MONTETIH’S DOPPELBOCK WINTER ALE is a robust brew, faithful to its Bavarian origins. It was first brewed in the early 1600’s to provide nourishment during the traditional German fasting periods. Doppelbock Winter Ale’s full-malty flavour is due to the crafting of four premium malts, delivering a voluptuous beer with a firey red hue.

A profound enveloping winter beer. Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is a smoothly rich beer with a dense head, a powerful aroma, and chocolatey malt notes the perfect way to cheer yourself up this winter.

Doppelbock was originally brewed in Bavaria back in the 1600’s to provide nourishment during the traditional German fasting periods - hence affectionately nicknamed 'Liquid Bread'.

For these reasons, Doppelbock was deliberately brewed to exceed what had previously been the strongest type of beer Bock.

A winter-warmer brew, Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is characterised by its smooth rich start, rounded body and long finish. Its full-malty flavour is the outcome of lovingly-crafted four premium malts.

Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale blends traditional German Munich-malts with a pilsner malt and just a hint of dark malt which delectably delivers a voluptuous beer with a winter fire’s red hue.

These hearty flavours are accentuated by the beer’s elevated alcohol content, offering a generous and profound finish and ensuring you warmth throughout the winter months.

Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is the perfect pre-dinner beer and can be magnificently matched with rich game foods, such as pheasant, venison and wild pork, a Bavarian favourite

The Full Facts

True to its origin Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale is subtly hopped by local varieties of the classic German ëHallertau’ hop, typical in Bock-styled beers. This delivers a moderate to high bitterness of 30, but this is mellowed on the palate by the full- flavour of the malts. Monteith’s Doppelbock Winter Ale has an original gravity of approx 16 ƒ Plato and a final gravity of 4ƒ Plato which delivers a good balance between alcohol strength and high drinkability .

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