4 Pines Keller Door Hoppy Doppelbock
4 Pines Brewing Company
- From:
- 4 Pines Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.79 | pDev: 27.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 22, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 06, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
2.01/5 rDev -28%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
2.01/5 rDev -28%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
Oh
Dear
This doesn't often happen.
Looks Ok, smells of malt, a little hop, a little husk, taste is of, erm, cardboard, overall it's thin, watery, tasteless.
It's a Disaster In a Glass.
I love 4 Pines and I drain poured it.
Oct 22, 2016Dear
This doesn't often happen.
Looks Ok, smells of malt, a little hop, a little husk, taste is of, erm, cardboard, overall it's thin, watery, tasteless.
It's a Disaster In a Glass.
I love 4 Pines and I drain poured it.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.58/5 rDev +28.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +28.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
From one Lager to another, though I doubt I will find a greater disparity between flavours than this and my last review Fix Hellas. That said I am much more a fan of Doppelbocks - they’re a Lager in Ale clothing. So yeah 4 Pines Keller Door Hoppy Doppelbock better deliver a carefully crafted mixture of bready/malty/dried fruit goodness, and a hop blitzkrieg to be worthy of its nomenclature. I’m sure it will though - Keller Door releases are entirely the best thing about 4 Pines, their mass-market regular range being largely a disappointment. Anyhow, Geronimo, let’s dive in and all that chaps (chapettes)!
Poured from a 500ml bottle into a stein.
A: Presents a healthy hazed Doppelbock-y amber-tinged caramel body with a respectably dense 2 centimetre off-white head. Actually looks a real treat, as most Doppels do [I LOVE Doppelbocks in case you hadn’t noticed yet]. 8/10.
S: Tangelo and earthy/herbal/cannabis hop characters mingle with sweet caramel and a light bready base. The hops are fresh and clean, just as the doctor ordered [i.e. me]. Aside from that it could use a bit of ramping up in the aroma department - these fragrances are all too distant for me to make concise judgement calls on. 7/10.
T: Flavour is a bit lacking in hops, and it’s got elements of a Doppel as well but not on the same level as my most recent Doppel review: S&W Forefathers Willie Simpson Doppelbock. Where S&W excelled in Doppel flavours this brew struggles to find its compass. Caramel base mixes with an earthy/herbal hop character - more towards the finish, which is of a medium bitterness. Hints of dark fruits come in to play with further sips but ultimately this Doppel collapses like the soggy fruit cake your nana left out in the rain [why nana, why!?]. 7/10.
M: Medium bodied with a light but dense carbonation... probably the most Doppelbock-ish quality of this brew. 8/10.
D: Well it’s a bit of a downward slump for 4 Pines Keller Door releases (their Imperial IPA was a bit lacking in certain areas) hopefully this isn’t a trend that will continue as I recall fondly their weird and woolly Oaked Baltic Porter as a top-notch brew-beater... what do you think I’ll give them another shot hey? Next time you call something ‘hoppy’ though you had better be dry-hopping the shit out of it right 4 Pines? If that is your real name! Verdict: If you want a hoppy Doppelbock sorry but you still need to add hop pellets to your glass of Doppelbock. 7/10.
Food match: Bratwurst or somesuch nonsense, I don’t know, quit bothering me!
Oct 06, 2016Poured from a 500ml bottle into a stein.
A: Presents a healthy hazed Doppelbock-y amber-tinged caramel body with a respectably dense 2 centimetre off-white head. Actually looks a real treat, as most Doppels do [I LOVE Doppelbocks in case you hadn’t noticed yet]. 8/10.
S: Tangelo and earthy/herbal/cannabis hop characters mingle with sweet caramel and a light bready base. The hops are fresh and clean, just as the doctor ordered [i.e. me]. Aside from that it could use a bit of ramping up in the aroma department - these fragrances are all too distant for me to make concise judgement calls on. 7/10.
T: Flavour is a bit lacking in hops, and it’s got elements of a Doppel as well but not on the same level as my most recent Doppel review: S&W Forefathers Willie Simpson Doppelbock. Where S&W excelled in Doppel flavours this brew struggles to find its compass. Caramel base mixes with an earthy/herbal hop character - more towards the finish, which is of a medium bitterness. Hints of dark fruits come in to play with further sips but ultimately this Doppel collapses like the soggy fruit cake your nana left out in the rain [why nana, why!?]. 7/10.
M: Medium bodied with a light but dense carbonation... probably the most Doppelbock-ish quality of this brew. 8/10.
D: Well it’s a bit of a downward slump for 4 Pines Keller Door releases (their Imperial IPA was a bit lacking in certain areas) hopefully this isn’t a trend that will continue as I recall fondly their weird and woolly Oaked Baltic Porter as a top-notch brew-beater... what do you think I’ll give them another shot hey? Next time you call something ‘hoppy’ though you had better be dry-hopping the shit out of it right 4 Pines? If that is your real name! Verdict: If you want a hoppy Doppelbock sorry but you still need to add hop pellets to your glass of Doppelbock. 7/10.
Food match: Bratwurst or somesuch nonsense, I don’t know, quit bothering me!
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