2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20Sad. Spent a long summer in Germany as a teenager and I remember loving Becks, Becks dark, Becks anything. Light brown pour with nice head. Aroma is musty and malty. Taste is what you would get with what I imagine drinking a good german dunkle cut with 1/5 water would be. Taste the malt and a little bitter hops. Not what I remember...
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
I had this beer about 15 months’ ago. It was outstanding! Great aroma, superb taste - truly a fine German beer.
So, a month or so after, I bought a case. Terrible decision. It was not good at all. Found out that the good tasting beer was the last before Imbev got a hold of it. What a shame. Looks to be another Lowenbrau story in the Budweiser mold.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Green bottle..... surprisingly not skunked. Toasty sweet tea-like malt aroma. Chestnut with a large creamy beige head. Slightly sweet, toasty malt flavor. Light body, moderate carbonation.
2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours dark brown, but nearly clear....short tan head.
Aroma is slightly skunked, roast malt.
Caramel malt, roast flavor...a little chocolate.
Skunky staleness....
Maybe decent if fresh.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nothing really to write home about this beer it is not my favorite dark beer and I wouldn’t really recommend it. it does have the typical lager taste though
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at ABC, the pour suggest a brew from these people that actually has a decent taste. Not really the case here, though the aroma is nice; leather, dank hops and light cocoa. The taste is dry, almost chalky cocoa with a touch of hops and a smooth malty finish. Not bad, just not good either.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nice clear, dark pour, very pretty. However, the head is a little thin and doesn’t hang around compared to other dunkels I’ve tried. Taste is actually very good; toasted malt flavors remind me of molasses. Not much to speak of in the way of hops, but it’s just not that type of beer. Finishes well.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle at Billy’s on Troy Hill in Pittsburgh. Maybe it was the iced mug but I had trouble getting any taste out of this one. A definite skunkiness and musty odor didn’t help matters.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Dark is an over statement - but this has some redeeming qualities that make it something I could order in a pinch
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Brown pour with a thin head. Aroma of copper. Creamy mouth that is slightly watery. Clean flavors overall, but not much flavor. Some caramel and that is it. Pretty uninteresting.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From notes: per the label, brewed at their facility in St. Louis, USA. Poured clear nut brown, with a thin, 1-finger off-white head that was gone quickly. Aroma was malty sweet, with a very slight skunkiness underneath. Medium body, slightly fizzy, with a brief, dry finish. Nutty malt flavor, with a bit of a metallic note underneath.
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