Trembling Giant
Mast Landing Brewing Company
- From:
- Mast Landing Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Doppelbock
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 0.48%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 02, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 09, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The Doppelbock is a style that evokes many moments in beer and brewing history, first created in Germany by some of the earliest lager brewers, and then adopted across the U.S. & other brewing hubs as knowledge and skill spread. Our entry in the style leans close to tradition: a strong, malty lager with notes of fresh baked bread & dark fruit, plus a pleasant earthy character from German Noble hops. In name, we channel the mystique of Pando; a clonal colony of individual male quaking Aspen trees that stretches over 108 acres in southern Utah. The identical genetics and connected root system of the individual trees bind them together as one single organism. We feel a kindred spirit in the way that brewing tradition has spread over time & space, manifesting in unique representations but connected in deep, fundamental ways.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by SLeffler27 from New York
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Clear reddish mahogany (SRM 20-22) with a 1.5" tight beige head. The head gradually settles, holding at 1/4", leaving archipelagos of lace on a Libby Pilsner glass.
The aroma opens with wheat bread and walnuts. Day old black coffee follows. The roasted malt is mild, with equally mild leather and tobacco. Warmth brings out toasted pumpernickel beagles.
Malt flavor of toasted pumpernickel is the main feature. Mild brown sugar and molasses add sweetness and bitterness respectively. Warmth adds black tea while the long mild finish is filled with tea flavors.
It has a chewy full body and smooth, thick wool texture, reminiscent of an Irish fisherman's sweater. ABV is as expected as is the mild carbonation. There is a light mineral quality.
Doppelbocks deserve the be enjoyed year-round, yet I like the seasonal nature of the style. Here is one that lacks hype and humbly delivers. I am enjoying it on a mild Winter afternoon, just relaxing and taking the day as it unfolds.
Jan 02, 2024The aroma opens with wheat bread and walnuts. Day old black coffee follows. The roasted malt is mild, with equally mild leather and tobacco. Warmth brings out toasted pumpernickel beagles.
Malt flavor of toasted pumpernickel is the main feature. Mild brown sugar and molasses add sweetness and bitterness respectively. Warmth adds black tea while the long mild finish is filled with tea flavors.
It has a chewy full body and smooth, thick wool texture, reminiscent of an Irish fisherman's sweater. ABV is as expected as is the mild carbonation. There is a light mineral quality.
Doppelbocks deserve the be enjoyed year-round, yet I like the seasonal nature of the style. Here is one that lacks hype and humbly delivers. I am enjoying it on a mild Winter afternoon, just relaxing and taking the day as it unfolds.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.2/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into a snifter. I picked this beer up at the brewery in October and it has been in my cellar since then. Date stamp is 9/22/2022.
The beer pours a deep mahogany color with garnet highlights. A creamy beige head of 3 cm foams up and fades to a sturdy edge layer and one large island in the center of my glass. Dense lattice forms when I swirl the glass or take a sip.
the aroma is caramel and some toffee, with no hop character and not any booze hints either. Maybe a little dark fruit, but general sort of straightforward aroma.
First sip reveals a medium body with fairly soft and rolling carbonation. texture is smooth and very drinkable.
Flavor is similar to the nose. Lots of caramel and toffee malt, hints of brown sugar and a bit of dark fruit. No hop character and not boozy. Malty but not overly sweet.
This is a clean easy drinking malt forward doppelbock. Very easy to drink and I enjoy it. Id buy this one again.
Dec 24, 2022The beer pours a deep mahogany color with garnet highlights. A creamy beige head of 3 cm foams up and fades to a sturdy edge layer and one large island in the center of my glass. Dense lattice forms when I swirl the glass or take a sip.
the aroma is caramel and some toffee, with no hop character and not any booze hints either. Maybe a little dark fruit, but general sort of straightforward aroma.
First sip reveals a medium body with fairly soft and rolling carbonation. texture is smooth and very drinkable.
Flavor is similar to the nose. Lots of caramel and toffee malt, hints of brown sugar and a bit of dark fruit. No hop character and not boozy. Malty but not overly sweet.
This is a clean easy drinking malt forward doppelbock. Very easy to drink and I enjoy it. Id buy this one again.
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