Dr Pepper Dubbel - Page 2

Dr_Gordon_Freeman · 01-05-2010, 05:25 PM

This is frigging awesome. Please provide a tasting description when you crack one open.

BarleyWater · 01-05-2010, 09:17 PM

It's in the keg on 1.5oz Hungarian medium toast oak cubes right now, I actually just moved it back into the keggerator yesterday because I was planning on tasting it by Thursday and taking a sample to the brewery I work at. It's been on the oak cubes since 11/17/09, so I hope it's got some oak character to it by now.

Before I added the oak, it had a subtle DP character to it, but not so much that you could pick it out if you didn't know it was there. The beer is absolutely delicious, but I felt it was lacking a little something, and oak seemed like just the thing it needed. I had a few friends try it to see if they could pick out the DP flavor, and none could until I told them then they all could tell it was there, so I think that's just about perfect.

Dr_Gordon_Freeman · 01-05-2010, 10:03 PM

That's interesting. You know it's good when they like it but they don't know why until you tell them what the flavor comes from

Like the Mtn Brew, this would be a good party beer because of the caffeine from the DP. I wonder if adding some redbull to a citrusy beer (belgian wit?) would both enhance flavor and add a caffeine kick.

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Originally Posted by BarleyWater

It's in the keg on 1.5oz Hungarian medium toast oak cubes right now, I actually just moved it back into the keggerator yesterday because I was planning on tasting it by Thursday and taking a sample to the brewery I work at. It's been on the oak cubes since 11/17/09, so I hope it's got some oak character to it by now.

Before I added the oak, it had a subtle DP character to it, but not so much that you could pick it out if you didn't know it was there. The beer is absolutely delicious, but I felt it was lacking a little something, and oak seemed like just the thing it needed. I had a few friends try it to see if they could pick out the DP flavor, and none could until I told them then they all could tell it was there, so I think that's just about perfect.

BarleyWater · 01-06-2010, 04:28 AM

Not sure I would consider an 8.5%abv Belgian dubbel with 2 kinds of homemade candy syrup that has been oak aging for almost 2 months a party beer. Also, don't know how much caffeine there is in a pint since it was 1gal of DP in 5gal of wort, probably not much.

There is talk of legislation right now that is going to eliminate any caffenated alcoholic beverages like Sparks and the others because they aren't FDA approved and can't be guaranteed safe. Sadly, coffee beers get thrown into this category as well, which I'm sure Kona Brewing (along with many others) will have something to say about.

Dr_Gordon_Freeman · 04-18-2010, 03:44 AM

hoping for an update on this one... please give some tasting notes!

PHBalanced · 05-14-2010, 03:53 PM

bump bump how did it turn out?