Braumanufaktur Dunkel

Brewed by Braumanufaktur Forsthaus Templin
Style: Dunkel
Potsdam, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Draught, 4.8% at the brewpub, shared with heavy, as were all the beers on the trip so I will stop writing this. And where is the apostrophe on the German keyboard?! Anyway. Looked exactly the same as the Märzen, again a surprise. Red-brown body. Dry, slightly roasty malty nose, very light yeastiness. Light dry, slightly roasty, polleny sweetish dunkel. Light acidic aftertaste. Ok but lacks body.

Bottle.Pours clear amber with a small white head, Aroma is weak malty. Taste is light sweet dark caramel, very easy hopped, light grainy malts. .

50cl bottle from Kihoskh. Pours clear caramel brown with a small white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt with some basement aromas. Pretty sweet and watery with a hint of bitterness in the finish.

One cold January (2012) Sunday afternoon I visited the brewpub and tried all four beers available: this being the second. I also believe this beer has other names when it suits the brewer. It came semi-cloudy in a tall handled glass containing 0.3 litres, the head an off-white cap of bubbles, body wise the colour was amber/brown. The smell was of mildly sweet malts and hints of yeast, I had to take a sniff of the Hell my wife had, just to make sure: because the Dunkel had the same aroma as my last beer (the Hell). I think this beer has a bit more chocolate malt, or something similar to give it a darker colour and extra sweetness. You may as well read my Hell review because the beers are very, very similar apart from their looks and the Dunkel being slightly sweeter. Alcohol content is also 4.9% ABV, just like the Hell.

Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly deminishing head. Amber colouir. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter very caramellic/Toffee flavor. Average light bitter finish. Watery palate.

amber haze clear , off white head. Aroma malt sweet caramel. some fruits. Palate thin watery , carbonation thin. Aftertaste short, no hops no bitterness. short finish paper.

UPDATED: JAN 26, 2012 Bottle....It pours light hazy amber with a medium beige head.... the aroma is toasted caramel, very malty.... The flavor is malty, bread, a bit thin body, sweet, caramel....Ok mouthfeel....

Swing-top by 29.03.2012. Nose a big shot of nuts and caramel, toffee, seems very sweet. Ruby pour with a sudsy tan head. Taste is sweet but not overly so, covers a light biterness, strong nuttiness and even light wood, but the light sourness is somewhat unpleasant and clashes. Caramel and light toffee. Airy, oily light-medium body. Not worth finishing.

Dunkler, wenig süßer Beginn. Im Mittelteil getreidig, wässrig. Zum Ende wieder dunkler, leichter Hopfen, süß-getreidiger, etwas erdiger Unterton. Trinkbares Dunkles. 7/8/8/9/8/8

Bottle at Sune’s. Clear amber/brown - white head. Sweetness. Caramel. Ryebread notes. Diacetyl. Light roasted. Light hoppy. Light bitterness. Berrie notes. Far too sweet.

Bottled. Hazy brownish amber, mid-sized head. Aroma and flavour of cellar and caramel. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Slight spicy hops, a touch of metal and low bitterness.