Road Block
Walkerville Brewery
- From:
- Walkerville Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 7.1%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 27, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.23/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
473 ml can served cold into a tulip. LCBO purchase for $3.15 CDN.
Appearance - clear dark amber coloured brew with brown hues. A small half finger of light tan head rest on top and diminishes quickly. Not much in the way of head retention lacing or visible carbonation.
Smell - plenty of malt, a slightly soapy and alcoholic smelling brew. A little unusual and the underlying harshness, isn't great.
Taste - faintly grainy, with some bready goodness and a sweet cherry finish that has a touch of alcohol. Hint of licorice and molasses mixed in,
Mouthfeel - fairly robust body, carbonation is slight and beer is stick with a bit of a sharp boozy finish on the tip of the tongue. A little too hot and boozy if anything.
Overall- a decent effort at an uncommon style, but this is a little rough around the edges and could use some refinement.
Mar 27, 2019Appearance - clear dark amber coloured brew with brown hues. A small half finger of light tan head rest on top and diminishes quickly. Not much in the way of head retention lacing or visible carbonation.
Smell - plenty of malt, a slightly soapy and alcoholic smelling brew. A little unusual and the underlying harshness, isn't great.
Taste - faintly grainy, with some bready goodness and a sweet cherry finish that has a touch of alcohol. Hint of licorice and molasses mixed in,
Mouthfeel - fairly robust body, carbonation is slight and beer is stick with a bit of a sharp boozy finish on the tip of the tongue. A little too hot and boozy if anything.
Overall- a decent effort at an uncommon style, but this is a little rough around the edges and could use some refinement.
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.46/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Can - pours a clear reddish light cola color with a 2 finger off white cap....aromas of roasty malts, some dried fig tones and grassiness...silky delivery but slightly fluid yet oily mouth feel....flavor is dominated by righ toasted-roasted grains some dark dried fruit notes, a bit of mustiness and burnt treacle, hops in background ply a support role in the overall flavor...verges on sweet but dries in the long wet malty finish...hides its alcohol well...decent enough rendition of a Munich doppelbock...needs work
Aug 23, 2018
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.48/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; coded 8107, which I am assuming means Apr 17 2018 (i.e. day #107 of 2018). Served at cellar temperature.
Pours a clear, attractive copper-amber colour, with half a finger of loose, bubbly, off-white froth that vanishes in under sixty seconds. No cap, no collar, and no lace whatsoever - the surface is left utterly barren. Love the colour, but other than that it's visually underwhelming. At least it smells like a doppelbock - quite malty, with lots of toasted biscuit, brown bread, toffee and molasses. There's also a few suggestions of fig, licorice herb and prune, as well as an understated ethanol presence.
The flavours follow after the nose, with toasted biscuit/bread, molasses and toffee sweetness figuring in quite prominently at the start of the sip. Notes of dark fruit (including fig and date) begin to shine through near the midpoint, concluding with an herbal, vaguely earthy hop note and just a hint of licorice before the finish. Lingering biscuit and molasses saccharinity into the aftertaste, with noticeable booziness that warms the throat a bit as you make your way through the glass. Medium in body, with low carbonation that limply nudges the surface of the tongue; feels very smooth and honestly, a little flat. Fine to sip, but I don't think I'd be interested in seconds - the overall sweetness and strong alcohol presence work to limit its drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Walkerville's Road Block Doppelbock is a serviceable stab at a strong bock - though it could certainly still use a few touch-ups. For one, this brew's appearance was quite tepid and uninspiring, and secondly, the mouthfeel itself was also a bit flat. The flavours are largely fine, albeit lacking the variety and richness of the revered '-ator' doppelbocks exported from Germany - but maybe that's setting the bar unfairly high. This can be a tricky style, and I commend this young Windsor-based brewery for making this one of their seasonals - there really aren't a lot of quality bocks filtering through the LCBO system these days, so this helps fill in the gap.
Jul 18, 2018Pours a clear, attractive copper-amber colour, with half a finger of loose, bubbly, off-white froth that vanishes in under sixty seconds. No cap, no collar, and no lace whatsoever - the surface is left utterly barren. Love the colour, but other than that it's visually underwhelming. At least it smells like a doppelbock - quite malty, with lots of toasted biscuit, brown bread, toffee and molasses. There's also a few suggestions of fig, licorice herb and prune, as well as an understated ethanol presence.
The flavours follow after the nose, with toasted biscuit/bread, molasses and toffee sweetness figuring in quite prominently at the start of the sip. Notes of dark fruit (including fig and date) begin to shine through near the midpoint, concluding with an herbal, vaguely earthy hop note and just a hint of licorice before the finish. Lingering biscuit and molasses saccharinity into the aftertaste, with noticeable booziness that warms the throat a bit as you make your way through the glass. Medium in body, with low carbonation that limply nudges the surface of the tongue; feels very smooth and honestly, a little flat. Fine to sip, but I don't think I'd be interested in seconds - the overall sweetness and strong alcohol presence work to limit its drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Walkerville's Road Block Doppelbock is a serviceable stab at a strong bock - though it could certainly still use a few touch-ups. For one, this brew's appearance was quite tepid and uninspiring, and secondly, the mouthfeel itself was also a bit flat. The flavours are largely fine, albeit lacking the variety and richness of the revered '-ator' doppelbocks exported from Germany - but maybe that's setting the bar unfairly high. This can be a tricky style, and I commend this young Windsor-based brewery for making this one of their seasonals - there really aren't a lot of quality bocks filtering through the LCBO system these days, so this helps fill in the gap.
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