Troegenator Double Bock
Bottle into pint. The flavor here reminds me of some sort of candy my grandma used to have around... It was some brand of candy with individually wrapped pieces-- like chocolate wrapped around a different center... Some were caramel, others had more chocolate... And then there was the dreaded coffee-flavored filling that my 8 year old mouth hated! This beer reminds of all three of those, and though I've grown to love coffee flavor now, 22 years later, I must say there is something off-putting about the way this beer hits on those flavors. Caramel, chocolate, and coffee flavors hit with an English toffee note and a chalky, residual syrup thing happening on the back end that reminds me of chhildrens cold medicine (mote in terms of feel than flavor). The nose is mild, but the malts make themselves known. The flavor isn't BAD, but it certainly doesn't do it for me, and the chalky feel on the finish is offensive-- it's hard to separate that chalkiness from taste and feel, as the flavor profile is what seems to lead to it. The beer just suddenly dries out at the finish and becomes unpleasant. The body looks fine: good coppery brown color and decent head. Retention and lacing were weak. Overall, this is not a beer I would want to seek out.