Dinkelacker Dark

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Brown appearance. Flavor is citrusy like sour grapes with a malt presence. Fairly weak palate. Enjoyable but not great.

Dark amber hue with little head and almost no lacing. Raisin, date, molasses, pumpernickel, and underline spices in the aroma. Strange sour and sweet taste initially followed by a moldy spice and then suddenly hoppy midsection, the finish was dry and smoky. Despite it obvious character flaws, this beer was not really that bad, heck, it was good because it surprised me in every glup. I drank many Dinkel-Acker beers when I lived in Germany.

Not much good to say here. Aroma, flavor and finish were all off. Color was weird (when the name says Dark, you expect a dark color - not cream soda). This is a confused beer that seemed like two different beers unwisely mixed together.

fairly weak head; nice, rich brown color - completely opaque; hint of dark caramel in the taste; slightly sour aftertaste

Bottle. A medium brown color with a tan head. Caramel and toffee aroma with a slightly burnt malt flavor. Thin body and simple flavor.

Pours a dark brown with a nice fluffy tan head. The nose is malty and sweet. The body seemed thin to me but also has more malt and definite chocolate notes. Seemed like a weaker or thinner version of Spaten Optimator. Not a bad beer, just not outstanding.

brown as the old leather hush puppies you wore at camp pokey-tonka, but, um, you know, entirely transparent . typical lager head swells big like forest mushrooms after a spring rain, but just as quickly is gone (lots faster than that poison ivy). aroma isn't quite all you've ever dreamed of: thin chocolate malts and damp cardboard, with a bit of nestea. flavor "follows through" --as the professional raters say-- with thin bodied hershey's candy wrapper and liquified bread characteristics: think of a s'mores made with unsweetened graham cracker, but someone-- like betsy festerwinkles--has scrapped nearly ALL the chocolate and marshmallow off of it before offering it to you. gee, thanks. she obviously hates you. camp sucks. a case of dickel-acker dark would have helped alot: soothed some conflicts, parlayed some temporal inebriated alliances; it would be years before you realized that it, too, basically sucks. c'est la vie.

Medium brown appearance. Average head; quickly diluted. Sweet, chocolate malt aroma. Thin, malted barley taste. Lots of carbonation. Cloying aftertaste. Would pass on buying it again.