Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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

Thanks jtw. Pours a murky, muddy brown color with a decent but quickly dissipating offwhite head. Aroma of caramel malt and some roasted coffee. Flavor is caramel up front giving way to a chalky chocolate flavor. Faint coffee flavor as well. Medium bodied but quick on the finish. One dimensional in the flavor and the coffee doesn’t come through quite as much as it’s name would imply. Not that that is a bad thing just a little unexpected.

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.

12oz - Aroma is different than I expected, leather, dank coffee, toffee and burnt malts. Pours dark ruby with a small head and great lacing. Flavor is burnt coffee with a mean aftertaste. Palate is dry and sticky. Not so good.

12oz bottle. Deep stained-glass reddish-brown color. Thin beige head. The coffee is quite pronounced in the aroma, without the typical chocolate roastiness of an Imperial Stout or Porter. Big coffee flavor, quite a smooth and enjoyable, coalesces well with the smooth, rich lager tones. Not much hop character, most of the bitterness comes from the coffee, which pretty much dominates every aspect of this beer. Quite excellent nonetheless, one of the better coffee beers out there.

bottle. thanks bri. strange chestnut pour with thin head. aroma is very malty, sweet chocolate and coffee. dark coffee, light nuttiness, chocolate, roasted malt. earthy funkiness in dry finish. I don’t know how if I like this or not. a bit strange.

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.

Bottle. Cloudy, dark brown pour with burgundy highlights. Short, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Aroma dominated by coffee beans and caramel with a hint of dough and chocolate. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. The finish is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Thin body with a watery texture. Lively carbonation. This is a watery, but aromatic, cup of coffee with five teaspoons of sugar and maybe a little cream thrown in. Interesting and tasty, but the sweetness rides on the edge of being cloying. Don’t think I could drink more than one at a sitting.

2 12 oz bottles shared at a beer tasting / monopoly game with my girlfriend and close friends. This brew was an interesting one. This brew pours a very nice. A very nice hazy brown, with barely a light shining through, with red notes mixed about. Head is nice and laces well. Aroma is powerful, coffee, but ground coffee, almost like the coffee aisle at Jewel-Osco. That kind of coffee. Taste is similar up front, masked by coffee largely, hiding a lot or any complexities there may be. A bit of a bitter finish, some hops or maybe just the coffee. Some light but potent darker roasted malts shine through in stages, that shine through touches of sweetness, almost like additives to a cup of coffee (Sweetener, etc.). Ligher side of medium bodied. Decent, not necessarily my think. I think the beer is good, but personally don’t like coffee masking my beers to hell.