Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel

Tonight:
Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel
7.1% ABV

Kloster Andechs is a Benedictine Monastery in a beautiful hillside setting southwest of Munich. I had the pleasure of making a day trip to Andechs several years ago when I was vacationing in Germany. At that time, their beer was not widely distributed in the US. It gives me great pleasure to now be able to pick up this beer at my local BevMo or order it at my neighborhood German German restaurant.

The Trappists have the market on monastic brewing -- with additional Trappist breweries springing up outside of Belgium in recent years. However, give the Benedictines their due. They brew an excellent beer. It probably helps that this is one my favorite styles -- a doppelbock. I've previously professed my love for doppelbocks. This beer just might be my favorite doppelbock out there.

In short, if you've never had this beer, go to your nearest liquor store or bottleshop and pick yourself up a bottle. If it's not sold in your area, I'm afraid you'll have no choice but to go to Germany and visit a monastery. The beer is worth it. The view isn't half bad either.

Tomorrow: Lost Abbey Agave Maria

The Beers So Far:

1. Andechs Doppelbock Dunkel
2. Westmalle Dubbel
3. Golden Draak
4. Piraat
5. Leffe Blonde
6. Primator Double Bock
7. Delirium Tremens
8. Rochefort 8
9. Weihenstephaner Korbinian
10. Rochefort 6
11. Chimay Premiere (Red)
12. Big Butte Porter
13. Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
14. Chimay Cinq Cents (White)
15. Trois Pistoles
16. Krusovice Imperial
17. Hobgoblin
18. Orval
19. Lost Abbey Inferno Ale
20. La Fin Du Monde
21. Belzebuth
22. 1349
23. J.W. Lees
24. London Velvet
25. Lost Abbey Track #8