Pictured from 12/21/22 on draft at Hoppy Gnome, Fort Wayne, IN.

As is usual with the decent Doppelbocks, this is a complex beer with a lot of richness, fruit, sweetness, smokiness and caramel tastes and aromas. So often I find these beers rich and deep in layered tastes, in fact, often they can really be a little too complicated for my palate that often prefers a simplier beer.

A really nice pour with a nice head and some lacing. I’m often surprised at the relative light-color for the style. Initial tastes are chock full of fruitcake raisins and mixed peel, that are then tempered by the alcohol, that for me, has a warming quality like a good rum.

I like to savor this style and sip one or two in an evening rather than drink larger quantities, I think one appreciates the depth of these beers in smaller amounts, and not because of the alcoholic content.