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Doppelbock - The Fort Collins Brewery
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3.61/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I picked up a bottle of Fort Collins Brewing's Doppelbock a couple weeks ago for $3.99 at The Lager Mill. I was in the mood for a Dopplebock and the price was right so I decided to give a try, so lets see how it goes. No visible bottling date, 2012 Fall vintage. Poured from a brown 22oz bottle into a snifter.
A- The label is pretty well drawn with a nice picture of some goats, I like it, it's weird how pretty much every Doppelbock has a goat on it. It poured a muddy red/brown color that took on some nice ruby and amber hues when held to the light with two fingers worth of slightly darker tan head that died down to a thin layer that left some nice decent behind. This is a good looking beer, the color is pretty nice.
S- The aroma starts off with a slightly higher amount of sweetness followed by a nice medium smokey campfire like aroma. Up next comes the malts which impart some nice toffee, light caramel, sweet bread and dark dried fruits with raisin seeming to stick out the most and there's also a medium boozy aroma. This beer had a pretty good aroma, the sweet and smokey malt aromas were nice and it was very similar to Dark Horse's Scotty Karate.
T- The taste seems to be fairly similar to the aroma and it starts off with a high amount of sweetness followed by lots of malts which impart some nice toffee, sweetbread, and a nice mixture of dark dried fruit flavors. Up next comes the smokey malts which don't stick out as much as they did in the aroma and they impart a lighter amount of medium smokey flavors. On the finish there's pretty much no bitterness, just some more sweetness with just a little bit of slightly warming alcohol and it had a sweet, malty, and dark fruit like aftertaste. This beer had a nice taste, but It was a little too sweet and I wish the smoke stuck out just a little bit more, but the alcohol was hidden very nicely.
M- Fairly smooth, sticky, cloying, slightly warming, full bodied with a slightly lower amount of medium carbonation. The mouthfeel was nice, but it was a little too sticky and cloying for my liking.
Overall I thought this was nice beer and a decent example of the style, it had some nice malty and smokey aspects but the sweetness was a little out of control. This beer wasn't too drinkable, it was fairly smooth and the alcohol was hidden nicely and the flavors did a decent job at holding my attention, but it's too sweet for me to drink the whole bottle and splitting it with someone is the way to go for me, I don't think I could drink a whole bottle by myself. What I liked the most about this beer was the appearance and aroma, they were both good and I really liked how well the alcohol was hidden. What I liked the least about this beer was how cloyingly sweet it was, I haven't had a Doppelbock that was this sweet in a while, I wish they toned down the sweetness. I would buy another bottle of this to put in the cellar and see how it develops, but it isn't anything that I would drink on a regular basis, but the price was really nice, you hardly ever see a decent beer above 10% for under $4, it's a good deal and I would recommend giving it a try. All in All I thought this beer was OK, I think it would be pretty good if the sweetness was toned down some, it's not great, but it's not bad. I'm interested in checking out beers from Fort Collins Brewery.
Serving type: bottle
02-20-2013 04:53:43 | More by StoutHunter
New Jersey
3.88/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Dark reddish brown with a good head
S- Smokey at fist, followed by some sweet toffee smells.
T- Very sweet and malty, almost like toffee, with a touch of smoke. Not hoppy or bitter at all. Pretty simple flavor profile.
M- A good, full mouthfeel.
O- Not bad at all, but not super amazing or impressive. If you want a doppelbock, there are better ones. If you want a smoked beer, there are better ones. If you want a blend of the two...This is a decent choice.
Serving type: on-tap
01-24-2013 05:55:50 | More by CuteZombieDoll
2.58/5 rDev -34.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Served in a Duvel tulip glass.
Alright, a strong doppelbock with some smoked malt thrown in? I'm game! This stuff pours a hazy sienna-amber topped by a finger of short-lived glowing dirty off-white foam. The nose comprises sweet caramel, deep rye bread, mild maple syrup, and some kvass-like fennel. The taste brings in more of the same, though the rye is now definitely toasted to a good degree. The caramel is now so sweet and the fennel so strong that a disturbing cloy coats my tongue, which is then followed-up by some very plastic-feeling smoky notes. The end result is not very pleasant at all. The body is a straight medium, with a very light moderate carbonation and a smooth and surprisingly kinda thin feel. Overall, something was lost in the translation here. Things are too sweet, too medicinal, for anything to come across as tasty or good. Man, what a disappointment...
Serving type: bottle
10-23-2012 14:31:28 | More by TMoney2591
3.75/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Binny's in Schaumburg, IL
No bottled on date
Poured into a US pint glass
The Fort Collins Doppelbock is a fairly massive version of the style at 10% ABV. It relies heavily on smoked grains and intense malt sweetness to distinguish itself on the palate. What it sacrifices, though, are the distinct dried, dark fruits that are prominent in others of the style and that I find enjoyable. The result is an aroma that is fairly underwhelming and a good, though somewhat confused taste profile (if you're trying to showcase heavy malts in a beer, why smoke the hell out of them and mask out so much else?). The high alcohol content also does not lend itself well to the bomber format; this would be better in smaller bottles to pour a single glass.
The beer pours out a tall head of small and medium sized bubbles, but the result is still a rather dense, light tan froth. This settles over two to three minutes to a thick ring and thin cap atop the body. The receding head leaves behind some, but not much, lacing. The body itself is a dark red-brown amber color away from light, a very nice blood red-hued gem color when near the lamp. Body is transparent, though quite deep and dark in color, and I'm unable to make out any active carbonation.
