Guten tag! It's Oktoberfest season (which, for reasons I can't be bothered to google, is celebrated in September). This means that there will be many delicious lagers on your store shelves begging to be tasted. I anticipate subsequent posts on this blog will focus on these tasty beverages, but today's beer, although from Germany, is not an Oktoberfest. In fact, it's not even a lager. Today's beer is the Uerige Doppel Sticke, a deliciously dark altbier from Dusseldorf.Wherein I Describe The Beer
Doppel Sticke pours a lasting, off-white, creamy head. It is a deep, dark brown color; it's almost black. One good whiff of this beer reveals a rich aroma of dark brown sugar, figs, molasses, dark brown sugar, and hint of grape. Oddly enough, it's bouquet reminds me of a well aged Chimay Gran Reserve. The flavor is just as rich. Those molasses, brown sugar, grape and fig notes are just as strong in the taste, with the addition of a slight chocolate malt flavor. It has a wonderfully thick mouthfeel and coats the tongue. Well after my first sip I found the flavors lasting. The flavors come predominantly from the malt, but some earthy hop character is hiding there in the back.
Doppel Sticke pours a lasting, off-white, creamy head. It is a deep, dark brown color; it's almost black. One good whiff of this beer reveals a rich aroma of dark brown sugar, figs, molasses, dark brown sugar, and hint of grape. Oddly enough, it's bouquet reminds me of a well aged Chimay Gran Reserve. The flavor is just as rich. Those molasses, brown sugar, grape and fig notes are just as strong in the taste, with the addition of a slight chocolate malt flavor. It has a wonderfully thick mouthfeel and coats the tongue. Well after my first sip I found the flavors lasting. The flavors come predominantly from the malt, but some earthy hop character is hiding there in the back.
Ladies and gentlmen may I introduce the future Mrs. Beerrister.
- Spelling Oktoberfest with a "c" is a Class "C" Felony. Oh ho ho! The cheesy joke quota has been filled for the week.
- Uerige Doppel Sticke is a hell of a good altbier. If you want a big bodied, big flavored, malty beast of a brew, then you should pop the flip top on a Doppel Sticke and get drinking.
- Keeping it short and sweet this post folks. A long vacation means my ability to ramble is rather rusty.
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