying----keeps the chewiness down. Strong booze comes in on the back. Excellent for the style. An excellent oaken version of this fantastic style.
Cheers
Aug 23, 2015Cheers
Rated by Bung from Michigan
4.14/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
8.6% abv according to my bottle.
Jul 05, 2015Rated by Sercoli from Canada (ON)
4.24/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.24/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
My new favorite beer. Rich, deep, full flavored. Lovely.
Feb 14, 2015Reviewed by BBickle from Canada (ON)
4.13/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This beer was fantastic and I will be buying more, if I can find it. All elements worked well together from the smell to the taste. They have a winner here.
The only change I would make would be to add a little more carbonation for more mouth feel.
I would love to taste a hopped up version of this.
Feb 23, 2014The only change I would make would be to add a little more carbonation for more mouth feel.
I would love to taste a hopped up version of this.
Deviator Doppelbock from Cameron's Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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