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Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkel/Tmavý
Aying, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 872   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.56   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Dark chocolate in color, you can see a wonderful reflection if you hold it up to the light. It is round and soft with the warm, sweet aroma of freshly roasted malted barley. A satisfying, malty taste, with coffee-ish tones and a hint of plummy fruitiness in the finish. Complex and beautifully balanced.


most recent ratings

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
prawlie (870) - Berkshire, ENGLAND - MAR 19, 2013
Bottle from Bevmo in San Francisco. Dark amber brown with a good frothy head. Malty, chocolate and somewhat fruity hop aroma, Sweet light roast taste, very pleasant. Pretty tastey example of the style.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
boxofrane (1219) - pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 17, 2013
Bottle. Pours clear reddish copper with a big white head. The aroma Is light and malt driven. Light caramel and barley notes. The taste is lightly sweet caramel and lightly spicy malt.. Light rye perhaps.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
auerbrau (2989) - Peace Dale, Rhode Island, USA - MAR 4, 2013
500ml Bottle, purchased at Wegman’s. Soft light caramel aroma. Dulce de leche comes first, then toffee, and a bit of dark caramel. This is kind of bland, unfortunately. Gratefully, it lacks the skunkiness of its paler, older brethren, but it has a washed out kind of weak quality to it. The malt isn’t developed as much as I’d like. The qualities are good, I just feel they could be amplified away from cola territory a bit. Otherwise, enjoyable soft.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
novels (385) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 1, 2013
Solid dunkel, with a hell of a malt profile. Not a lot on the nose, but the beautiful color and texture of the pour helps make up for it. Dark brown, with an aggressive carbonation that somehow doesn’t overpower. A bitter sweetness, with a great complexity and malt detail. Delicious with potatoes or Western style rice dishes.

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
DMLINAZ (191) - Mesa, Arizona, USA - FEB 28, 2013
Good flavor here - a little sweet and slight flavor of bread. Medium bodied, prickly carbonation. Not much aroma. Overall enjoyable Dunkel lager. (Total Wine beer tasting class 1/13)

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
b3shine (2465) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - FEB 26, 2013
Draft to pint at Dutch’s. Looks good; a semi-transparent brown with off-white lacing. Smells and tastes solid; caramel malt. Average on the palate. Solid, not spectacular.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Mittenator (538) - Michigan, USA - FEB 26, 2013
Bottle. Dark brown pour with medium head. Surprisingly light body with slight coffee and dark fruit. Not much flavor.

3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
timjbaer (13) - pahrump, Nevada, USA - FEB 25, 2013
Light coffee color with slight tones of red. My nice aroma with floral hints as and a fare malty depth. The flavor has bitter points that remind me of a mild expresso with a fare amount of maltyness. Mild carbination with a good head.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DrSilverworm (2970) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - FEB 24, 2013
On tap. Clear red / brown color. Off-white head around the edge. Toasty, nutty malt nose, hint of dark fruit (cranberry). Sweet taste, light bitter in the finish. Nice lightly roasty flavor. Just a hint of chocolate. Bit richer than most dunkels I’ve had, good complexity, obvious quality. Not just another dark lager, like a lot of dunkels can be. Medium body. Soft, smooth crisp carbonation. Nice lightly roasty sweet aftertaste. Solid example of the dunkel style. Ayinger does it right..

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
DavidWoodruff (264) - Windsor, California, USA - FEB 22, 2013
Dark coffee colored with small off white head. Mild aroma of malt and dark fruit. Malty flavor with some roasted grain character. Smooth silky texture with minimal bitterness. Calling it an easy drinker would be accurate, but it also seems to downplay its exceptional qualities.


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