Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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

Not much head and a nice day espresso aroma. Although it’s pretty transparent, the flavor is pretty spot on. Roasty without being too malty or sweet. The coffee is the star of the show here. Nice stuff but lacing any real head (arent we all)?

12 oz bottle. Poured clear dark orange-red-brown color. Head was thin, off white, and dissipated quickly. Aroma was coffee dominated with hints of brown sugar and alcohol. The brown sugar was more noticeable before pouring the beer into a glass. Sweet on the tongue throughout and a little sticky. The sugars were accompanied by some acidity at the end. Carbonation was on the low end of the spectrum. Tasted mostly of coffee and brown sugar with a splash of alcohol. The alcohol flavor reminded me a bit of bourbon, particularly as the beer warmed up a bit. There was also a touch of sour fruit flavor, especially at the end. Interesting beer.

12oz, can’t tell if this was a gift or via trade all I know is I didn’t buy it myself. Pours orangey brown with a tan ring. nose is very much dopplebocky with a good amount of coffee. Taste is sweet, malty and coffee infsed. Tasty coffee dopplebock.

brown pour, off white head. aroma is old coffee grounds and the flavor is too. this one went overboard on the coffee. beer has a nice overall quality to it, but there was just too much coffee for me and I LOVE coffee!

This one didn’t work out. Some coffee and malt, but the coffee does not blend well with the caramel bock flavors. Brown color. Far from their best.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a deep brown body and a small tan head. Aroma is strongly coffee, with metal and minerals. Taste as far as I can tell is just coffee, with some earth and maybe some candied pecans. Light bubbles.

Sample at the Eurostash II tasting on 12/12/09: This brew pours a murky brownish-amber color with a thin off-white head that recedes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted coffee and caramel malt. Medium, dry body with flavors of fresh and moderately bitter coffee, plus some roasted malt and raisin. The finish is roasty with a bitter coffee aftertaste. Overall the beer is pretty one-sided with the coffee flavor and could benefit from some more balance, but it is a decent brew nonetheless.

<b>In short: </b>A very sweet bock with a lot of nutty brownies and little of the advertised coffee. Ok at first, gross after half a bottle
<b>How: </b>Bottle 12oz, from my Summer Secret Santa 2008. Thanks dude. Age unknown.
<b>The look: </b>Clear brownish ruby body topped by a little beige ring of foam
<b>In long: </b>Nose has dark fruits, roastiness and only light notes of the advertised coffee. Taste is sweet, very sweet. Brown sugar, brownies, nuts, milk-chocolate, caramel, tobacco, old cup of cold black coffee, dried dark fruits. Finish is tobacco leaves and brownies. After-taste is mainly sweet brownies. As the beer warms up the note of black coffee turns into old coffee filter. Maybe my bottle was old or maybe it’s just not my type of beer. Too sweet, far from highly drinkable. Today for my beer night I had the wonderful idea to judge two co-called "coffee doppelbocks" so I opened this one and the Kaffinator. What a fabulous idea. Tomorrow for my movie night I’ll rent two Steven Seagal movies.