Barrel Aged Doppelsticke
Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery
- From:
- Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 1.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A seasonal strong Altbier originating in the Dusseldorf area of Germany. Higher in alcohol and more assertive in character than a traditional Altbier. This version has been aged in Heaven Hills bourbon and rye barrels for over a year, giving the beer flavors of vanilla, coconut, wood, bourbon and rye. Extreme limited quantity.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota
4.1/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma brings the whiskey. Also molasses, vanilla, and raisins. Some alcohol.
Appearance is deep and dark, topped by a short (and short-lasting) tan head, appearing thick and creamy. Within a few minutes it becomes a fairly broad bubbly ring with swirls of finer bubbles in the middle. It leaves good-looking stringy lacing. The body is impenetrable, even with a backlight, save for a bit of ruby-brown around the bottom.
Taste repeats the elements from the aroma, but adds a touch of earthiness, perhaps from the barrel, to the dark fruit flavors. The whiskey is more subdued in the flavor than in the aroma. There is a slight bitterness at the beginning, which becomes more of a drying sharpness sensation in the middle and finish. The alcohol warmth is present, but not dominant. The finish is semi-dry, trying but not succeeding to push toward the sweet side. The aftertaste leaves a nice flavor of whiskey and earthy raisins with a touch of vanilla.
The mouth feel is substantial, not thick, but substantial.
Overall, a nicely done barrel-aged alt. This not at all a dessert beer, but it is a pleasantly warming evening sipper.
Mar 01, 2021Appearance is deep and dark, topped by a short (and short-lasting) tan head, appearing thick and creamy. Within a few minutes it becomes a fairly broad bubbly ring with swirls of finer bubbles in the middle. It leaves good-looking stringy lacing. The body is impenetrable, even with a backlight, save for a bit of ruby-brown around the bottom.
Taste repeats the elements from the aroma, but adds a touch of earthiness, perhaps from the barrel, to the dark fruit flavors. The whiskey is more subdued in the flavor than in the aroma. There is a slight bitterness at the beginning, which becomes more of a drying sharpness sensation in the middle and finish. The alcohol warmth is present, but not dominant. The finish is semi-dry, trying but not succeeding to push toward the sweet side. The aftertaste leaves a nice flavor of whiskey and earthy raisins with a touch of vanilla.
The mouth feel is substantial, not thick, but substantial.
Overall, a nicely done barrel-aged alt. This not at all a dessert beer, but it is a pleasantly warming evening sipper.
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