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Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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82
overall

bottled
common

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2013.41/5.03.39/5.07.5%68.6Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
This is a true dopplebock and Dark Horse Brewing’s only publicly distributed lager. It was so normal that we couldn’t stand it so we made it into a coffee dopplebock. Ha, take that Germany, with your Reinheitsgebot purity law! Anyway, we use fair trade organic coffee from our friends at The Ugly Mug Cafe in Ypsilanti, MI We did a label contest and opened it up to the public for this beer. We had so many awesome entries that we couldn’t just pick one winner so we have 2 labels for this beer. We stagger the bottles in the six packs but with no order in mind.
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 thirdeye11 (522), Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 11, 2009  
( 12oz bottle thanks to bu11zeye) Pours light brown with hints of ruby and nice bubbles. Nose of coffee and heavy on the corn. Taste is sweet, spicy hops, light coffee and lingers with the coffee as well. Maybe the most disappointed I’ve been in a Dark Horse brew yet.


 BVery (462), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 10, 2009  
TAP: opaque brown/red pour, aroma of coffee grounds. Taste is all coffee, with a body that’s heavier than Oscura but lighter than Coffee Bender. Pretty good stuff.


 demitriustown (693), Shelby Township, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 8, 2009  
12 zo bottle: It’s been a while since I rated a beer so here I go. Aroma has a really nice ground coffee scent to it. roasted malt characteristics, and some caramel aroma’s as well. Pours a very cloudy brownish/black almost like coffee with a small off tan head that didsipates into nothing after about a minute. Taste is coffee of course, nice roasted malt characteristic, soemwhat nutty, caramel, and light sticky on the tongue. Palate is very lgihtly carbonated with a lingering coffee aftertaste. Overall, I like coffee so this is right up my alley. The doppelbock characteristics do get drowned out slightly by the coffee, but I like it all this same. Cheers!


 ericandersnavy (1055), crossroads, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 27, 2009  
bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured a hazy amber with an off-white head. aroma was smoke and coffee. flavor was grains and coffee. medium body with medium carbonation.


 mar (1826), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2009  
bottle thanks to bu11zeye. brown with a cream head. nose is caramel and malts. not bad on the palate with an overly caramel flavor.


 thedm (3834), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 20, 2009  
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a very hazy dark brown colored body and a poor lacing. The mild aroma was malty coffee and funky. The semi-thick mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of hops roasted malt dark malt and coffee. A decent one that I would consider buying again.


 bu11zeye (5442), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 15, 2009  
( 12oz bottle ) Pours a lightly hazy deep amber body with a small creamy head. Coffee nose smacks you in the face and talks about your momma with some roasty/nutty background notes. Flavor is aggressively coffee laden with some raisins, earth, caramel, and roastiness rounding it out.


 Cavie (1372), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 13, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of bu11zeye. Cloudy brown colored with little head and lots of sediment apparent. Large coffee scent with some bitterness as well. Flavor is straight from the coffee pot. Tastes bitter but has nice flavorings. Very tasty.



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