The beer's dominant aroma is of smoked malt, with a fairly dense sweetness and noticeable roasted character behind it. I don't really detect any of the typical dried fruit or dessert bread scents I normally associate with this style, making it a bit one-dimensional.
Opens, taste-wise, on the tip of the tongue with dark sweetness from brown, toasted, and caramel malts. Moderately strong smoked malt flavors emerge from mid-front to middle of the tongue and persist throughout rest of tasting. Middle and early back of tongue also give me a bit of brown sugar sweetness with some raisin puree. Over the course of the beer, I also note a hint of chocolate. Back of the tongue picks up some ethanol, though at 10% ABV, I was expecting to notice more. Aftertaste is primarily of subdued smoked malt with a bit of residual sweetness. Not bad, not sure how much I enjoy the smokiness taking up most of the tasting-space in a traditionally malt-forward and dried fruit style, but this is still above average.
This doppelbock's body is medium-heavy to heavy with a medium amount of carbonation, make this pleasurably foam up on the palate, yielding a pillowy mouthfeel. Fairly obvious feeling of alcohol "heat" in the nostrils and gentle burn on tongue, though, detracts a bit from the beer's qualities and feel.
Serving type: bottle
06-16-2012 20:15:40 | More by falloutsnow
4.2/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bomber in a Sam Adams Pint glass
A- Clear, but very dark amber brown color. A one finger whitish head with mixed bubbles and little retention.
S- Holy crap. A TON of caramel, dark and light and extremely sugary. A lot of dark fruit as well like figs. Super dank smelling beer. Awesome stuff.
T- A slight bitterness up front followed by a huge caramel body. Smoked caramel with some bitter dark fruits in the body of this beer. A pretty roasy grain quality to this beer but its dominated by the crazy caramel profile. Alcohol is hidden extremel well. I would have never guessed 10.2.
M- This beer is thick and very heavy. Leaves you with a sticky mouth feel. A nice bit of carbonation. No alcohol taste but after a whole bomber, I sure took note of that 10.2 which I had no idea of while drinking it.
O- This is killer Doppelbock. It has a super thick mouth feel which I personally like. A strong caramelized flavor. Inexpensive ($6.50) for a 10%+ beer is unheard of. I recommend this if you enjoy a good ol Doppelbock.
Serving type: bottle
05-07-2012 02:05:40 | More by TwelveOunces
4.18/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
$7.99 for a 22oz bottle @ BevCo. A smoked dopplebock, but the website and bottle don't say anything about it's ingredients or specifics.
Pours out to a beautifully clear deep amber with garnet accents, forming a nice creamy tan head with superior retention and lacing. Carbonation is on the milder side of medium (~2 carbs). The aroma is really nice...definitely smoked. Strong smoked presence that would even rival Schlenkerla's offerings. Green leafy hop presence, which is odd for a dopplebock. The mouthfeel is very soft with a dense rich, near syrupy body. Luxuriant. Wow. The taste is great. Plenty of smoke up front followed by a big rich malt body with some caramel and overripe fruit. mild bitterness. The only off-flavor is a touch of floral soapiness that is coming from the hops. Nicely balanced. Alcohol is very well disguised. The bottle doesn't give ABV, but I am very hard pressed to believe this is 10.2% as is noted here. That would be pretty high for any dopplebock. It tastes more like 8-8.5%.
This is a really nice beer. Loose the late addition hops and it would be even better. The late addition hops kinda cover up the smoke a bit and give it an odd leafy sourness. Overall though, it's really good.
Serving type: bottle
04-25-2012 00:25:42 | More by Mitchster
3.15/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - Pours with one finger of off white head on a slightly hazy, amber brown body.
S - A dark, sugary aroma of toffee and brown sugar with a hint of smoke.
T - Sweet caramel malt up front with red apple. Some toffee and more dark fruit in the middle. Finishes with sweet toffee and an almost medicinal cherry note as well as a hint of smoke that lingers on the palate.
M - A thick, syrupy body, moderate carbonation, and a sweet finish.
D - Too sweet and lacking the smooth character that I would like to see in this style. There some complexity, but it isn't entirely pleasant and the flabby malt character kills the drinkability.
Serving type: bottle
02-16-2012 06:17:20 | More by nickfl
3.78/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: two finger rapidly dissipating head on a garnet with fusia hue body. Decent lacing
S: roasted malts, cocoa, vanilla, coffee
T: The sweetness that was forboded in the flavor. Very spicey and malty. Molasses, and cola notes as well.
M: relatively thick. Moderate to high carbonation. Smooth.
Overall: This one is very sweet initially which takes some time to get used too. Once you do it is more bareable.
Serving type: bottle
02-14-2012 22:02:21 | More by kylehay2004
2.98/5 rDev -24.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A smoky sweet ale that's balanced heavily toward malt- this non-descript beer shares a balance and malty richness that resembled authentic and well made Dopplebocks, but it's simplified malt profile, unusual smokiness, and sugary taste and feel causes it to steer away from what classic versions do well.
The beer opens with a rusty color of ruby and bronze with dark brown under tones. The vividly clear beer forms a part-froath, part-creamy head that falters under the sweetness a little sooner that I wanted, also with less lacing and structure than those that I am used to.
