UPDATED: MAR 22, 2021 Tap (TankerFest 2019, Juri), (7:4:7:3:14=3.5) Mahogany, small tight beige head. Bocky roasty aroma. Sweeter taste, but nice dryness, almost woody. Full and smooth, but not too sticky or sweet in the mouth. Good doppelbock, has all the things I like, rye-ish bready malts, and, best of all, the alcohol's very decently covered. Quite an indulgence, but not drinkable in huge quantities.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2020 Bottle at home, cellared this one for a year. Pours deep copper with quickly disappearing beige head. Nose is sweet boozy, it actually reminds me of bourbon. Toasted malts, biscuits, caramel, a touch of hay and honey. Taste is sweet booze again, bready malts, toasted notes, honey, vanilla. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, closes with a long lasting, warmingly sweet finish. Lovely.

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2019 Tap. Pours black with beige head. Aroma and flavor are sweet, roast, malt, caramel, sugar, bit acidic. Overall: good

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2019 Tap (Tankerfest 2019). Clear dark amber color. Small size, beige head, stays. Sweet, caramel, sticky, bready, rye spiciness in aroma/taste. Alcohol is covered. Solid brew.

UPDATED: AUG 17, 2019 Tap at Tankerfest. Dark hazy brown colour, big beige head. Aroma is nutty, lots of nuts here, coconuty, chocolatey, cocoa. Taste is malty, coffee, coconuty, cocoa, nutty. Medium + body, average carbonation. Very nice balance and well hidden alcohol. Very good!

UPDATED: JAN 10, 2019 Tap at Hopaholic, Budapest. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy off white head. The aroma is burnt treacle toffee malt, red berry fruits. The flavour is moderate to strong sweet witn a smooth, rich, slightly oily, sweet toffee malt, fruity, light warm alcohol bitter palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation. This is how to make a doppelbock!

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2018 Bottle from Pezinská pivná pumpa Dried fruits on nose, some wheaty char. Sweetish, plum, lightly sour, dried fruits,reisins. Tasty.

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2018 0.33l bottle. Very dark ruby body with an off white head. Aroma and taste of caramel, raisins, toast, orange zest, plums and dates. The alcohol is well hidden. Great doppelbock.

330ml bottle shared at a tasting at Za RazBIRAchi. Pours almost clear without much head, minimal lacing and no visible rising carbonation. Deep garnet in colour. On the nose, intense caramel malts matched by hints of herbs and complex yeasty apricot and raisin - reminiscent of an Abbey Dubbel. In the mouth, lower than average carbonation (how many times have I written that about Mad Scientist beers?) mild bitterness, sweetness that rises through the palate into the aftertaste, medium to thick texture, some estery flavours similar to the aromas but with strong complex caramel malts, mild to mid bitterness with a good crisp clean finish leaving a pleasant subtle sweetness. Overall, a deep, complex, flavorsome and well-balanced Doppelbock

Draught @ Csak a Jó Sör - Only Good Beer, Kertész utca 42., Budapest, Hungary 1072.

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Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, sweet malt, chocolate, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dark malt, chocolate, rich malt, sweet malt, sticky. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20180524]
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