Eisenbahn Dunkel (Escura)

Brewed by Cervejaria Sudbrack
Style: Dunkel
Blumenau, Brazil

Bottle sampled . Pours a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of light coffee, caramel, malt, and chocolate. Flavor is toasted malt, chocolate, dark fruit and toffee. A decent dunkel.

Bottle from River’s Bend. Poured dark brown with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly diminished with fair lacing. Medium roasted dark chocolate malty aroma. Medium bodywith a smooth texture. Medium dark roasted bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of average duration.

From a twist-off 12 oz. bottle, batch number (36) along the right side of label, sampled in a pilsener glass. A ruby hued dark brown appearance with a small, tight pale tan head that quickly dissipates into a fine lacing. Aromas of roasted chocolate, burnt grains and sugars, a nice kick of wafting dark roasted coffee, that freshly brewed coffee scent that wakes you up in the morning. Pleasant roasted malty taste, but also bit of a letdown compared to the aroma, not as rich and full as I was hoping, nor as smooth as I would have liked, medium bodied mouthfeel with a rough dryness, bittersweet chocolate, burnt sugar, bitter cold dark coffee, the hops are pretty light, just a soft spiciness in the finish, overall, a decent, but far from great, dunkel, I would buy it if it was on sale, I also would like to try this from the tap, but there are several German dunkels I would choose over this.

Bottle. Long time since I’ve drunk this one. I’m not the greatest fan of lagers, but this ’dunkel’ is worthy every penny. Very good Brazilian beer (rare).

12 oz bottle. Very dark, but light reveals a clear burgundy brown. Tan head goes quick. Smoky sourdough with a touch of molasses. Little oily, light carb. Seems a bit flat but a decent body. Tastes about the same as it smells. Watery finish with white pepper drying. Doesn’t really come together but a decent lager.

6/24/2007: Eisenbahn Dark Lager pours a very dark brown color. The aroma is rich caramel and molasses. The flavor has roasted malt, some molasses, and ceramy light chocolate. Medium-light to medium body. This is a good dark lager.

12 oz bottle (Batch No. 36) Shared with Rob and Lance at the Oatmeal Stout Brewout. Rating #36 for this beer...

Brown color, with a hint of red. Diminishing light mocha colored head. Light coffee, milk chocolate and a touch of toasted malt and ash trays in the aroma. Flavors have a lightly sugared pale malt sweetness. Light dark cocoa, charcoal and dry floral hops. This does seem to need a pairing with food. Smoked foods and heavier cheeses would seem to go well. Somewhat of a bore by itself.

As soon as the modest beige head reduced to a ring, this has the look of a glass of Coke. The sweetness of the aroma almost drove me away, dark chocolate covered caramel with a quietly roasty background. Fortunately the roasted malt increased in the flavor and a dash of earthy bitterness was added. This worked to counter the caramel & chocolate sweetness, balancing the drink nicely.

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