Toffee and molasses start to give me the deep malt flavor than makes Dopplebocks worthwhile. But the smoky aroma rise and take the beer into another direction- somewhat enticing and distracting at the same time. With no dark grain derived fruitiness or depth of malt aroma, the beer seems more of a Smoked Beer than a Dopplebock.
Flavor fare similarly as the smoky sweet flavor seems more like barbecue than that of deeply malted Dopplebocks that are full of malt character and doesn't rely on the heavy smoke flavors that this beer displays. Burnt toffee, and peanut brittle offer little reprieve from the one-dimensional taste of the malt sweetness and smoke.
Medium-full in body, the beer's carbonation releases very early and causes the beer to weigh heavy on the tongue and palate. Lack of dryness and elevated residuawl sweetness causes a cola-like filt to develop on the mouth with a tacky sensation that negates any well-developed finish. The beer seems to linger indefinately with sugary malt textures.
As long as the smoky sweetness appeals to you and the long linger of sweetness is acceptable, I think that this beer is a worthwhile Dopplebock-inspired American smoked beer with Amber Ale proportions and imperialized malt character. For me, it's not a good comparable to the classy Dopplebocks of Germany.
Serving type: bottle
01-12-2012 06:16:55 | More by BEERchitect
2.65/5 rDev -32.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Served on-draught into a 3 oz sampler in high altitude Fort Collins, Colorado, at Fort Collins Brewing's tasting room. Reviewed from notes.
A: Pours a half finger head of nice cream, good thickness, and decent retention for the ABV. Colour is a caramel-copper with tinges of amber.
Sm: Caramel heavy, with lots of malt, and some nuts. The aroma is moderately strong.
T: Caramel, nuts, and a bad alcohol-laden nutty finish. It's simple for the style and badly built. Imbalanced.
Mf: Smooth and wet, but coarse on the finish. Not complementary of the flavours.
Dr: Not real drinkable. It doesn't hide its high ABV well. I wouldn't have it again.
Serving type: on-tap
12-22-2011 21:14:14 | More by kojevergas
4.13/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance – This is a dark, attractive brown in color with a big, creamy tan head that left tons of lacing.
Smell – I don't get much smoke here as suggested by the label. The malts though are nice and easy, more like a Bock than a DB. True to the style the nose is very simple.
Taste – Oh Lawdy does this thing come alive at the taste. First off the lack of smoke from the nose, well here it is in spades. The smoke is exactly like that of a Rauchbier which is one of my favorite styles. These malts had to be dried over a beechwood open flame. The Bambergians would be proud.
Mouthfeel – This is a big beer, at least medium if not more, and incredibly smooth in between the cheeks.
Drinkability – There will be some who will retch at the smallest taste of this beer. I have seen people convulse after a swig of smoked beer. But I'm telling you if you are a fan of Doppelbock and enjoy a good, meaty, German Rauchbier than this is heaven.
Serving type: bottle
11-26-2011 00:42:14 | More by RoyalT
3.9/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served on-tap at the brewery in a half-pint pilsner.
A: Deep ruby with a tan head, nice lacing and retention. "Pretty."
S: Malts, spicy alcohol, and olives.
T: Malt forward, smoky and toasted in flavor. Earthy hops. The green olive flavor in the nose is also present in taste.
M: Creamy, full-bodied, with a nice hops bitterness at the finish.
O: Masks ABV well, this is a good doppelbock. It was very enjoyable trying this at the brewery. Just down the street from O'Dell, this place was hopping in anticipation of GABF 2011 next weekend.
Serving type: on-tap
09-25-2011 07:00:16 | More by tito42
4.38/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a bomber into a pint glass. No dating on the bottle or label. Cola colored body that is mostly clear. About a one-finger light tan head that dissipates quickly and leaves no real lacing.
Nutty, roasted malt aroma with just a hint of toffee and caramel.
Really nice flavor that follows the aroma very closely, but is much richer. Solid toasted malt flavor and a good hint of chocolate. A little sweet but not cloying.
Smooth mouthfeel that goes down easy; very drinkable. Very good dopplebock.
Serving type: bottle
07-21-2011 23:10:35 | More by FanofHefe
4/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
big thanks to LusciousJackson for this one.
poured cold to a founder's brewing company goblet a deep dark bourbon amber / brown with a thin, short lasting head leaving spotty lace to the rim after each sip.
aroma of boiling molasses, earthy hops, buttery brown sugars and caramel.
earthy hops blended with molasses way up in front. brown sugars, vanilla bean, dark cherries, raisins and dark fruits.
medium carbonation, big bodied, thick and creamy. hops presence, but sweet nonetheless.
drinkable - yep.
i had the barrel licked doppelbock a couple nights ago - wish i'd have had them side by side. these are great brews.
Serving type: bottle
03-26-2011 23:04:53 | More by robwestcott
4.2/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 22oz bottle. Thanks goes out to VinnieVanGogh for sharing this treat with me.
A- Pours a darker amber color with hints of brown hues to it. One finger tan head shows light retention overall. Some light streaks of lace on the sides of the beer tend to fall back into the beer with each sip.
