Allendale Winter Dunkel

Brewed by Allendale
Style: Dunkel
Hexham, England

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Cask (CWAF2012, Fri)
Lovely authentic german dunkel nose, perhaps a little less sweet than many, nicely nutty and dry, as well as decently toasted. Full palate. Really good brown nutty roast in the taste. A lot of German brewers could learn from this beer, this is a very tasty well attenuated dunkel.

bottle, Rehills, Ncl. Pours a bit flat and has a thin palate and body for a 5.5 ABV. Light chocolate and vineous aroma, sweet malt on the tongue, short finish.Expected quite a lot more from this.

for me a bit too thin to carry the fullflavour which is on offer. my first dunkel, so that may be OK. good deep brown colour. plenty of nuttiness and sweet matliness in the flavour. very drinkable....... in fact it’s gone already!

cask at bow bar ... darl copper brown ... soft coffee chocolate nose ... dark malts ... bitter chocolate ... soft roast malts

On cask at The Bow Bar. Pours a black colour with a thin, light tan head. Aroma of roasty malt, coffee and Weetabix. Similar flavours with a lovely burnt toast finish. Moderate carbonation and an oily mouth-feel.

Cask at The Bow Bar. Dark, clear brown. Nice dark malt flavour. Nods at the German style. Light roastyness and a dry, tart finish.

Cask (hand pump) at the Darlington Spring Thing Beer Festival 2011. ABV is 4.6%. Chestnut colour, low head. Malty and nutty aroma. Nutty flavour, a hint of caramel, but very dry for a dunkel. Fairly bitter hops in the finish.

500ml bottle, pours a dark chestnut with a fast-vanishing beige head. Dry malt on the nose with hints of treacle and dried date, the palate is roasty with burnt treacle and roasted hazelnut notes, and a sharp lasting bitter aftertaste. Nice but somehow a bit too thin-bodied to carry the roast flavours.