Spaten Optimator | Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Brewed by:
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Germany
franziskaner-weissbier.de
Style: Doppelbock
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.60%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 04-06-1999
Ratings: 3,059 | Reviews: 1,334
3.55/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
4.36/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.93/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.73/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.93/5 rDev +26.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
3.93/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Doppelyisious
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Doppelyisious
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4.18/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
yum, whoa
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
yum, whoa
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3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.14/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A - Dark brown pour with a creamy toffee colored head and light carbonation.
S - Bready, yeasty, with some dark fruit and toasted caramel malt.
T - Dark roasted caramel with some lingering bitter roasty bitterness.
M - Medium body but chewy.
O - An overall fantastic beer.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A - Dark brown pour with a creamy toffee colored head and light carbonation.
S - Bready, yeasty, with some dark fruit and toasted caramel malt.
T - Dark roasted caramel with some lingering bitter roasty bitterness.
M - Medium body but chewy.
O - An overall fantastic beer.
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4.22/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
3.32/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.97/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: [3.75] The bottle lists the ABV (7.6%) and there is a best by date (05/01/2017). Dark brown beer with lots of red highlights when back-lit. The beer has 1 finger of off white to tannish head. The head settles to 1/4 finger.
S: [3.50] Brown bread, slight booze, caramel, vegital scent.
T: [4.00] Caramel, cocoa, leather, vanilla cream.
M: [4.25] Smooth body. The cream taste is also a feel at the end. Good carbonation level and finish.
O: [4.00] Overall this tastes like a Scotch Ale mixed with vanilla. The creamy taste and feel set it apart and make it really nice. The biggest ding is the nose but the taste and body make up for that. This is a really enjoyable beer.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: [3.75] The bottle lists the ABV (7.6%) and there is a best by date (05/01/2017). Dark brown beer with lots of red highlights when back-lit. The beer has 1 finger of off white to tannish head. The head settles to 1/4 finger.
S: [3.50] Brown bread, slight booze, caramel, vegital scent.
T: [4.00] Caramel, cocoa, leather, vanilla cream.
M: [4.25] Smooth body. The cream taste is also a feel at the end. Good carbonation level and finish.
O: [4.00] Overall this tastes like a Scotch Ale mixed with vanilla. The creamy taste and feel set it apart and make it really nice. The biggest ding is the nose but the taste and body make up for that. This is a really enjoyable beer.
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3.85/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.25/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Deleted Review
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a very nice dark brown color, with some pretty nice carbonation, with a nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, slight dark fruits. The taste is malty, yeasty, some dark fruits. Medium body. Overall, a very tasty brew.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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12 oz. Bottle
Pours a very nice dark brown color, with some pretty nice carbonation, with a nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, slight dark fruits. The taste is malty, yeasty, some dark fruits. Medium body. Overall, a very tasty brew.
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3.86/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.93/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish brown color. Complete clarity in the beer other than some carbonation bubbles. Thin off-white head dissipates quickly leaving just a ring of tan foam along the outside of the beer.
Smell has notes of bready malts, sweet dark fruits, strong malts and some mild earthy aromas - hops, but not a hop aroma per se.
Taste follows the nose with notes of bready malts, dark fruits, raisins, prunes, some mild earthy hops. Simple and straightforward but a solid example of the style.
Feel is a bit light for the style, but that makes it very easy drinking. Medium prickly carbonation. Smooth with a somewhat surprisingly drier finish.
Overall a very well done doppelbock. Not the best of the style, but a solid example.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a reddish brown color. Complete clarity in the beer other than some carbonation bubbles. Thin off-white head dissipates quickly leaving just a ring of tan foam along the outside of the beer.
Smell has notes of bready malts, sweet dark fruits, strong malts and some mild earthy aromas - hops, but not a hop aroma per se.
Taste follows the nose with notes of bready malts, dark fruits, raisins, prunes, some mild earthy hops. Simple and straightforward but a solid example of the style.
Feel is a bit light for the style, but that makes it very easy drinking. Medium prickly carbonation. Smooth with a somewhat surprisingly drier finish.
Overall a very well done doppelbock. Not the best of the style, but a solid example.
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Spaten Optimator from Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
3.9
out of 5
based on 3,059 ratings.
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75