Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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

I love the picture on this thing and the vibe at the brewery that matches it. This is very malty , thick caramel and some coffee overtones. Prolly my favorite beer from dark horse. The hops and alcohol come through right towards the end, but it is really blended well with the maltiness for a grand drinking experience.

Murky brown with thin head. Big coffee aroma and tast is right up my alley. Balanced with good dose of sweet malt with some chocolate and minimal bitterness. Many coffee beers come off overly bitter and astringent, but this is not at all. Smooth and full of coffee.

Bottle. Pours a clear, dark copper color with a small light tan head. Aroma of coffee, caramel malt, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is smooth, creamy and lightly sweet. Has a mild roasted coffee overtone but yet still remains nicely balanced and complex. Has a pleasant, lightly bitter dry finish.

On tap at coles in buffalo. About as perfect as a coffee beer can get. It has a dark rich aroma and a solid complex taste. It lacks the oilness of some of the richer coffee brews. Very well balanced and will deffinatly look for this beer again.

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.

strong java aroma with some plain grainy malts. flavor is a bitter long lasting coffee, perhaps the most pure expression of coffee (or tastiest) i’ve ever experienced in any style of beer. some level of sweetness as well, but its real character is lost amongst the joe. big crunch of chocolate covered espresso beans not unlike breakfast stout. little to no dopplebock character but this is too delicious for me to care.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with dark tan head. Aroma is caramel, coffee, and brown sugar. Flavor is light coffee and the sweet sugar comes through with little hop character or etoh noticed. creamy and drinkable.

Draft at Radio Maria in Champaign, IL. Pours a deep black with a wisp of a head. Aroma of wet coffee grounds. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Flavor is very strong in dry, roasty coffee, with accents of nuts, peat, and chocolate. Moderate amount of residual sweetness, which works well to bring out the nuances. Very nice beer. Has a homebrew like quality to it.