S- Front of the aroma has a nice darker fruit presence with raisins, fig, and dates coming through. A toasted toffee ending in the front bring forth a caramel malt hint leading the backend. A good amount of smoke comes up in the back giving off more of a smoked meat than campfire ash tone to the ending of the nose.
T- Beer starts off with some light toffee malts mixing with darker fruits. At the end of the darker fruits starts a build-up of a smoke taste. This starts off light at first and comes back in the ending with a bacon like flavor. Middle of the beer has a clean caramel malt taste that from what I can tell makes up the entire body. Some light maple notes in the front of the backhalf of the beer with darker fruits coming back around and the smoke like I said before becoming more of a front flavor with hints of bacon to it. Alcohol was not a issue with the flavor being in the backing of the profile for the entire beer.
M- Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation was good for the style. Darker fruits, light toffee/caramel malts, and hint of smoke left on the palate. Aftertaste is mostly light alcohol, bacon galore, hints of darker fruit and maple, clean caramel malt base. Flavors were very well balanced for what the intended style was (being smoked of course). No off flavors at all when drinking the beer. Medium-high alcohol drying on the palate.
O- Sign me up for a bottle or two of this stuff. I wasn't quite sure what I was in store for when we poured this and it was a great surprise. I loved the smoke to this one and think it added the much needed flavor to the beer. Alcohol is high on this which limits the beer in terms of drinkability...although you couldn't taste the huge ABV. A nice doppelbock which I can't wait to try out again!
Serving type: bottle
03-24-2011 17:58:56 | More by alleykatking
New Jersey
3.45/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Overall pretty good. Slightly off balance on the malt side for me. Needed some more bitterness, and crisper bock finish.
On the other hand it was pretty good.
Appearance: Nice dark brown, slightly see through. Decent head which held up.
Smell: Malty, very malty with some heavy fruit plum/cherry.
Taste: Heavy malt flavor dominate the beer. Not too sweet though. I enjoyed the malt, but would have liked a little crisper/bitter end.
Mouthfeel: Moderatley heavy, very nice
Drinkability: For a malt blast at over 10% alcohol, it went down easy. I wouldn't drink more than one at a sitting, but that is not what a Doppel is for.
Serving type: bottle
03-10-2010 22:40:12 | More by njmoons
District of Columbia
2.8/5 rDev -28.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
HUGE alcohol at 10.2% ABV, which I definately did not realize until about 3/4 of the way through this. Ooops.
A solid, smoked doppelbock. Intense smoked flavor come out in the malt body, with some burnt caramel and burnt roast in the body. A bit sticky and not as smooth as I was hoping for, but there was not as much of a body as one would expect for a "double smoked doppelbock" with the alcohol content as this was.
Not much of a hop character. The brewers were definately going for smooth and drinkable, which this was, however, the aftertaste was quite revolting.
Serving type: bottle
12-26-2009 16:40:32 | More by TLove
North Carolina
4.05/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a clear caramel color with a creamy beige head that retains nicely while draping a curtain of lace in spots
Smell: Dark fruit (dates and raisins), caramel and subtle wafts of smokey bacon
Taste: Caramel and dark fruit flavors, up front, with a hint of smoke starting to build by mid-palate; after the swallow, the fruits burst in flavor but the finish is pure smokey bacon
Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with a somewhat creamy texture; moderate carbonation
Drinkability: Really a nice surprise as I have had this in my cellar for a while; the smoke is not overpowering and serves as a foil for the sweetness of the doppelbock
Serving type: bottle
12-24-2009 02:30:15 | More by brentk56
3.6/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Poured out a clear, fizzy, golden amber color with a small, khaki colored head of bubbly foam. It left little to no lace.
S - It smelled of burnt toast maltiness with some smokey qualities, like bacon.
T - A unique dopplebock with hints of maple, smoked bacon, toffee and sweet caramel.
M - It was soft and smooth with a slightly sticky mouthfeel. A medium bodied brew.
D - This is very different and worth a try, but it's not my favorite dopplebock.
Serving type: bottle
09-27-2009 13:20:02 | More by zeff80
3.98/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle into a pint glass.
Pours a clear amber, with a finger or so of light tan colored head. Retains with a thinnish look, that leaves some light fizzy lacing behind. The aroma is very smokey to start, but luckily doesn't overpower the other notes of butterscoth, cocoa, bread, spice, and fruit.
The taste is sweet and chewy with malt. Breads and caramel. Good bit of dark fruit and spice as well. Some additional spicy hop bitterness runs through this as well, drying out the backend pretty well. That same smoked malt presence is here as well, but it a bit softer and more subdued than it was in the aroma, spreading out nicely in the mouth. Bitterness and smoke linger in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium, with a prickly carbonation that fills the mouth, lending this a crisp sharpness. And this stuff is 10%? Really? Beyond a little warmth on the lips, I'm not really getting any of the ABV.
The smokiness of this was an unexpected but pleasant surprise. Complex chewy malt charcter and really solid drinkibility for the size as well. Good stuff.
Serving type: bottle
09-24-2009 17:04:08 | More by Kegatron
4.08/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Big thanks to vasdef42 for sending this to me as an extra in a recent trade.
Pours a deep dark copper/chestnut brown with dark burgundy/ruby edges when held to a light source and a fizzy beige foam head that quickly fizzles away into a thin ring.
Very nice smokey aroma with hints of sweet caramel malt, chocolate, banana, clove, yeast/bread, charcoal and bacon. The smokiness if very prominent, which is always welcome, but doesn't overpower other aromas.
