Dominion Doppelbock
Fordham & Dominion Brewing Company

Picked up at the brewery before they closed, it pours a clear brown color, somewhat translucent, with a modest light brown head that slowly reduces and leaves some lacing. The nose gets a clean sweet malt scent - pleasant. The mouth gets the same, with notes of light caramel.

From a growler filled the previous day. Clear caramel colored body with a decent sized light tan head. Some scattered webs of lacing. Sweet fruits and caramel in the aroma. Some toasty malt notes as well as a light chocolate. Caramel and plenty of sweet fruits make up most of the flavor. Unusually bitter which seemed a bit out of place. Finished with some more light sweet fruit notes. Thick enough body with plenty of carbonation. Pretty easy drinking despite the odd bitterness, not bad at all.

Appearance: Arrives at the bar with a cloudy, caramel colored body and a beige head that leaves some splashy lacing

Smell: Toasted caramel aroma

Taste: Biscuity malt opening followed, mid-palate, by an earthy noble hop bitterness; a touch of sweetness lingers into the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium/thick bodied; a little syrupy; fairly well carbonated

Drinkability: A strange doppelbock that is surprisingly bitter; enjoyable, but just not quite to the mainstream German doppelbock style