Comments on: Hofbräuhaus Double Bock revisited http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: solarfolks http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-145010 solarfolks Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:44:01 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-145010 any german bear that ends in "ator" is a double bock. this includes Salvator, Optimator, bajavator, and a slew of others. Morreti LaRossa is duppolbock (my Italian is weak) - an Italian double bock, slightly sweeter than the germans. these beers are GREAT any german bear that ends in “ator” is a double bock. this includes Salvator, Optimator, bajavator, and a slew of others. Morreti LaRossa is duppolbock (my Italian is weak) – an Italian double bock, slightly sweeter than the germans. these beers are GREAT

]]> By: Loren http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96495 Loren Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:14:37 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96495 7.2% like the bottle, I thought? No clue though. Regardless, why change the name to something it's not? It's just a Hellerbock now! :-) 7.2% like the bottle, I thought?

No clue though. Regardless, why change the name to something it’s not? It’s just a Hellerbock now!

:-)

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96485 Stan Hieronymus Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:15:36 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96485 <em>I’ve had the MaiBock at the Vegas place. So they renamed it as Double Bock?</em> Was the Maibock 8% when you had it? Maybe the strength is why the decided to give it a different name. The Double Bock was/is an excellent beer. I was only looking for a doppel because it was two days before The Session. I’ve had the MaiBock at the Vegas place. So they renamed it as Double Bock?

Was the Maibock 8% when you had it? Maybe the strength is why the decided to give it a different name.

The Double Bock was/is an excellent beer. I was only looking for a doppel because it was two days before The Session.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96467 SteveH Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:44:25 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96467 Can't answer the question, marketing? Playing off those of us who hear <b>Doppelbock</b> and crane our necks in that direction. Can’t answer the question, marketing? Playing off those of us who hear Doppelbock and crane our necks in that direction.

]]> By: Loren http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96462 Loren Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:31:59 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96462 I've had the MaiBock at the Vegas place. So they renamed it as Double Bock? Why? Looking for a fight? I’ve had the MaiBock at the Vegas place. So they renamed it as Double Bock?

Why?

Looking for a fight?

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96459 SteveH Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:18:26 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96459 <i>"Regardless, why don’t they bottle this if it’s SO special?!?!"</i> I think they do, as Hofbrau Maibock -- although the bottled variant is a little lighter in ABV. And it <i>is</i> as good as they claim. Stonch, if we all thought Euro beer should be rigidly defined, would we have hopped the bejesus out of our version of IPA? Or created IIPA? Besides that, the point is that there <i>are</i> no "dark, bitter mass-market American beers claiming to be “Double Bock.” It's a mis-statement. “Regardless, why don’t they bottle this if it’s SO special?!?!”

I think they do, as Hofbrau Maibock — although the bottled variant is a little lighter in ABV. And it is as good as they claim.

Stonch, if we all thought Euro beer should be rigidly defined, would we have hopped the bejesus out of our version of IPA? Or created IIPA?

Besides that, the point is that there are no “dark, bitter mass-market American beers claiming to be “Double Bock.” It’s a mis-statement.

]]> By: Loren http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96453 Loren Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:20:09 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96453 Huh...guess they don't realize Double = Doppel when translated? Regardless, why don't they bottle this if it's SO special?!?! Huh…guess they don’t realize Double = Doppel when translated?

Regardless, why don’t they bottle this if it’s SO special?!?!

]]> By: Stonch http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96418 Stonch Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:14:23 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96418 Perhaps they're poking fun at the American tendency to think that European beer styles should be rigidly defined ... by Americans! Perhaps they’re poking fun at the American tendency to think that European beer styles should be rigidly defined … by Americans!

]]> By: Wilson http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96218 Wilson Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:26:52 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96218 "What I was wondering is if they used “Double Bock” in quotes for a reason. " Sorry. Groggy this am. I was confused by them using quotes and not Stan in the question he posed, so just threw out the first non-Sam Adams use of the words "double bock" that came to mind. “What I was wondering is if they used “Double Bock” in quotes for a reason. ”

Sorry. Groggy this am. I was confused by them using quotes and not Stan in the question he posed, so just threw out the first non-Sam Adams use of the words “double bock” that came to mind.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-96210 SteveH Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:49:26 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/hofbrauhaus-double-bock-revisited/#comment-96210 LOL! Is <i>that</i> what happened to Coors Light!? I'll have to try it again, now that I know it's such a hoppy beer... ;) LOL! Is that what happened to Coors Light!? I’ll have to try it again, now that I know it’s such a hoppy beer… ;)

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