When it comes to beer styles, doppelbocks would seem to have just about everything going against them.
For those who enjoy easy-to-drink beers, like pale lagers or "sessionable" ales, doppelbocks are dark and strong, with alcohol by volume percentages ranging as high as 13 percent.
For those accustomed to big, pungent, hoppy ales, doppelbocks are sweet and malty lagers, with virtually no discernible hop presence.
And for brewers, who like beers that require little time to ferment and condition, lagering, or aging, doppelbocks is slow going, which means they're costly to produce. Consecrator from Bell's Brewery, for instance, needs a good three months in a fermenting vessel to soften up the beer's hotness.
