Twice As Nice Doppelbock
Hi-Wire Brewing

 

 

 

 

Dark brown with a khaki film leaving long stalactites of lace.

This has a good froth lifting the medium-full body that features light toast, grape, banana bread and a hint of savory grilled kielbasa finishing tingly semi-dry with some heat.

 

 

Sweet. Fruity. Strong beer. Tastes like a Belgian dark ale. I like it.

 

 

 

Bottled on 11/14/17. 12oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a dark brown with some auburn hues; very small off-white head that fades leaving solid bubbly retention and solid lacing. The aromas are malt forward. Hints of caramel, toffee and cherries. Mild hints of vanilla. The flavors basically follow the nose, but are a bit bolder. More caramel and toffee leading the way. Subtle hints of vanilla and chocolate or cocoa. Some cherries and black cherries in the mix. Some oak flavors even though this beer isn't barrel-aged or anything like that. Decent bitterness. It's not that sweet. Strong malt backbone. Mild warmth in the finish, but it's not hot or boozy at all. Mouthfeel is on the lighter side of full-bodied with moderate carbonation to active carbonation. It's smooth and almost creamy.

This is a nice brew. It's a nice "Americanized version" of the style. It's bold and slightly rich. It's enjoyable and fun to drink. I like it.

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/31/2017. Pours crystal clear very dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crusts, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crusts, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crusts, toasted biscuit, chocolate, cocoa, dark fruit, herbal, pepper, roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden, a mildly increasing warmth of 10% after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Doppelbock! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Tastes like a Schwazbier/Doppelbock hybrid, but I believe that was the intention. A little more bitter, drying, and roasty than I expected. Extremely rich Vienna/Munich malt complexity; well restrained fruitiness and balancing noble hops. A very enjoyable offering, and great style example.

A bit too sweet, but above average mouthfeel and looks keeps it in the style. Always cloying on malts. Not very complex, sweetness covers for abv. Worth a sample.

 

 

First time tasting a Hi-Wire brew. This dopplebock black beer is delicious. Malty, sweet, nutty on the palette. Definite pickup if you like this style of beer.

Fine example of a dopplebock . dark brown color with some roasted flavor and plenty of sweetness.

12 oz single bottle with a date of 11/14/17 on it. Hopefully that's the born on date, and not the best by date. Poured into a Guinness pint glass, black with brown highlights, a half finger head that sizzles quickly to a thin rim of lace. Smells is of plum, chocolate, malted grains and a touch of heat. The taste is right line, with the dark fruit, chocolate, and nuttiness on the forefront. Just a touch of drying heat on the finish. A very smooth, creamy mouthfeel, the carbonation level is low. I'll be honest, I am a fan of doppelbocks, going back to the Sam Adams Double Bock (pre-imperial) days. This a tasty, if strong, offering that I wouldn't mind finding another 4 pack of.