Dinkelacker Dark

Brewed by Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu
Style: Dunkel
Stuttgart, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

I don’t really like this beer. It’s dark and yet lemony. What’s up with that? What’s the deal with Dinkelacker Dark? It reminds me of St. Pauli Girl in its mass-produced-tasteness...and yet, I would prefer St. Pauli Girl dark.

On tap. Poured a medium mahogany color with a small off white head. Aromas and tastes of roasted malts. Nutty. Aroma and flavors on the light and subtle side. Flat and thin body.

Hmm...a strange beer. It tastes lemony, strangely enough. Not too great, and not too dark. I mean, it looks dark, but it sho’ don’t taste that way. I like dunkels, but this one was just weird. Hmph.

On tap in Heidelberg. A murky cloudy brown ale. White head with a malty caramel aroma. Sweet flavor, slight roasted taste, not too hoppy. Strange little bar in Heidelberg where the bartender would only pour a small amount of beer into each glass from a great distance in order to produce an enormous head. Then she would go away for awhile, only to return and repeat the process several times. While visually entertaining, this took forever to get a beer!

Aroma is slightly putrid, rough, almost smells like mud with some malt. Appearance is a brown ruby, with a foamy light tan head. Taste is pretty malty, with caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, and wheat. Decent beer, but the aroma just wasn’t very pleasant at all.

Pours deep reddish brown with thin head...smells a little toasty but very malty sweet, almost syrupy...tastes much the same...malty caramel sweetness with a slightly (very slightly) bitter finish...a good session beer...

This beer is MUCH better than their cd-pils. It has less of that cloying sweetness, and even if it had as much, it would be more appropriate for the dark beer. This has a really nice aroma, there would be no mistaking its German heritage even with a blindfold on. The flavor is good too, definitely German and it even has a slight smoke note that I find enjoyable. It tastes like some of the lesser, but still good, German doppelbocks. I do not know the ABV on this, I am sure that it is not near a doppel, but it has that taste. A drawback here, as with the cd-pils, is a thin, watery mouthfeel. But considering that this is a macro, it is downright drinkable.

Maybe if you burnt your tongue or dipped the rim in manure Dinkelacker Dunkel (Dark) could taste bad. Otherwise this is a stellar beer, with a potent cherry-wood flavor and aroma, smooth body and plesant after taste. If you cannot taste this beer, please consult your doctor immediately. From the bottle, and especially from the tap, this beer is top notch.