Dock Street Beer
Brewpub
in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Dock Street
Established in 1985
beastiefan2k (4726) reviewed Illuminator from Dock Street Beer 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Interesting beer, I have been looking to try it for a while and you would think its easy since its brewed in NY, unfortunately this is a contract brew for a Philly brewer. Finally found this on a trip through Jersey. It pours what at first looks like a brown color but upon closer examination it has a good amount of dark ruby red and some orange hues as well. It has little to no head even with some vigorous stirring. Basically, it looks syrupy, cause its dark and thick yet clear and headless, a definite foreshadowing to the rest of the beer. The aroma hits you on the nose and there one in one knows this is not going to be the traditional German doppelbock. Its full on over the top maltiness thats turned syrupy and just overly sweet for my preference (and I like sweet beer). There is plenty of alcohol present, also some light char, earthy bark, and a light off-putting fruit off flavor. The malt and the bigness of it are redeeming enough. Fortunately, the flavor is much less in your face. It’s still syrupy with very sweet char-like flavor. Otherwise, Matt brewing does a good job filtering the crap out of this beer making it relatively unfelt going down. Low bitterness and a reduced carbonation.
12 oz bottle, no date, St Paul tulip/snifter glass.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Helles from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is spicy (continental) hops. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, secondary spicy (continental) hops. Mild carbonation.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Special K (Kolsch) from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours a dissipating white head and yellow color. Aroma is grassy, grain. Taste is grassy (saaz) hops, grain. OK/mild carbonation.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Rye IPA from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
on tap-pours a retaining creamy pancake batter off white head and hazy gold color with lots of effervescence. Aroma is nice citrus/grapefruit hops. Taste is nice citrus/grapefruit hops-bitter, rye, secondary medium malt backbone. Good carbonation.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Winter Warmer from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a disappearing off white head and amber color. Aroma is spice-allspice/cinnamon/clove, faint malt-caramel. Taste is spice-allspice/cinnamon/clove, faint malt-caramel, alcohol. Somewhat syrupy mouth feel. Easy drinking.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Gold Stock Ale from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
on tap-pours an off white head that laces and hazy yellow color. Aroma is nice sweet hops-cascade (and Amarillo / Hallertau?), faint malt. Taste is nicely balanced hops and medium malt, bitter finish. OK/mild carbonation.
jcwattsrugger (14779) reviewed Illuminator from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle-pours a thin light tan head and deep red/mahogany color. Aroma is mild sweet medium malt. Taste is dark malt-caramel/molasses/licorice, dark fruit, secondary wood/spicy hops. OK carbonation.
cheap (9479) reviewed Illuminator from Dock Street Beer 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Smell is very sweet, like hardtack candy soaked in alcohol. Perhaps a little alarming! .Nice darkish color, and barely any head. Taste is a little coarse, like a bock usually is. The alky impact is readily apparent. Nice taste tho, with its slightly syrupy feel. Medium low carbonation, could use a tad more. It has a feel like alky was added after brewing. Perhaps even a malt liqour attribute after a few sips. A little more than my girlie taste buds can appreciate. Cannot measure up to Atwater Voodoo Vator Doppelbock or troegenator. Better than Victory St. Victorious Doppelbock and Sam Adams Dopelbock. On par with other typical doubles; Penn Penndemonium and Erie Fallenbock. Just a little too overwhelming for me.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium golden color with only a trace of a white head that faded almost instantly. The aroma is light malts with a light crisp floral hop presence. The flavor is dry and crisp with trace malts and moderate floral hops. The finish is dry and hoppy.
Frothingslosh (18912) reviewed Amber from Dock Street Beer 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a light caramel color with a small white head that fades quickly. The aroma is faint sour malts. The flavor is moderately malty and smooth with light floral hops and a dry nutty finish. Pleasant if unspectacular.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.74 |
| Beers | 99 |
| Ticks | 197 |
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