Samuel Adams Double Bock (Imperial Series)
I'm a bit disappointed by this one. I've heard nothing but good things about it and have been dying to give it a go. Good thing a friend gave me one and I didn't waste money buying six of these bloody things. It poured a very dark red bronze colour with a light brown foamy head that dissolved in about 40 seconds or so. It looked okay. Nothing that I was just crazy about, but decent all the same. The smell was quite sweet, almost sickeningly so. Nice malt and tiny hidden spice notes, but over all it's very sweet smelling. The taste had a large amount of sweetness as well, but also had a bit of hops and quite a bit of malt. Not bad. Not fantastic, but not bad either. The mouthfeel had much more carbonation than I was expecting and 8.8%abv it was quite heavy indeed. This isn't an awful beer, but I really didn't care for it as much I thought I would. It's just not for me.