Augustiner Dunkel

Brewed by Augustiner-Bräu
Style: Dunkel
Munich, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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The DM & Hotstuff’s European Honeymoon trip beer number 53. This draft brew from the Unionsbrau brauhaus in Munich Germany poured a large sized head of large sized off-white colored mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a uncarbonated dark brown colored semi-transparent body and a fair lacing. The aroma was a mild brown malty one. The mouth feel was unnoted. The flavor was nice with malt hop brown malts and caramel malty notes.

Oh, my. Had this on tap at the original haus. Pretty darn impressive. In fact, this is the best beer that they offer. This costs a whopping 0.99 euros at the localo grocery stores. I would slap my grandmother for a beer this good at the local grocer in the states. Brown to dark amber in color, substantial head, memorable aroma and flavor of a dunkel malt. You morons are crazy for not loving this. Maybe you plebians have never had itn fresh on tap at the source?

Bottle. Excellent head, beautiful dark brown colour, smooth, caramel and malty. It has a light mouthfeel to it and is extremely drinkable. I love it.

Tried on draught at Augustiner, Aroma of dark malts, a head that subsides slowly, Coulour is a dark amber and clear!. Flavour of the augustiner family but less pronounced than the Maximator, ending simply. Not really my kind of beer, but well made at any rate.

Red-amber coloured beer with a medium light brown head. Light alcohol and sweet bread aroma. Very light sour medium malty taste with hints of wood and bread. Quite ok.

On tap. Dark chestnut brown with a large creamy head. Clean dark malt aroma, "bready", sweet flavor, almost syrupy. Medium to light body, short finish.

Bottled. Energetic when first opened, but head soon disperses, leaving a few beaded bubbles winking at the brim. The beer has a very alluring dark ruby/chestnut colour. The aroma has caramel, nuts and a smidgen of liquorice. It has a sweetish burnt wood, malt and coffee flavour, but the body is somewhat insubstantial. There is some bite, but this is derived more from the prickle on the tongue and from residual yeast than from hops. Initially pulls up a little short and lacking in grip but, out of the blue, a dark chocolate bitterness appears on the scene quite forcefully, if a little late in the day. This is a very agreeable beer, but its shortcomings, whilst not critical, exclude it from the top rank of dunkels.

Caramel-malty aroma, sweet. Clear, brown coloured with a thin off-white head. Taste is caramel malty-sweet. More bitter towards the end. Watery beer.

Clear brown color, short brown head. Aroma of caramel malts, bit metallic. Sweet caramel malty taste. Sticky palate.

Clear, dark ruby red colour. Slightly off-white head with large bubbles on top. Caramalty nose. Caramelly, a bit sweet in taste. Bitter aftertaste. Body is a bit watery. Somehow I feel an imbalance between the watery body and the bitter finish.