Beck’s Dark

Brewed by Brauerei Beck & Co./Becks (InBev)
Style: Dunkel
Bremen, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Dark mahogany in colour. Sweetish nose, marginally malty. dryish finish with some bitterness. That could be a good start of a review, but unfortunately it ends there, and that is because there is nothing more to say about this beer. (That is the long way to say one-dimensional...)

Name: Beck’s Dark
Date: January 03, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Ticker
Appearance: clear dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: dry chocolate and caramel aroma with a mist of skunk
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, chocolate and caramel, balancing earthyness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: ** /4

(Bottle) Pours a dark mahogany body with small off-white head. Malty aroma with some caramel. Malt, somewhat sweet flavor. Mild bitterness in the finish.

A bit of malty aroma, a bit of bitter flavor -- that should scare off mose of the macro-loving population, but it’s not enough to attract those of us who like the good stuff.

12oz bottle-pours a light tan hed and mahogany color. aroma is spice hops, spruce, some medium malt-cocoa. taste is sweet mediu malt-cocoa, some spice/earthy hops.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a nice creamy head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel and bit of chocolate. Flavour is smooth and malty, caramel and toffee, some chocolate, little fruitiness.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2009 Bottle at Detroit airport pre DLD trip... Never seen the dark so though what the hell... Maybe a mistake as this was the 7th bottle i had 1/2 of at Detroit airport in an hour... the alcohol hadnt got into me properly yet, but it did during the fligth and did i feel way rough when i arrived at Goose Islad a few hours later ... any way onto the beer ... brown ... sweet lager toffee malt nose ... quite toffee .. some lager hop ... really not great. ..

Re. Zoso137 ... i do wear top hats but have never had one filled with Candy

12 oz. bottle. Aroma is of dark roasted malt, but it seems to have grassy hop as well. Very dark mahogany color with a white head that filmed immediately. Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Seems to be flavors of dark caramel and grassy hop. The finish is primarily light hop bitter. Sort of a thin, dark, roasted lager. Sort of dunkel light.

UPDATED: JUN 9, 2006 Bottle... Beautiful, crystal clear maple hue. Small, lightly-tanned fizzy head. Quickly and mostly diminishing. No lacing. The nose is malty and yeasty with very small bursts of caramel and bread dough. A whisper of allspice. Moderately malty flavor up front with hints of caramel and honey. Very well-balanced on the backside with an excellent, lightly bitter and moderately astringent hop presence. Medium-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Short, crisp, clean finish with notes of caramel thrown in. Much better brew than I expected. Probably hadn’t had one for over ten years.

Bottle, pasteurised, 330ml. Dark brown with faint head, carbonated. A pre trip bottle of dark lager, what more could I want, well one that doesn’t taste of cardboard for one, a beer with more flavour would be nice. Some sweetish fruitiness and a hint of bittering dark malt. Pretty average.