Procrastinator Dopplebock
Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus

 

 

On tap at the brewpub.
pours clear very dark brown with a cream tan head that has great retention.
Good but slightly boozy aroma. Moderate strength.
The flavor, unfortunately, is even more boozy. This does have a good dark roasted grain flavor, but too much alcohol comes with it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap in a snifter at the brewpub on 10/31/11

Way dark brown. Looks like a smokey black in the glass. 1/3rd inch head wisps out but leaves a thick ring of retention. Intermittent strands of lace.

Sweet aromas of dark bread and chocolate. Hints of tangy roast. Clean dark malt. Faint dark fruit, too. Maybe decent for a Baltic Porter but out of place for a Dopplebock. Tastes of roasted chocolate, coffee and hints of dark bread. Sweet-ish but not too much. Earthy tones with a hop kick. Touch of grass. Full body with puffy, filling carbonation. Fluffy. Carbonation gets focused over time and is a bit much. Coats a little as it warms. Finishes with roast, cocoa and hoppy bitterness.

I really don't think this is a Dopplebock. Even the bartender told me when they take it to competition they get docked for style and that this is more in line with a stout. It's a pretty decent tasting beer, but I have to dock it for style.

Had this on National Homebrew Day. The brewery was sponsoring a homebrew competition. I came to pick up my results as well as some free wort, and the brewers allowed us to peak in their cooler, and pour ourselves draft Procrastinator and IPA.

Elevator continues to impress me. I tend to overlook their offerings too often, but when I stop to appreciate one of their beers, I am usually pleasantly surprised.

Pours a dense, thick per style ruddy brown. Opaque, with an unfiltered look to it. Nice tall creamy head.

Smelled typical of a doppelbock. Plenty of bready malt, some light roast coffee, and sweet dark fruit sugars. Very pleasant aroma.

The flavor was not only a good representation of the style, but it also was unique as well. As in the nose bready toasted whole grain and wheat great the palate. Sweet but not as distractingly sweet as some examples can be. My favorite part was that the darker roast malt flavors were much more prominent than the average doppelbock.

Nice creamy carbonation, a little sticky.

Overall an excellent brew. I think I went back for something like five or six pours of this.

Pours a dark brown cola like color that is clear. with a two finger off white head which disappates and gives way to some nice lacing on the glass. The aroma is of caramel malt, toastiness, toffee, and roasted malts. The taste is of caramel malt, toastiness, toffee, and a slight chocolate malt, there are hints of dark fruits present as well along with a very subdued alcohol burn. The mouthfeel is moderately carbonated with a slickness to it. The drinkability is decent, it isn't the hardest dopplebock you will ever have. It is an easier drink that most, however, that is due to the fact that it lacks the alcohol burn and deep flavors of others in this class.