Smooth, rich creamy mouthfeel with a decent amount of smokiness and sweet caramel malt. There is a nice amount of spicy cloves and dark fruit notes which shine thorugh on top of the charcoal, BBQ smokiness. Hints of dark cheery, plum, raisin and fig. Sweet caramel malt accompanied by spiciness and subtle smoky flavors that are more prominent in the finish. Subtle sweet alcohol presence and slight warmth in the dry smokey finish. The high ABV is very well masked, however, making this a very drinkable beer.
Based on the aroma, I was expecting this beer to be much more smokey, but it was very well balanced with a lot of dark fruit, bready yeast, clove and banana notes.
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2009 05:38:43 | More by corby112
3.53/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into my nonic pint glass. Appears a deep dark chestnut brown color with about an inch of creamy ecru foam. Nose and flavor consist of caramelized malt, toast on the verge of burning, some chocolate and dark fruit notes, mildly smokey. Medium in both body and carbonation with a smooth finish. Not much alcohol burn to speak of. Worth trying if you see it around.
Serving type: bottle
08-10-2009 17:48:36 | More by ClockworkOrange
3.7/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Caramel colored with brown ochre highglights, a soda-like head of foam settles out quickly.
Rich aroma of cocoa and raisin, some fig and caramel.
Rich flavor of caramel and brown sugar, toffee and cocoa. Some smokiness rides along. Mild bitterness, fairly balanced, but tending toward sweet.
Even mouthfeel, low carbonation, a bit slick.
Serving type: bottle
08-10-2009 01:06:16 | More by far333
New York
3.35/5 rDev -15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from SuperWhite92 :D
Served into a standard cupboard tumbler.
Almost an inch of nougat-colored head over a greasy brown body & amber body.
Smells of sweet charred toffee, maple bacon, & high heat. A good bit of zest that feels out of place.
Carbonation is very strong, alcohol is moderate to strong. Both are conflicting with my palate.
Taste is of burnt dark chocolate & cola. Smoke is a bit acrid, but mostly subdued by the crusty malt. A touch yeasty. A leafy bitterness that is extensive & just weighs on my buds after a few glasses.
I'm missing most of the expected bock-ish flavors I was looking forward to. The smoke doesn't taste meaty, peaty, or charred, just simply playing a monotone role underneath dominating bitterness.
I have another bottle that'll sit around for a bit. Hopefully better things to come.
Serving type: bottle
06-02-2009 00:11:56 | More by PEBKAC
2.85/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A return of something new. Just my first impressions but this seems different than the dopplebock that they brewed a few years back. Pours a clear deep mahogany brown color with a light amber red hue. A fizzy white head that needed some help with the pour. Some retention but did die out altogether. Limited lacing as well.
The nose is malty with a light but distinct peaty smoked malt aroma. This is lighter versus the older version I remember. Some minor caramel, which seems more like a crystal malt thing (versus the Munich malt). Some yeasty notes that are distinct for FCB. Some light honey or molasses thing, but not distinct.
The taste is a bit more on par with style. The smoke/peat thing is there (which is not to style) but it is soft. Works well with the malty sweetness (although I would still like to see it lighter, ie personal preference). The Munich is more attentive but still some nutty and caramel notes are present. The hops are a bit much with more a bitterness and light earthy note, but would age out nicely. Some heat and a light English Barleywin-esk yeast notes with some fruity notes, esters and light phenolics. A light plum and mango in the finish that comes out more as it warms.
The body is closer to full than moderate. The fusel notes are a bit distracting and the carbonation is light but both could use a bit of time to improve. As it warms there are some oily, soy sauce notes but minor. Overall Im not a smoke/peat fan, but this seems to be an improvement on past seasonal batches.
Serving type: bottle
04-28-2009 20:17:01 | More by Oxymoron
Doppelbock from The Fort Collins Brewery
out of 100
based on 101 ratings.


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We're gonna tie him up, hopefully, but perhaps with something besides shibari because it makes Leon queasy.
No, it makes Xzeno queasy. I don't know how Leon would feel about it. He probably wouldn't care.
You are also going to hatch a plan to frame him for shooting a living being with his own bow and arrow.
Huh? I was just going to use Leon's bo- Oh, I gotcha. With Strop's bow. Yes. That was the plan from the beginning. Good catch, Strop.
1) Will you also tie him up with fancy bondage knots?
I... don't really care. I'd prefer not to, but I'll back Alt up on this. After all, he backed me up on the shooting. Yeah, we'll tie Strop.
2) What state of dress or undress will you have him wake up in?
Oh no! Not horse nudity! No one's ever seen a naked horse before! Hide the eyes of the children! Yeah, boxers.
3) Where will you place him before he wakes up?
How about the wilderness? Everyone knows kidnapping is much funnier when you throw reckless endangerment into the mix! Seriously, wilderness.
Posted Mar 26, '10 at 3:57pm
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Since this is IC(this round, not this post) I'd say Xzeno's opinion wouldn't matter - it would be Leon's :P
So yesh, tie him up.
Ninja longbow, aaah. Just don't kill Chill, and I'll be fine, lol.
Haha, having him woken up, shaved and dyed in the wilderness, curled into a ball on the ground and tied up with shibari is definitely awesome.
