Thanksgiving 2005: The Eigth Beer: Spaten Optimator

This double-bock was recommended by Kung Fu Master Paul T. McCain.

See, I think I've tried this beer before - very good BTW. That's one of the reason's I'm going to try to attempt to track my beer.

I have one way to determine my beer consumption - I keep a bag of all the beer caps that I've drank since 1999.

Though I am not THE Beer Tracker, I am a beer tracker!

BEER: year round
ABV: 7.2 bottle

BREWER: Spaten
Date: Thanksgiving 2005

Appearance (from light to dark): 3(1 - 5)

Head - Initial appearance

• Size – small
  

Head - Color

• Light brown
  

Head - Lacing

• Virtually none
  

Head - Longevity

• Fully diminishing
  

Body - Clarity

• Clear - sparkling / normal / flat
• Cloudy - hazy / murky / muddy
  

Body - Particles

• Size – tiny
  

Body - Hue

• Medium to dark
• Red
• Brown
• Black

Aroma (from weakest to strongest): 8 (1 - 10)

Malty

• Heavy
  
• Bread - dark
• Cookie
• Grain / Hay / Straw / Cereal
• Toasted / Roasted / Burnt / Nutty
• Molasses / Caramel
• Chocolate - dark
• Coffee - mild
  

Hoppy

• Light
  

Yeasty

• moderate
  
• Dough-ie
  

Miscellaneous

• Brown sugar
  
• Allspice / Nutmeg / Clove / Cinnamon
• Alcohol

Palate (again from worst to best): 4 (1 - 5)

Body

• Medium to full
• Full
  

Texture

• Creamy
• Syrupy

Carbonation

• Lively

Finish - Feel

• Astringent - light
• Alcoholic - moderate

Flavor (again from worst to best): 9 (1 - 10)

Initial flavor

• Sweet - moderate
  

Finish - Flavor

• Sweet - light
  

Finish - Duration

• Long
  

Overall rating (out of 30, dumbass): 24

Comments: Good stuff, thanks for the recommendation Pr. McCain! The smell and taste were delightful.