Augustiner Dunkel

No 496
Rated: 04.08.2008
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours deep red - currant to red - amber, perfectly clear in texture, beautifull body with gentle carbonation visible on the wall of the glass and big, pillowy, rocky, frothy head being very firm and long lasting with decent lacing. Head is off white and practically cappuccino like in colour.
Aroma: Very strong pronounced Munich dark malt of a very noble quality, coffee, candid, brown sugar, vanilla, all in all sweet but in an unoffensive way, notes of cacao and milk chockolate, dark bread, flowery hoppyness on top, slighty honey accents.
Flavour: Soft with very pronounced notes of dark chockolate, milk chockolate, brown sugar, coffee, slight roastyness, cappuccino, vanilla, gentle notes of yeasts, flowery hoppyness, chewy grains of Munich malt, finish duration is medium, gentel bitterness in the aftertaste.
Palate: Body is light to medium, texture is wattery, carbonation on palate is soft, finish feel is slightly astringent and slightly chalky.

(7/5/08) Draught at Augustiner Keller in Munich. Brown color with a medium beige head. Aroma of toasted malt and some caramel. Sweet caramelly flavor. Medium-bodied. OK.

Cask@GBBF 2008. Brown beer with a lightly malty aroma and a malty and rich flavour. Overall an average rich beer.

[bottle] Spicy aroma with some prunes, tobacco, banana notes and detectible hops. Clear brown-orange-black with tan foam that recedes to a ring. Sweet brown sugar, molasses and walnut flavour accented by some floral hops. Low bitterness, leaving the balance towards sweet. Just a touch too sugary. Medium to full body, moderate carbonation, sweet finish.

Bottle: Poured a dark brown with a reddish tint to it, head was thin and tan. Aroma is caramel, hops, and some light harvest. Taste is a bitter caramel with hoppiness and grass.