Simply too light and arid for prestigious doppelbock class. Smoked chocolate malting and dried cocoa dusting, reminiscent of black ale styling, fades into wispy raisin-plum-fig spell to earthen dry-hopped barley-toasted bottom.

Wavering ‘high gravity dopplebock lager’ reminiscent of light brown ale or mild porter. Dark-roasted hop-embittered caramel malting picks up smoked molasses simmer and chewy brown chocolate-y whir. Recessive banana, cherry, and prune notes aid lilting barleywine swirl.

Mellow moderate-bodied German-styled bock suspiciously blends white ale fruiting into doughy pilsner inclination. Despite bold 8% alcohol flow, soft fizzy-hopped sourdough persistency and gentle pear-apple-nectar cascade lighten slightly hazed amber body. Minor marzipan sweetness gets lost.

Rich auburn-bodied beige-headed top-fermented abbey ale with combustible 8% alcohol rate and sinewy leaven yeast sediment. Barleywine subtleties waver above dirty grain base and silken hop spicing. Fully formed, yet difficult to clearly define as a double bock, therefore recommended to dark ale connoisseurs.

Expansive ‘premium lager’ alleviates roasted chocolate-caramel malting and buttery cocoa elegance with soft barleywine warmth, picking up minor cinnamon-nutmeg tingle and dark rum spicing at lingered dry prune-raisin finish. Closer inspection reveals creamy maple-cola immersion.

Easily one of greatest American brewpubs, Mc Neill’s generic labeled ruddy-browned full-bodied seasonal bock offers laid-back ice coffee flow soured thusly by orange-bruised prune-dried green raisin scour and vinous grape tannic tartness before settling into dry port finish. Ashen peat bottom collapses.

Heavenly juicy-fruited medium-bodied dark amber may lack alcoholic chocolate-rimmed citric-dried inertia of richer bock competition, but fig-spiced bruised cherry entry dazzles. Spry floral-hopped briskness enhances luscious melon sweetness and mildly tart grape-quince sequel solidifying toasted wheat bed. Instantly approachable for lighter thirsts, yet bold enough for strong ale heads.

Rich honey-soaked barley-roasted moderate-bodied bock pours like prune juice. Barleywine-swirled caramelized molasses malting delicately seeps into heavy cream texture but staid dried-fruited finish could be more convincing.

Exquisitely rich ‘double malt’ amber lager gains initial dried fruit spicing above honeyed caramel-butterscotch pleasantries, crisp barley roast, sharp floral hops and creamy mocha surge. Temperate barleywine, port, and rye restraint aids medium-to-full-bodied force.

Scary grim reaper label inundates hazy golden lightweight bock. Tart fruit esters overcome astringent alcohol thickness, deepening its resolve. Penetrating orange-bruised peach-tangerine-grapefruit tang seeps into honeyed tea and wheat grass nuances thereafter.

Robust prune-hued butterscotch-scented full-bodied doppelbock closer to rich barleywine than dry port with its malt-lacquered pungency, nutty caramel embrace, and prominent rasin-prune finish proving quite a contrast from mild Mundien Light.

Fab Michigan brewer turns to Rogue-like embossed label with Stone-y side parable for busy ruby chestnut-hued full body. Though only its minor sugarplum sweetness and stewed prune seduction seem specifically bock-like, there’s no denying thick chocolate-y vanilla incline and fitting hazelnut-almond influence. Caramelized barleymalt base deepens butterscotch-maple trench guarding fruitcake-like fig-date finish.