Dark Horse Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

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

Pours a lightly hazy, dark caramel brown color. A small, foamy, khaki colored head settles to a thin, swirly film with a prominent edge. Minimal, spotty lacing noted. The aroma is simple but inviting, with big, roasty coffee notes showing atop a lightly smoked caramel malt base. A touch of cream is present as well, adding smoothness. The flavor is really well balanced, with the lightly sweet, toasty malts being perfectly complimented by roasty coffee and spicy, earthy hops. Its not all that complex, but man is it tasty and easy to drink. Smooth, medium-plus body with a creamy palate. Lingering coffee roast on the finish. Damn good brew.

12 ounce bottle from my Summer Secret Santa. Pours a hazy, murky looking orange-brown color with a thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of rich coffee, coffee grounds, caramel, cinnamon. Taste is bitter, rich roasted coffee, caramel, cinnamon and a slight leafy/vegetal note. Medium bodied. Good beer.

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.

Pours a very light looking coffee color. Aroma smells like coffee, too. Add some ice and I may have a iced perkulator coffee doppelbock. Or better yet blend it with some ice for a perkulator frappacino. I digress. Flavor profile is mostly coffee and body is very light. There was no head. Overall I liked this beer probably because I really like beer and coffee. If you fall into this category you’ll probably like this beer, too.

dark, dark red pour almost black. very nice aroma of malts and coffee and earth. Very smooth. sweet coffee and finished really creamy and caramel. the coffee is there but not over powering. I no trace of alcohol.

I am surprised that I actually like this. Its got a pretty strong coffee taste that is impossible to not be overwhelming. It really does taste like an iced coffee with carbonation. Its a little better then the coffee bender, and I think thats because it starts with a stronger base beer.

bottle, muddy amber tea color with no foam great coffee and caramel aroma, flavors are coffee, caramel, smoked pork, plumsauce, nice lingering finish

TAP: opaque brown/red pour with noticeable sediment, offwhite head that is thin but foamy around the edges of the glass, and laces pretty well. Aroma of coffee grounds. Taste is all coffee, with a body that’s heavier than Furthermore Oscura but lighter than Surly Coffee Bender. Fairly carbonated. Really good stuff.