Super Doppio
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

 

A: crystal clear; medium gold in color; a 2+ finger finely pored ivory head that receded to a skim cap; nice lacing;

S: floral;

T: a nice balance between grainy malt and floral hops; mild to moderate bitterness at the end;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish; crisp;

O: enjoyable, but probably not something I would go back to;

12 oz can poured into a pilsner glass. Look is slightly hazed pale gold color, active carbonation bubbles liven up the body. White head pours thick then falls off quickly to a thin cap. Nice lacing left behind in the glass. Smell is floral hops up front, some light malt notes creep in. Taste starts sweet with a nice malt backbone, middle sip gets more hoppy with those floral notes hitting. The alcohol makes an entrance here too. Finish is more bitter and the alcohol presence remains. Aftertaste lingers a bit, with a bit of a peppery taste in there. Feel is heavier side of medium bodied. Some light carbonation. Overall, all the right elements of a standard pilsner are here. It's a tasty beer, but I don't know if I'm a fan of the ramped up alcohol content in this style. The alcohol is really present for me and I think it detracts some from the beer.

 

 

 

Pours a bright gold with a good sized persistent head and lots of visible carbonation. Smell is mostly herbal and floral hops. A little light malt sweetness in the nose. Nicely balanced with a big light malt character but also lots of those European pils type hops, probably saaz and the like. Really nice beer, just in general. Most imperial pils are huge hop bombs, but here we have a balanced more boozy heavier pils and I'm not sure what to think of that. It seems like if you want this flavor profile it fits regular lighter more drinkable version better.

Dogdish Head Super Doppio Imperial Pilsner, 7% ABV. Pours golden with a six-finger white head that left lots of lacing. Aroma is alcohol upon opening the can, but in the glass it's malt and slight citrus. Taste is spelt and hops. Decent mouthfeel, overall very goodish.

 

Trying to wrap my head around an Imperial Pilsner. Not bad.

 

 

I love Pilsners. I do not drink imperial pilsners often. But I know the style well, and can extrapolate my knowledge/love of the style >> the imperial realm. I poured 2 x 12oz cans into an oversized Pilsner glass(fluted). Gorgeous golden/yelllow, with a sudsy 3 finger head, that settles to less than 1. Smell is boozy, but after a minute or 2, I smelled the can, that had a little left in the bottom. It smells of boozy grass/noble hops/wet flowers/heavy malt. The smoothness, that this brew delivers, with the copious amounts of hops/malt - to lift the gravity (7%abv) of the mighty Pilsner, is frightening. You don’t taste the booze, that was present on the nose. A nice noble hop presence, with a delicate - but bountiful malt balance. SMOOTH. “Doppio” means double in Italian. It’s only fitting I poured 2. A great example, of an illustrious style…albeit “Suped” up.

Big bready malt in the nose, with a hint of dark fruit. The hopping comes in nicely afterward. This has decent staying power in the aftertaste and is generally a pretty solid example of a fairly rare style.

From the small can, it pours a clear yellow gold color with a modest white head that slowly reduces and leaves lacing. The nose gets some grassiness and a little fruitiness. The mouth gets an odd bitterness, followed by a lingering bitterness in the cheeks.

Has a weird off taste. Not a big fan. The last Imperial Pilsner DFH made 10+ years ago I thought had off flavors as well. Scrap the imperial pilsner test run.

Poured into a pilsner glass, attempting to keep to the style. Looks nice, a bit cloudy. Nice retention and some residual carbonation. I immediately knew this was going to be more like a funky 'wheat' beer just based on that...and then the smell. Funky, but also the smell of stale playdoh. If you know the smell, you know the smell. Also, very strong 'spelt/wheat' aroma.
On the lips, it's immediately very bitter, and it only gets worse as the 'funk' (in their attempt at creating a stronger illusion of a pilsner's 'funk') warps into a grassy/ear waxy film on your tastebuds which isn't a very pleasant feel on the palate.

Overall, this is a strange beer and worth at least trying. It completely misses the mark and extrapolates on features of pilsner that work at the levels they work at normally. They cranked up all the 'charms' of a pilsner while losing the satisfying, chewy malt of a pilsner and we're left with a torrent of oral experiences that are generally confusing and not well orchestrated. This would have been better served as an imperial Belgian Ale and I could have SWORN that I was drinking a gluten-free beer the second it touched my lips with its spelt, almost sorghum, flavors. As someone who has accidentally drank a 1+ year 'expired' pilsner before, this at least hits -that- mark.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery "Super Doppio"
12 fl. oz. coded "JUN 2025 D 354 4 1206 11" and sampled on 01 April 2025
$3.49 @ Total Wine & More, Claymont, DE

Notes via stream of consciousness: So what is this? The label reads "Imperial Pilsner" but "Doppio" suggests that it might be an Italian Imperial Pilsner. It's poured a hazy deep golden body beneath a finger's width of creamy white foam. The aroma displays sweetish malt, spicy hops, and distant fruit. The taste follows suit as usual. The malt has an interesting richness to it, and being a double lager, it's fairly sweet. The hops are spicy, grassy, and lightly floral and fruity. It's interesting all around, and well put together. I'm quite sure at this point that it's intended to be a double Italian lager. I should have read the label first, is there anything on it? Ahh, yes, I'm an idiot. It says it's an Italian-style Imperial Pilsner and also notes that it's made with spelt, or farro as it's called in Italy. That explains the richness of the malt. I've sampled several beers brewed with farro in Italy but I don't recall any of them being a Pilsner, they were all amber or brown, and I think perhaps even a stout. The alcohol is well cloaked, but how strong is it? Once again, I should have read the label but I was eager to get into it. It's 7% which shouldn't show too much alcohol anyway, but still, nicely done. The balance is the only thing that concerns me but there IS just enough bitterness to keep it from becoming too sweet, and if I had to choose one way or the other one I'd rather it be on the sweet side than overly bitter. Besides, it is a "doppio", and most double beers contain a fair amount of malt sweetness, naturally. In the mouth it's medium-full in body and gently crisp. The spicy hops linger for quite some time in the finish and the more I drink the more I love it.
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