I don’t know about you, dear reader, but the word “Celebrator” reminds me of some sort of unkillable German cyborg programmed to relentlessly pursue and destroy us before returning to a desolate future of robot hegemony. And then celebrating. With other robots. A big robot party.

While the Celebrator Doppelbock is not unlike that scenario, this is no time to talk about our inevitable destruction at the lifeless hands of amoral killing machines (the subject of my next post). No!

No? No. This is the time to discuss beer, and what a beer the Celebrator Doppelbock is. From the Ayinger brewery of Bavaria, traditional home of the doppelbock, the Celebrator is deservedly a multi-award-winner, having won platinum medallions from the DLG and been cited by the Beverage Testing Institute as one of the world’s best beers. But don’t take their word for it. Take mine.

The Appearance and Smell
Pours a dark ruby brown with a thin, off-white head. Low carbonation and head retention, as is somewhat typical for doppelbocks. While Major Microbrew detected soy sauce and his sense of smell is unimpeachable, I noted the sweetness of dark fruits and chocolate.

The Taste
Even the metal taste sensors of our robot overlords would tingle at the chocolate, malt, currant, and coffee here. Despite a 6.7% ABV, not much alcohol (or hop) character, and smoothly drinkable, even creamy.

Overall
Everything about this beer, from the awesome label and plastic ram strung around the bottleneck to the taste and drinkability, are exemplary. Even worth the 8 dollars paid at Finn McCool’s in Santa Monica. And the bollocks service.

This beer lives up to its reputation: a definite buy, although it won’t protect you when the robots come for you. And they will.