 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
Feb 4, 2005
Ahhh, how I do love the Dunkel Weizen style. Almost too much, where I fail to see a beer’s flaws. Well the Steingadener definitely excels in appearance - it’s exactly what you’d look for in this style. It’s MURKY, like a funky pool of bacteria laden pond water. There’s loads of weird yeast debris floating around. It tastes massively wheaty and malty, but, its fatal flaw is....it’s watery. Too thin. To be fair, even though I enjoyed this beer immensely, it wasn’t all that objectively good, because it had a touch of that nasty malt flavor that I so often see in UK ales, followed by sheer copious quantities of H2O. Disappointing in its thinness, as I had such high hopes.
GarrettB (410), Seattle, Washington, USA
Aug 23, 2008 I love, in theory, the Dunkleweizen. All the banana and clove notes of the weizen with the added touch and flavor layer of chocolate malts? It’s dessert in a bottle! But once again Aktienbrauerei’s version of the beer disappointing. Not crushingly disappointing. Just a relaxed, defeated sigh kind of disappointed. The dark red lacquer color of the beer partially disguises a drink with tons of gaseuous traffic, lending it a busy clarity in a dim shade of red. A creamy aroma slowly writhes from the glass, gracefully exuding a light, mellow wood flavor, difficult to grasp in its subtlety. The flavor is more palpable; cold and crisp, it copies the wood flavor and adds a chocolate tribute and a savory side, mixed like chicken adobada. These flavors give the Aktienbrauerei a dry and warm quality, and relative to other darker lagers, seems rather flavorless. This is more restrained than I had hoped, though gives me hope that other Dunklesweizens might be more what I’m looking for.
pivnizub (3826), Porúří, Germany
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle: Hazy, chestnut-amber coloured, small foamy layer, quickly diminishing; sourish-fruity nose with a touch of gherkins; light sweetish-sourish flavour, quite light bodied; malty-yeasty, almost watery finish. It was hard.....
thedm (3406), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 27, 2008 This bottled brew from Indianapolis, IN poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized off white colored mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a transparent typically carbonated golden brown colored body and a thick lacing. The aroma was very mild with brown malt dough and hop notes. The mouth feel was mildly tingly and thick. Too thick for a dunk el. The flavor contained notes of mild brown malts and hops. Was not a very good brew.
urbnhautebourg (933), Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Jun 24, 2008 Labels this cool (not pictured) should signal a wonderful beer. Not so here. Very acidic and rather sour. I didn’t even finish it. Sad.
IrishBoy (2129), Bakersfield, California, USA
Jun 13, 2008 .5 L bottle from Hollingshead Deli; Nose is light spices, wheaty graininess, and a light molasses note; amber with a medium beige head; flavor is molasses with a tart note. Not very good for a dunkelweissen.
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