Wheat Dopplebock
South Shore Brewery

 

 

 

On tap at the Deepwater.

Near black, with brown edges, some head that fades quickly to a slight ring.

Smells roasty and malty, with a slight banana component.

Taste is nice and malty, with roasty flavors too. Some nice complexity, with subtle notes of molasses, sugar, mint, and alcohol in the mix.

Mouthfeel smooth, medium-light carbonation.

I felt like this was somewhere between dopplebock and weizenbock. Interesting and drinkable, definitely worth a try.

On tap at the South Shore.

I'm no expert yet, but perhaps this should be a weizenbock? Brewed with 70% wheat, including a dose of chocolate wheat and caramel wheat, and fermented with the Weihenstephan yeast strain. In support of this, I spoke with one of the South SHore brewers, and was told that this was their attempt at making a brew like Aventinus.

This brew is dark, with brown foam. The smell is the banana bubblegum estery smell you get with this yeast strain, coupled with lots of caramelly sweet malts. Taste is the same, with a roasty finish provided by the chocolate wheat.

I drank this while waiting for a pizza, so for me it was an appetizer, but I recommend it as dessert, given the sweet malt banana flavor. A bit too heavy to drink multiple pints; one is perfect.

Originally reviewed April 9, 2005. On tap at the Gitchee Gumee Brewfest 2005. A nice even hazy brown pour. An almost herbaceous minty aroma that is relaxing. There is strong wheat in the flavor, backed with that sugary bock burnt toast note. What a great combo! A nicely done weizen-bock. This beer has got a good mix of flavors that is pleasent and appealing. A very smooth and crisp finish!

On-tap at Gitchee Gumee Brewfest - Dark cola brown with a thin cocoa colored cap, spotty minimal lacing.

Aroma is heavy and dark of roasted barley malt, bits of tangy molasses, and an even more darker sweetness of wheat.

Dark roasty flavors throughout, light smokey nuances, almost peet-like earthyness, lighter molasses decorates the rest. Sweet, dark and crisp wheatness, and pruney with a trailing off finish thats complexly built with some dark cherry and dates mixing with heavy leftover roasty things sprinkling some coffee dryness and dusted cocoa. Solid finishing characteristics. Really pulls together nicely at the end.

Feel is a bit short of most Dopples, has a decent medium body overall, sweet, roasty, kinda tangy, lightly creamy with more carbonation then I'd like to see, its a bit unsmooth in some areas but continued to hold its own as it warmed. Overall - its a pretty solid dopple and was close to getting better numbers but just needed a little extra ompff in the beginning and some thicker creamyness. But it's another beer from South Shore to look forward to.