Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
Marshall, Michigan USA

i do not like dopplebocks, so i was not expecting good things from this new Dark Horse brew. thankfully, i was surprised. pours dark brown with off-white head. nose is coffee all the way, perhaps chased by a bit of sweetness. palate is crisp and refreshing. taste is heavy coffee and resembles nothing like a dopplebock. this delicious brew is a bit sweet and certainly one of my absolutely favorite beers. similar to furthermore’s obscura, but with more coffee notes. there are only a few coffee beers better than this one.

Draft at Capones. Poured clear light brown with a nice off white head . Aroma was strong with spent coffee grounds. Taste was pretty bold with coffee and not much else. There were notes of toffee and vanilla. I was quite surprised by this. Probably one of the lightest color coffee beer I’ve ever had. Nice mouthfeel and bitter finish.

Bottle. Aroma mainly roast coffee and nut. Poured a dark brown light cap. Flavor of roasted smoked malts and coffee slight lactic tones as well. Palate is well balanced, light mouthfeel. Overall pretty good.

Pours a deep dark hazelnut brown with coffee colored edgesand a 1.5 finger yellowish beige head that slowly fades into a thin lasting ring. Not much in the way of lacing. Deep roasted cofee aroma with roasted taost notes, nut, milk chocolate and slight lactic creaminess. Rich roasty flavor that becomes a bit more prominent as it warms up. Roasted smokey toasted nut with some slight lactic creaminess. Hazlenut, smoked malt, creamy milk chocolate, slight spice character and subtle hops. A bit thin for my liking but not to where is has too much of an affect on the beer. Nice balance of coffee, dark fruit notes and chocolate. The roasted character is not overbearing, which is a nice change of ace, adding complexity and avoiding the one dimensionality of many coffee beers. ABV well masked makng it pretty easy to drink.

Tap at the Happy Gnome. Appearance was peculiar... like coffee poured into dirty dishwater, thin white head. Aroma was that of coffee grounds, like the stuff left when you pull the filter out of the coffee maker. Slightly sweet, heavy coffee flavor. Palate is sweet turning into bitter. Very solid option if you like coffee beers.

This one poured a murky light brown color with an off white head. Aroma was lightly roasted malts, and light coffee. Flavor was smooth not burnt coffee upfront and then a sweet dark fruit finish. This one tasted more like a coffe abbey double than a dopplebock to me. Interesting tho.

12 ounce bottle from my Summer Secret Santa. Pours a hazy, murky looking orange-brown color with a thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of rich coffee, coffee grounds, caramel, cinnamon. Taste is bitter, rich roasted coffee, caramel, cinnamon and a slight leafy/vegetal note. Medium bodied. Good beer.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The smell is very heavily coffee, malts, roasty, and some alcohol. The look is clear, light brown in color with a beige colored head. The taste is sweet, malts, roasty, and more coffee.