EricW Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Spaten OptimatorThe classic German dark beer, bottom fermented 'Doppel Bock'. Flavor profile: Full bodied with a deep dark color and rich roasted malt flavor. Original gravity: 18, 2 % Alcohol content: 7,2 % This is one of the few sweeter beers that I really like. At 7.2% alcohol, they ought to rename it "Buzzinator." Normally, I never buy foreign beers because they're typically skunky and nasty by the time they come over in an unrefrigerated shipping container and slink across the continent in a piping hot truck. I took a chance, and got a six-pack that tastes absolutely wonderful - nearly as good as fresh kegged beer on the East coast. Back to the refrigerator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Well, it is certainly headed into Bock and Dopplebock season and that's a great one to start things off with! (Side note for Spokanites: Jim's Homebrew on Division has a wonderful selection of imported and domestic brews that aren't widely available.) There are a few very nice Bocks and Dopplebocks done domestically but all the ones I am familiar with come out of the upper mid-west and aren't available here. I'd go look some up for ya but my bottle collection is in storage at the moment while the "bar" gets a facelift. I have a brown ale in the secondary and an Alt is on the brew schedule for the morning. Can't shoot so might as well brew and drink brew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Certain things are just too good....Dark chocolate, dark coffee, and dark beer. I too love the "buzzinator." There is a restaurant in the DFW area you would love Eric. It's called The Flying Saucer (their decor is saucers glued to every surface). They have an ungodly number of beers on tap (more than fifty) including the Spaten Opimator. Hey, I just thought of another reason to have the BE forum shoot in Texas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 The last couple of years I have gotten a case of Optimator for Christmas. Santa makes me share with him but that is some good beer. Hmmm..... Christmas is a long way off. I gotta find out where Santa scores the good brew. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter K Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 How much is a six-pack or a case of this beer in the US? Here is some more info about Spaten beer: http://www.spatenusa.com/0_start/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Spaten is harder to find here on tap, but Warstiener is everywhere.. They used to have one (that I had there) called Hell. I had to try that, just because in english it sounded like 'Spot-In-Hell' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Spaten-Munich is one of my all-time favorites. I have rarely met a doppelboch I did not like. The season of Oktoberfest approaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 The season of Oktoberfest approaches. The Optimator sounds great. I Loooooove Octoberfest. I could easily be persuaded into going to the Baltimore Brewing Company to throw a couple dozen back...........if you're interested. First Wed. in October???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 You read my mind. Baltimore brewing company once made the BEST & only micro brew doppelboch I have run accross. Count me in along w/ invitees from "the 6-way race to A class" & Team Shooters Paradise GSSF I & II !! I think we might just have to find a place to sleep it off in Baltimore that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyn Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 You have been Optimated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter K Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Spaten is harder to find here on tap, but Warstiener is everywhere..They used to have one (that I had there) called Hell. I had to try that, just because in english it sounded like 'Spot-In-Hell' <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Warsteiner is a "fashion beer". That means "a lot advertising and far too expensive". A real beer fan here in Bavaria buys bavarian beer and nothing which was shipped around the world. You must drink beer nearly "out of the cask" so some beer fans go with a mug to the next brewery (which are often not more than a pub which makes his own beer) and get some 2 liters "to go" . Nowadays the munich Oktoberfest has not much to do with "tradition". In the early days it was a fest for the farmers around munich where they bought and selled cows, pigs aso. For a lot of the guests of the Oktoberfest it´s like "drink as much beer as you can". I don´t like the Oktoberfest. Too many people. I like drinking my beer in a "Biergarten". When you read "Hell" on a bottle it doesn´t mean that this beer comes right out of hell . It´s just the opposite of a "dark" beer. "Hell" means light, bright. It´s a "lager" beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Cheely Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) I'd venture a guess that someone is drinkin tonight ? Me too Last exam of the semester today! Edited April 28, 2006 by Matt Cheely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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