Brewer: Tree Brewing Company
Beer: Captivator Doppelbock
Alc%: 8%
Where: Firefly Wines and Ales
The beer poured into a clear dark ruby colour with a very short maple coloured head that diminished fairly quickly. The head provided very little lacing as well. The first aromas to hit the nose were caramel, toffee and nuts. There wasn't much of a hop presence. If any, it was an underlying note of perfume and herbaceous characters. The overall nose was sweetness,...more of a baking sweetness than a sugary one.
Upon the first taste, I got a pretty confectioned sweetness, almost bubble gummy. That quickly led into a deep raisin/fig sweetness accompanied by brown sugar (cooking) and toffee.
The mouthfeel was very slick. Not quite oily but one step past creamy. I found the acidity to be lite aside from the 8% alcohol. The flavour lasted but not notably long.
This beer has wrangled in some titles:
Silver Medal - 2010 North American Brewery Awards
Gold Medalist - 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards
Voted best Beer - Fest of Ale
It currently rings in an A- with Beer Advocate from 21 reviews.
Overall, it's a little more sweeter than I normally like, but I can see this fitting well with some hot summer patio afternoons this summer.
Cheers