So yes, I'd say we've decided here.
Posted Mar 26, '10 at 4:21pm
My opinion matters in that I'd prefer not to show or do things in an RPG that disturb me. It's too late now, I guess. The damage has been done :P.
We do have consensus... only two people, but that's consensus! Sort of.
Posted Mar 26, '10 at 4:33pm
Indeed it has.
Considering we kinda hijacked the round and have been the only people participating significantly in the deliberations for a while, I'd say we have a legit consensus.
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I agree to any and all forms of torture and humiliation that is executed upon Strop.....
Is that concise enough?
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I agree to everything as long as he is wearing proper and suitable attire..... preferably a monocle >_>
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Oh no! Not horse nudity! No one's ever seen a naked horse before! Hide the eyes of the children!
One day I will drag you deep into the bowels of a furry image board, and leave you there >:D
Alright, time for me to draw up a list of doom. IN THIS ORDER you plan to:
* Strip Strop to his boxers. * Tie-dye his top-half, dye his mane and tail platinum blonde, and shave random patches. * Tie him up real good. * Maybe stick a plastic horn to his head. * Stuck a monocle on his eye!? * Dump him somewhere in the remote wilderness so he has to find his way back.
... how does this work with the shooting Chill part? I don't see how that part's gonna work yet. Note that yes, Strop's bow is nearly as long as he is tall, so it packs one hell of a punch :P The bow was designed for shooting stuff a looooooooooooong way :P
Posted Mar 26, '10 at 11:04pm
The bow was designed for shooting stuff a looooooooooooong way :P
maybe he should use a ballista
Posted Mar 26, '10 at 11:06pm
Yes, I see your point.
... how does this work with the shooting Chill part?
We shoot Chill... before anything else. Leon will grab Strop (possibly with help) and manipulate his hands so that Strop's hands will pull back and fire the bow. It may take a few tries, but we'll eventually make Strop hit Chill. That totally makes sense, right?
Note that yes, Strop's bow is nearly as long as he is tall, so it packs one hell of a punch :P
We'll be shootin' arrows real gentle like so as not to hurt him too badly. As long as it pierces flesh. That was one of the reasons I was going to use Leon's bow, but now I'm going to play it safe and stick with Strop's.
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Exactly 17 years ago, on October 5, 1991, Linus Torvalds sent an email to the comp.os.minix newsgroup.
It began with the words "Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers? [...] Then this post might be just for you :-)" The message ended with Torvald's proposal to make a MINIX-like kernel for AT-386 computers available.
The early kernel version of Linux ran at first under MINIX. As Torvalds wrote, "It is just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I've successfully run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it." He announced the very first kernel version in August of 1991 to a handful of developers who had already shown a considerable interest in Linux, but did not release it at that time.
The need for a free operating system existed because MINIX consisted largely of patches. There was as good as no support for the system that Andrew S. Tanenbaum developed as a teaching tool. Tanenbaum did not allow modifications and only now and then integrated patches that other developers had sent him.
Hobbyists began downloading the experimental Linux from the Finnish server and developing it further. As it turns out, the name Linux came from Ari Lemmke, administrator of the FTP server; Torvalds himself preferred the name Freakx or Buggix for his baby.
The kernel became free in the sense of free software only after Torvalds and his comrades-in-arms put it under Richard Stallman's GPL license in 1992. Stallman needed a kernel for his free GNU platform, because work on Hurd, the original GNU kernel, was moving at a snail's pace. The Linux kernel and the countless GNU tools enabled a successful installation of a free platform, and the GPL licensing gave Linux development that extra kick.
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Valrhona doesn't falter on appearance, even in a bar presumably more aimed at cooking: it's nicely finished and more or less defect free, save some swirling, and although a dark colour is apparent it's usual for Ghana – so nothing to worry about yet.
Nothing to worry in the aroma either: fairly typical Ghana with a mix of earthy and brown sugar along with traces of molasses and bread. Not revelatory by any means (see Theo for that) but perfectly acceptable. Sadly, the flavour isn't particularly acceptable, even if it starts with an initially promising rich brown sugar cast. The problem is that the flavour suddenly implodes into bland cocoa and coffee with hints of nuts and toast. It seems as though Valrhona has badly misjudged the roast, a very atypical move for a company known for a light touch.
Mouthfeel is also decidedly poor, dry and dusty, and this does nothing to relieve the already astringent qualities in the flavour. Has Valrhona had a change of leadership at the roaster? Several recent efforts have been darker than usual – not necessarily to bad effect but a clear break with their past. This chocolate, however seems like an even more clear break with traditions of uncompromising quality. What are they trying to achieve? Valrhona already have a clear presence and widespread distribution in the consumer sector, with far better chocolates like Guanaja and Manjari, to which this adds nothing. It doesn't really broaden their style choices because it just doesn't work. This is a misfire: a chocolate best withdrawn and rethought.


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January 26, 2012
We arrived at Aulani A Beachfront Disney Resort & Spa on the island of O?ahu on the 17th. We were promptly greeted with pineapple-infused ice-water (so refreshing) and leis. JD got a special Menehune necklace. Keep reading to see the pic.
Upon check-in, we were overwhelmed and inspired by a collage of bright, breathtaking artwork. Disney invited local students to create an image of what Hawaii meant to them. Then a contest was held to select the winning pieces that would decorate the welcome wall behind the front desk. Look how gorgeous! As a writer, huge supporter of the arts and graduate of The University of the Arts, this really kicked our trip off.
