Mario knows Spaten Optimator

Spaten Optimator is brewed by Spaten-Franziskaner-Brau, an import from  Munich, Germany. The Spaten Optimator has a mildly sweet taste, which vaguely reminds me of an extremely tender porter without the tongue-tingling sensation. The style is known as a Doppelbock, a word I had to look read at least twice in order to get a correct spelling

Doppelbock translates to english as double-bock (or, in my opinion, double-damned good); which makes me think of Amber Bock (not it’s American cousin). Anyway, the “bock” part makes sense, as it is a dark amber sort - a favorite of mine. But, as I said before, it does have a bit of a sweet taste with a slightly bitter after taste. The pour leaves little to no head, and it goes down pretty smooth.

Rating: Amberliscious, sweetiliscious, but certainly not headiliscious!   

Oh, and at 7.2% ETOH be sure to pass off your keys to a (more than you are) sober friend a little sooner than you would if you were drinking the average American beer.

~ by marioknowsbeer on March 14, 2008.