Wild North: A Doppel Do Ya
Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- From:
- Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 1.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 21, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 14, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.54/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Nov 3 2017 and served at cellar temperature. Reviewed from notes.
Pours a clear amber-orange colour, producing roughly one inch of foamy, puffy pale beige-tinged head that sticks around for the better part of five minutes. A creamy collar and a smooth, thin cap are left in its wake, with an attractive, evenly-coated band of lacing also having been left behind. The aroma is a bit on the sweet-ish side, with toffee and butterscotch notes layered atop esters of bruised apple and overripe banana. There's also some bready, lightly toasted graininess in there, with faint suggestions of earthy, floral hops and dried dark fruit. Nothing too exciting.
Smooth, approachable flavour profile, though it's also a bit lacking in depth. Caramelized malts, toffee and overripe banana dominate the front end of the sip, gradually giving up ground to notes of toasted bread, wheaty grains, and (eventually) some clove spiciness and earthy, leafy hops at the tail end of the sip. There are mild hints of apple and prune in there, but to be honest the banana esters kind of run roughshod over any subtleties that may be present; there's even a lingering banana bread-like sweetness in the aftertaste. Medium in body, with low carbonation levels that gently nudge the palate, as well as a very slick, smooth, rather soft texture. Easy enough to drink; you can tell it's a strong beer within a sip or two, but the alcohol is reasonably well integrated.
Final Grade: 3.54, a decent B grade. A Doppel Do Ya is definitely not the best weizenbock I've ever had, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad product, merely a flawed one. My biggest gripe is with the overripe banana... and don't get me wrong, I expect that ester to be present in this style to some extent, but here it's just overbearing and relentless. OTOH, the smooth mouthfeel is a plus, and the rest of the flavour profile is more or less on target. I haven't felt the need to return to it since I scribbled these notes down a few months back, but I might give it another shot next winter.
May 21, 2018Pours a clear amber-orange colour, producing roughly one inch of foamy, puffy pale beige-tinged head that sticks around for the better part of five minutes. A creamy collar and a smooth, thin cap are left in its wake, with an attractive, evenly-coated band of lacing also having been left behind. The aroma is a bit on the sweet-ish side, with toffee and butterscotch notes layered atop esters of bruised apple and overripe banana. There's also some bready, lightly toasted graininess in there, with faint suggestions of earthy, floral hops and dried dark fruit. Nothing too exciting.
Smooth, approachable flavour profile, though it's also a bit lacking in depth. Caramelized malts, toffee and overripe banana dominate the front end of the sip, gradually giving up ground to notes of toasted bread, wheaty grains, and (eventually) some clove spiciness and earthy, leafy hops at the tail end of the sip. There are mild hints of apple and prune in there, but to be honest the banana esters kind of run roughshod over any subtleties that may be present; there's even a lingering banana bread-like sweetness in the aftertaste. Medium in body, with low carbonation levels that gently nudge the palate, as well as a very slick, smooth, rather soft texture. Easy enough to drink; you can tell it's a strong beer within a sip or two, but the alcohol is reasonably well integrated.
Final Grade: 3.54, a decent B grade. A Doppel Do Ya is definitely not the best weizenbock I've ever had, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad product, merely a flawed one. My biggest gripe is with the overripe banana... and don't get me wrong, I expect that ester to be present in this style to some extent, but here it's just overbearing and relentless. OTOH, the smooth mouthfeel is a plus, and the rest of the flavour profile is more or less on target. I haven't felt the need to return to it since I scribbled these notes down a few months back, but I might give it another shot next winter.
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
3.54/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Amber with a slight haze, and a little slow rising carbonation. Topped with a half finger of light beige head.
Smells of apples, light toasted notes, and caramel.
Tastes of apples, bubblegum, caramel, and very much like a hefty heffe.
Medium, slightly syrupy body with moderate carbonation.
Drinking in Cottage country, Feb 13th, 2018. Decent brew, but not overwhelming.
Feb 14, 2018Smells of apples, light toasted notes, and caramel.
Tastes of apples, bubblegum, caramel, and very much like a hefty heffe.
Medium, slightly syrupy body with moderate carbonation.
Drinking in Cottage country, Feb 13th, 2018. Decent brew, but not overwhelming.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.42/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473 ml can served cold into a Schneider Weisse weizen glass. An LCBO purchase for somewhere north of $3 CDN.
Appearance - pours a semi-clear, orange and reddish hued brew with a finger and a half of fluffy and frothy off-white head. Some lacing sticks around and head retention is moderate.
Smell - Wheat, subtle hints of banana, yeast and caramel with a suggestion of earthy hops. Some metallic notes shine through as well which isn't terribly pleasant. Improves marginally as it warms.
Taste - Plenty of wheat, some dark fruits like plums and raisins, quite grainy with some earthy hops and a metallic flavored suggestion. Dark fruits shine through in the form of figs and dates as the beer warms.
Mouthfeel - Medium to heavy body a bit of a chewy feel. Carbonation is about right. Feel is pretty decent.
Overall - Not a bad brew, but A Doppel Do Ya lacks the complexities of the top shelf German weizenbocks as well as the secondary level and has a strange metallic aroma that is way too pervasive on what should be a beer that has plenty of dark fruits and malt.
Dec 28, 2017Appearance - pours a semi-clear, orange and reddish hued brew with a finger and a half of fluffy and frothy off-white head. Some lacing sticks around and head retention is moderate.
Smell - Wheat, subtle hints of banana, yeast and caramel with a suggestion of earthy hops. Some metallic notes shine through as well which isn't terribly pleasant. Improves marginally as it warms.
Taste - Plenty of wheat, some dark fruits like plums and raisins, quite grainy with some earthy hops and a metallic flavored suggestion. Dark fruits shine through in the form of figs and dates as the beer warms.
Mouthfeel - Medium to heavy body a bit of a chewy feel. Carbonation is about right. Feel is pretty decent.
Overall - Not a bad brew, but A Doppel Do Ya lacks the complexities of the top shelf German weizenbocks as well as the secondary level and has a strange metallic aroma that is way too pervasive on what should be a beer that has plenty of dark fruits and malt.
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