Nero’s 1st Century Double Dark Malt Ale

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500ml flip-top bottle -

After having this one back to back with Paulaner's Salvatore, this one was just as tasty and I'm betting in a blind tasting many people would be quite surprised. A semi-sweet malty aroma, almost like smelling malt syrup, a bit of honey, and candied walnuts. Flavor has some nice sweetness to it, a little boozy actually, caramel malts, a little nutty and very smooth. As I said, it stood up quite nicely to Salvatore. Good stuff.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

of the red and doppelbock, i was expecting this to be better, but it's a pretty weakrepresentation of the style. less liquid bread...more overripe sweet, especially the aftertaste. if not for that it would an above avg taste, but the aftershock ruins it a bit. everything else is average. it's not BAD but it's a 1 dimensional doppelbock light. sucks that it's bring down my scores for a style i REALLY like when done well.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sampled 12/31/2011. This dopplebock pours a light to medium orange gold color from a 500ml swing top bottle. Medium to large sized white/beige foamy head. The aroma is caramel, bready, fruity, floral and sweet. A medium to light bodied dopplebock. The malts are caramel, fruity and sweet. The hops are herbal and floral. Decent carbonation. It is a touch metallic/mineral tasting at the finish, and a little dry for a dopplebock, but otherwise a fairly decent beer. Hides the 8% alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.