Next, we scoped out our room. Disney left us a goody bag of beach towels, hats, travel coffee mugs and JD's favorite snacks: Pretzels, Goldfish and organic carrots (so kind!) Uncle Carlo traveled with us, so there were two marshmallow-soft queen beds, a flat screen TV with access to the Disney Channel and a much-needed mini-fridge. When traveling with JD I always need access to milk, cheese sticks, yogurt drinks and fruit. The bathroom was also private friendly. For example, the toilet was sectioned off with a door and the sinks/shower had a private section too. I was traveling with my brother and kid, so being able to maintain privacy when 3 people needed to share a bathroom was huge. Overall, the room was warm, inviting and cozy—another perk when traveling with a 4-year-old who occasionally needed some downtime to relax. When JD needed a nap or to just chill and watch a cartoon, I relaxed on the balcony with a book, my iPod…OK, a cocktail (hee hee) and enjoyed this view. WOW!
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88-Keys remembers a "Blueprint"-era tale of Jay-Z and Kanye West.
88-Keys has been producing for over a decade, but has garnered significant attention since 2011 for his work on Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild." It turns out that the producer has some stories about The Throne before their group album.
"I've known Jay for a couple years... 'Ye and me been best friends since 2001," explained Keys in an interview with ThisIs50.com. "At the time [Kanye and I] met, I had produced three songs, years prior, on Mos Def's album. Back then, I'd be working on beats, and he'd call me up and be like, 'Yo, I think I got something for Jay.' And this is while The Blueprint was being made. ...He just played me one beat, and I'm like, 'Yo, you tryin' to see Jay with one beat?' I always tell him, like, 'Yo, you buggin! You gotta come with, like, a batch. What if he don't like that one?' And he's like, 'Nah, this is it.'"
Keys continue "So I'm slavin' on beats for like a week, two weeks straight, tryin' to get the perfect batch. We go, I play my batch [for Jay-Z], get the head nod, whatever, Kanye plays one, [and Jay-Z] says, 'Yo, let's throw that up.'"
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I still have the first Sherlock Holmes book I ever owned. It had a purple spine (the purple of one of Holmes' dressing gown, I liked to imagine), a Sidney Paget illustration on the front and a wonderful introduction which ended with the magical words, "I wish I were reading these stories for the first time."
I can remember the frisson I felt then. I was reading them for the first time!
Now, more than 30 years later it's sheer delight to bring a modern-day Sherlock to BBC One. It came about as a result of very pleasant chats with Steven Moffat as both of us travelled to and from Cardiff for various Doctor Who duties.
It seems nicely fitting that it all started on a train. We're both huge fans of the original stories and the absolute copper-bottomed genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's writing.
It didn't take long, though, for us both to shyly admit that our favourite versions of the oft-told tales were the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films of the 1930s and 1940s. Particularly the ones where they brought them up to date.
This may sound like heresy but really it isn't. Although Steven and I are second to none in loving the flaring gas-lit atmosphere of a lovely old London, it felt as though Sherlock Holmes had become all about the trappings and not the characters.
Also, the original stories are models of their kind. Incredibly modern, dialogue-driven, fast paced and short! What better way to get back to the roots of these fantastic creations than to make Holmes and Watson living, breathing, modern men just as they had been originally?
Happily for us, the BBC were immediately excited at the idea of modern Sherlock Holmes.
Some might think that's a depressing indicator of our major broadcaster falling back on the most familiar of fictional archetypes, but it isn't. Sherlock Holmes may be the most filmed character in all fiction but to reinvent him for a new audience - as well as fans - is not just thrilling and exciting, it's an honour.
From the very outset, what excited us was the very rare chance to go right back to the beginning. To get to the heart of the characters.
In the very first story, A Study in Scarlet, Dr John Watson, an army surgeon, is invalided home from war in Afghanistan. Well, sad but true, we're pretty much in the same war now.
A chance meeting with an old friend leads to him sharing rooms with a mysterious man called Sherlock Holmes. For 'sharing rooms', read 'flat-share'! Again, you don't have to strain for the modern parallels. If anything, the idea of two bachelors living together is more common now than in the 19th Century.
And then there's the immortal first meeting between the two men destined to become the best, but least likely of friends. It's still in Bart's Hospital, we still have young Stamford. What's thrilling, though, is that this legendary moment has hardly ever been dramatised.
And so a new audience gets to meet Sherlock Holmes through John Watson's eyes and ask the question: who are you?
After that, it was all fun with perplexing decisions! What are the immutable aspects of the characters and the stories? They'd call themselves Sherlock and John now, of course. Who calls their best friend by their surname?
They still live in Baker Street, but next door to a sandwich shop, and they get a good deal on the rent because Sherlock did Mrs Hudson a favour. And the lady herself! Landlady not housekeeper.
Doyle wrote of Holmes having a "certain quiet primness of dress" so we've made Sherlock a neat, almost conservative dresser. Yet he needs to feel different. Special. So the Byronic Benedict in his big winter coat can't possibly wear a paper forensic suit or it's all too CSI.
And what about that? Doyle virtually invented forensic detection. How can Sherlock exist in a world where the police do all the finger-printing, criminal profiling and analysis that were once his unique attribute?
