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Weihenstephaner: Korbinian

This doppelbock is/was brewed by Weihenstephaner in Freising, Bavaria, Germany. It's achieved an overall score of 72.37%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 7.40%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

500mL bottle. A deep ruby pour with a big, extremely creamy tan head that leaves some good lacing. Subdued aroma is of creamy coffee, sweet malts, molasses and hints of banana esters. Medium-bodied and smooth. Sweet, creamy coffee and caramel body that has some roastiness to it. Some chocolate, molasses and bananas in there too. The finish ha
Bottle: Very dark rust-brown with a tick tan head and some sediment. Very expressive dried fruits and stewed quince aromas with some light roastyness, spicy toffee, and dark herbal notes. Thick, roasty flavours are underpinned by a lovely complex sweet spiciness. Strangely there is some saltniess here too. Underneath all this is a definite clove an
Bottle. Nice aromatic, sweet, toffee-like raosted chocolate malty aroma. The are hints of metal in the aroma as well. Aroma is not as persistent as Id like it to be. Transparent ruby-mahogany color with an off-white/light tan head. Mmmm...roasty bitter chocolate start with significant coffee flavors following. Middle is slightly sweet. This

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
9th Nov 2006 at 10:10 am bottle (room 118 of Amstel Botel), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 7.40 dark with a hint of red Taste: 94.12%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 60%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
 72.373% lovely 191

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Other Beers (etc.) by Weihenstephaner

Apart from Korbinian, Hop Horizons lists 10 others by Weihenstephaner. These are:
Festbier
Hefe-Weissbier
Hefeweissbier Dunkel
Kristall Weissbier
Original
Pilsener
Tradition Bayrisch Dunkel
Vitus Weizenbock
Winter Festbier
Xan Hefe Weissbier

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