Dock Street Illuminator
Dock Street South

Dock Street IlluminatorDock Street Illuminator
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From:
Dock Street South
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Doppelbock
ABV:
7.8%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.66 | pDev: 11.48%
Reviews:
38
Ratings:
56
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 22, 2020
Added:
Feb 27, 2007
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Rated by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +36.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Please brew this beer again!
This was the best Dock Street beer ever made, and a darn good Bock as well.
We had great times together.
Oct 22, 2020
 
Rated: 3.62 by smi69 from New York

May 25, 2020
 
Rated: 3.65 by OKCNittany from Oklahoma

Jan 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by BeerSnobery from Ohio

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by srw from Virginia

Jun 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Dec 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Sep 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by dgherm from Pennsylvania

Aug 04, 2013
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Reviewed by portia99 from Massachusetts

3.86/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle generously provided by hoppymcgee. Going back to my college days the Dock Street Bock was one of the beers that really got me into craft beers...not sure if this is the exact recipe, but fun to go back to one of my early favorites after many years. Poured into a Stone Old Guardian glass.

A - Pours a deep, chocolately brown that is mostly opaque in the glass. Two thick fingers of a densely bubbled foamy head of a khacki color. Head shows excellent staying power and hangs around throughout the duration of the bottle. Sparse lacing left behind.

S - Lots of malt with caramel, chocolately malt, mild roastiness, smooth earthy and grassy hop aromas.

T - Umm, intensely flavored with lots of thick and chewy malt, caramel, toffee, maltose sugary, touch of roastiness, mildly boozy, faint astringency, low level hop bitterness.

M - Super thick and full bodied, almost syrupy in feel. Mid-level carbonation - a bit foamy and mouth filling further enhancing the body of this beer. Multiple layers of maltiness, but never too sweet - good balance with hops just kicking in enough to offset this malt heavy recipe.

O - Overall...well, difficult to compare to the beer I first had about 20yrs ago, but no disappointment here at all. Nice, solid example of the doppelbock style - decent complexity, smooth drinking for the style...enjoyable beer to start the night with. I will definitely not wait another 20yrs to go back to this one again.
May 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by hoppymcgee from Maine

Apr 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Apr 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by fdig23 from Pennsylvania

Mar 17, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

Dec 22, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by IPAchris from Pennsylvania

Nov 12, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by RoryOMoore from New Jersey

Feb 27, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by whartontallboy from New York

Jan 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by cdwil from Texas

Dec 30, 2011
 
Rated: 5 by wyonono from Pennsylvania

Dec 10, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by Rochefort10nh from New Hampshire

Dec 06, 2011
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Reviewed by stingrayvr6 from New Jersey

3.7/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Had this on tap at the brewery. Poured a clear amber brown with frothy white head which dissolved quickly. Smell of light malts and some caramel and vanilla. Taste was light and watery up front, some sweet malts in the finish and a roasted malt taste balanced it out. Far too light to be a great doppelbock, not bad tasting though.
Nov 23, 2010
Dock Street Illuminator from Dock Street South
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 56 ratings