The answer, in our version anyway, is that Sherlock Holmes is still, and always, the best and wisest man there is. The police may be able to put clues together, but only Sherlock has the vast brain power and imagination that can make the huge leaps of deduction.
As for Watson's stories for The Strand magazine, he now writes up their adventures in a blog. It is online for all to see, including references to the cases we'll never know about!
Addressing the heresy once more, I can only say again that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are immortal. It's been a privilege and a thrill to put our new version of Doyle's blessed and wonderful creations onto the screen. We hope you enjoy. The game is on!
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I recomment the bbc make a tv series of Donna Leon's inspector Brunnetti crime books, based in Venice. A receipe to go down in history,as a classic series .
This looks utterly buttery!! I hope rumours of a Sherlock cross-over to Dr Who prove true. Mark and Peter Moffat seem to be re-igniting a new age for good telly. My HD box is primed for Sunday night.
When I first heard about a 21st century makeover for Holmes and Watson trepidation loomed large. Said trepidation eased upon hearing Messers Moffat and Gatiss, those grand architects of spine tingling Doctor Who romps were at the helm. The remnants of the trepidation vanished altogether upon seeing the visual material.
Oh, this is going to be fun and required viewing for the next 3 Sundays. Can we just hand the drama department over to these 2 gentlemen and enjoy the results???
There has never been any reason Holmes' adventures could not be updated for the 21st Century and knowing they have been by excellent writers who are also fellow Sherlockians makes this all the more exciting. The trailer looks fantastic and I for one am really looking forward to Sunday night.
I'm looking forward to this since I'm a fan of the work of Moffat and Gatiss.
Though I disagree about Holmes becoming all about the trappings in respect to the Granada productions.
The setting for me with that version was irrelevant. It took second place the moment you saw the acting. I watched for the brilliant acting of Brett and Hardwicke.
If you want to see a good Holmes/Watson relationship its all right there.
That scene of them in The Red Headed League, is a great example.
The humor, the camaraderie, the great friendship between them, its all there in the Granada production.
I first found the books when I was 8 and to me, seeing Brett was truly like seeing the man in those books come to life.
I'll always think of him as my Holmes, but that doesn't mean of course I can't enjoy a new twist on it if done well and given the talent behind this production, I have high hopes this will turn out well.
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The first elite cross-country titles of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup [36] presented by Shimano were awarded on Sunday in Albstadt, Germany, with Eva Lechner (Colnago Sudtirol) winning the women's competition, and Daniel McConnell (Trek Factory Racing) taking the men's. Raphael Gay (Creuse Oxygene) won the Junior men's competition held earlier in the day.
After sunny conditions a day earlier for the Under-23 races, the clouds moved in overnight, threatening rain. The rain held off until late in the women's race, and only fell for one hour, however, it completely changed the track conditions, turning the downhill sections slippery and treacherous.
The Under-23 world champion, Jolanda Neff (Giant XC), who was riding up a category with the elite competitors, took the early lead, and was quickly joined by Lechner, Eliminator World Cup leader Alexandra Engen (Ghost Factory) and Katrin Leumann (Ghost Factory). While other riders faded and were replaced at the front, Lechner and Leumann remained consistently in the front three all race.
As Engen and Neff dropped back, former world champion Maja Wloszczowska [37] (Giant XC) moved, joining Lechner and Leumann at the front at the halfway point of the six-lap race, and the three remained together until Lechner opened a gap in the final half lap to win over Wloszczowska by eight seconds, with Leumann a further eight seconds behind.
"I had a really good start and good legs from the beginning," said Lechner, who last won a World Cup at Houffalize, Belgium, in 2010. "It was a hard fight to the finish. I believed for the victory and I wanted the victory. I am just so happy I am back here after the difficulties I had last season. I cannot describe it in words."
"It was much more difficult [after it started to rain on the last lap],"she added. "It was slippery, it was like ice. I had to be so careful, pay attention. I had a little gap on the last uphill, but I took no risk on the last descent."
The men's seven-lap race began after the rain had stopped, but the damage had been done, leaving the course so slick and treacherous in the downhills that one major jump was closed after a lap for safety reasons.
Julien Absalon (BMC), the two-time Olympic champion, jumped immediately into the lead, setting the fastest laps times for laps two through four. The French rider, who holds the record for men's World Cup wins at 25, looked to be well on his way to his 26th win, when he suffered a mechanical problem and was forced to drop out. Sergio Mantecon (Wild Wolf Trek) moved into the lead when Absalon retired, and looked to have the win, until McConnell began an incredible surge.
The Australian champion, who had only one top-20 World Cup result previously, started the last lap in sixth place, 29 seconds behind Mantecon. He steadily picked up places on the first long climb of the lap to move into second before the second climb, and then took the lead after the final descent to the finish. With his victory, McConnell became the first Australian man to win a cross-country World Cup since Cadel Evans in 2000.
"I did not expect this," admitted McConnell. "I came into this looking for a solid top-15, so it's unbelievable. On the climb I made contact with the group of second through fifth, and then moved into second through the feedzone. I could see Sergio in front of me, and at that stage just gave it everything, and caught him through the grass section at the bottom of the descent. I got into the last corner with a little bit of a gap and nothing was going to get past me at that point, I was running on adrenalin."
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