Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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

Bottle, have waited for this for a while. Room-filling sweet malt and overabundant coffee bitterness, roasted malt and grain and a smokey, peaty touch. Dark ruby pour with a lacing, thickly rocky tan head. Taste is a thick Doppelbock malt profile with a little alcohol showing, dark beany espresso, ashy with hard-bop roast and heavy, aggressive carbonation. Sticky and lightly metallic, dry and earthy aftertaste. Spice is in the back, way under the toffee and light smoke. This is an utter trainwreck of clashing styles, and ultimately very confusing; however, the DB appears to be much better than the coffee component.

Taste: Little to no coffee. Lots of Doppelbock. Sweet and malty Dopplebock. But when I go to drink, then I get the aroma of coffee in my nose. Nice, but not far off a bock in general. I want coffee in the taste as well. Had on tap, and I should probably revisit soon.

courtesy of imperialking Pours dark brown with off-white head. Aroma is loaded with coffee and a light lactose / mocha nose. Taste is filled with roasted/torrefied coffee, light caramel malts with light bitter mouthfeel and finish. Possible hints of some dark fruits. Overall this one is loaded with coffee. No abv indicated but the palate was warming.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown, unfiltered. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, coffee, husks/vegetables, cookie). Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter, husky. Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Quite vegetal/husky in both aroma and finish. The coffee character is also not particularly inviting, like stale grounds. Nice mouthfeel though..

Bottle generously shared by dmunroe. Poured a dark cola color with a small beige head that fades to a collar fairly quickly and leaves minimal lacing. Big roasted coffee smell to start with a little bit of malts underneath. Hops are barely detectable. It’s definitely all about the coffee in the nose. The taste is a bit sweeter and more balanced than the aroma with coffee still playing a major role but with the sweet caramel malts forming a strong backbone. Hops are a bit more present than in the aroma. The mouthfeel is smooth with strong carbonation. This is an extremely unique doppelbock and as a big coffee lover, this one really worked well for me. A great beer.

Shared a bottle at Blind Lady with a couple other folks. Pretty tasty. Not too huge on the coffee and finishes a lot cleaner than I expected it to. Kinda sweet, actually. I’d drink this again.

12oz. served into Duvel tulip glass. Pour is deep brown with small quick deminishing caramel colored head. Aromas of coffee, caramel, and some molasses. Flavor is upfront with loads of coffee, roasted malts, and finishing with a small amount of warming alcohol. I would say this one is a straight up coffee bomb. I could drink this right when I wake up every morning. Very impressed.

Dark brown color with a medium head. Aroma of freshly ground coffee. A little bitter upfront, more from coffee than hops. Plenty of coffee in this one. The sweet malt blends pretty well with it.