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.

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.

Only a slight metallic astringency knocks back rich khaki-headed crimson-bodied double bock. Roasted chocolate malting stirs up bittersweet raisin-fig thickness to sticky molasses-maple finish. Powdered cocoa midst gains slim pecan-hazelnut tinge and charcoal singe.

Peppy amber mediocrity lacks efficient cognac thrust and molded orange-fig appeal of truer robust dry bocks. Less fruity than August Schell’s Maifest, less spicy than Pale Ale, allowing meandering malt murk and candied cherry dab to overwhelm dry prune finish.

Elegant maple sugar richness firmly coats barleywine-port warmth, dark cherry pureeing and creamy butterscotch sweetness to candied molasses finish. Delicate honey-spiced mocha malts contrast back-ended musty cellar dankness. Mild floral hops soften subtle wheat biscuit spine of classic double bock jealous rivals envy.

Smooth double bock flaunts sweet candy waft, caramelized barleymalt stickiness, and ascending chocolate overtones. Rich yeast adds appealing density to otherwise easy finishing bock.

Luminous auburn-clouded bock registers up-front burgundy wanderlust furthered by musty Muscat grape pungency, leathered banana-clove perk, cotton-candied bubblegum sweetness, rich plum-prune tartness, mild grape skin tannins and dewy cellar fungi. Perfumed hop insistence delicately nudges honey nut-roasted pale-crystal malting and sweet toffee-butterscotch-vanilla subsidy, culminating in creamy barleywine resonance. Not as heavily alcoholic as stronger doppelbocks, yet rich, assertive, stimulating. Aged four years and quaffed on tap at Ambulance, busy 2013 version gained mellow caramelized malt syruping and pronounced red cherry, cantaloupe, banana daiquiri and honeydew sweetness.

Excuse doppelbock descriptive and re-label this full-bodied lager a buttery Flemish ale/ toasted lager blend. Its chewy brown sugared marzipan opening and oncoming brown chocolate-y toffee sweetness pile-drive minor cocoa-powdered bittering to ripe raisin finish. Recessive hazelnut illusions linger below.  Brewery defunct: 2010.

Scintillating rust-hued moderate body closer to summery maibock offsets fruity peach-nectarine tang and corn syrupy caramel malting with veiled black peppercorn barb. Clove emerges beside almond-butterscotch tranquility augmenting whiskey-dabbed honeyed wheat backdrop.