Brewmaster's Premium Reserve Dopple Bock
Sprecher Brewing Company

Brewmaster's Premium Reserve Dopple BockBrewmaster's Premium Reserve Dopple Bock
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From:
Sprecher Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Doppelbock
Ranked #88
ABV:
8%
Score:
86
Ranked #18,691
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 12.01%
Reviews:
144
Ratings:
223
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 15, 2023
Added:
Mar 18, 2002
Wants:
  16
Gots:
  12
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Ratings by Fish113d:
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Reviewed by Fish113d from Pennsylvania

3.57/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pouring into a snifter, the dark brown and amber colored lager left a very lacey and "thin" looking head which dissipated to absolute nothing within 20 seconds. My buddy Sulldaddy's was a bit more lasting, possibly due to dust or dirt in my snifter...damn Sully letting me drink out of a dirty snifter! (may as well Cleveland Steamed me...jerk!)

Anyway, to smell it though was pretty appealing. It was very malty and caramely but was mild in potency of aroma...had to spend a minute or 2 on this one to get anything out of it. However, it was quite nice.

The taste proved to be also mostly malty, but mild w/ a bit of dry oak flavor towards the swallow, and with sweet toffee or caramel flavoring, w/ some nice alcohol burn as well, which was mostly mild.

The carbonation was quite bitey up front, medium-bodied throughout w/ a nice sweet alcohol burn at the end. Drinkability was pretty decent...not my favorite dopplebock by any means, but a nice find as well.
Oct 31, 2004
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Mdog from Minnesota

3.9/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From a 12oz can:

Appearance: Dark ruby, good head.

Smell: Pretty mild, maybe some dark fruits?

Taste: Starts off sweet, some raisin, some dark cherry. Balanced by a bit of black tea bitterness. Soft body, feels lighter than 8%.

Overall: I had this beer a long time ago when it came in 16oz bottles and was called Double Bock. Now this was a 12oz can called Doppelbock. Sprecher makes some solid German style beers, this was a tasty and pretty easy drinking doppel. Will have to keep an eye out for this in Wisconsin.
Jul 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.96 by Shiredave from New York

Jun 19, 2023
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Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin

3.88/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a deep and dark bronze/brown color with a moderate tan head. SRM of 21. (3.75)

Aroma: Moderate aromas of rich bread, smooth caramel malt, some German spice and banana notes. (3.75)

Flavor: Moderate flavors of rich bread, smooth caramel, chocolate, some German spice and banana notes. Sweet bread with some syrup and booze on the finish. (4.00)

Feel: Medium to heavier bodied, average carbonation. Finishes sweet, syrup with a slight booze note. (3.50)

Compared to Lupulin Doppelbock 2/2023: Pours darker, larger head. Stronger aromas and flavors. More rich caramel and chocolate. Less bread and German yeast. Heavier and sweeter.

Overall: A pretty good German Doppelbock here. Rich, heavier, and sweeter. Syrupy and shows the booze a bit. Still, some nice and rich flavors here that evolve as it warms. Rich, sweet, and flavorful. Pretty good. (Rating: 3.88)
Feb 16, 2023
 
Rated: 3.83 by DarrellK from Florida

Mar 03, 2021
 
Rated: 4.41 by HabaJohnTheReal1 from Illinois

Nov 14, 2020
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Reviewed by cheeseheadinMinneapolis from Wisconsin

4.16/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Smell is heavy toasted bread, almost roasty

Taste is heavy toasted dark bread, or is it a complex lightly roasted malt. as it warms you get some dark fruit/stone washed fruit. hints of caramel and chocolate, very smooth, sweet but not too sweet, the sweetness is rather straight line.

A good beer and good value at $9 for 6 pack of bottles 4.18/5
Mar 27, 2020
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle poured into a tulip pint glass. Pours auburn brown with a medium off-white head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma and flavor are bready malt, whiffs of coffee, molasses, and toffee, with some floral hops. Hits all the right marks and is very approachable. The 7.8% abv is well-hidden. Not super complex but a solid representation of the style.
Feb 14, 2020
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Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia

3.86/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From notes 2/25/13: Pours a clear medium brown with glints of garnet, producing 1 finger of an, frothy, somewhat lasting head that eventually fades to a firm collar leaving only a little lace. Aroma is sweet and heavy dark malt, light oatmeal and thin chocolate chip cookies, butter, dark bread and honey with a vinous hint. Taste is strong malt and sweetness, dark raisin bread, the same cookie medley as the nose, with a vinous dark grape, molasses and hone finish. Aftertaste is a lightly biting, semisweet, somewhat bitter maltiness. Mouthfeel is full bodied, lively with carbonation, a little thin and quite chewy. As a fan of the Dobblebock style I must add that this is a slightly different but quite good example even though it is a little overly sweet. Wonder why they spelled it Dopple Bock instead of Dopplebock? It si very good but not exceptional, however I will buy this again.
Oct 15, 2019
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Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio

3.94/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From the newer labeled 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This nice dopple bock pours
a rich deep and dark brown with a very nice head of tan foam that settles to
a thick robust ring, thin swirling pool, and displays some nice sudsy lacing. Nose
of dark sweet breaded malts, some dried fruit notes, and subtle chocolate malts
with earthy elements. Flavors surpass the nose with subtle coffee and dark breaded
malts over subtle layers of cherry and lightly bitter sweet dark chocolate with lightly
earthy elements and brown sugars and a whisper of herbal hops. Nice mouth feel;
medium body, medium light carbonation that is lively enough to give some needed
lift to this fine malt bomb, and a rich sweet breaded malt finish.

Overall, another fine brew from one of mine and the Little Lady's
more favored breweries.

Cheers
Jan 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.38 by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois

Jul 07, 2018
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Reviewed by breakingbland from Michigan

3.87/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is a fairly good example of this style. The flavor profile is fairly deep and rich -- dried fruit notes over a background of malty sweetness. However, it's almost too sweet for my taste, but this isn't a show-stopper. I'd have it again even though it's not an all-time favorite.
Aug 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chucker17 from South Dakota

May 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.31 by tommy5 from Michigan

Mar 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Hendrick24 from Wisconsin

Feb 25, 2016
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

4.45/5  rDev +16.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark brown with ruby/garnet hue. A head lasts. Lacing sticks.

The smell is of chocolate cake, caramel, cherry-like fruit, earthy, peppery spice.

The taste is of sweet dark malt, dark fruit with an earthy, peppery, rum-like spice balance. Clean lager finish.

It is full-bodied and very smooth.

An outstanding example of the style. It is up there with the classic German doppelbocks!
Dec 12, 2015
 
Rated: 2.34 by Angerhaus from Rhode Island

Nov 12, 2015
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Reviewed by Mitzvahman72 from California

4.94/5  rDev +29%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Quick Take: A very malty, sweet, tasty candy with a great bready mouthfeel, albeit hides the high alcohol levels. A liquid bread treat that is worth every penny!
Oct 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.2 by firkingroovin from Illinois

Sep 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by npendres from Wisconsin

Jul 25, 2015
Brewmaster's Premium Reserve Dopple Bock from Sprecher Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 223 ratings