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King Dark Lager

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Brewed by King Brewery
Style: Dunkel
Nobleton, Canada

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RATINGS: 79   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.22   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Authentic Munich Dunkel Style Lager 4.8% alc./vol. King Brewery's newest addition is this authentic Munich-style Dark Lager. Using only the finest imported Dark Munich Malt and Noble German Hops, combined with brewing in our authentic German decoction brewhouse, gives this beer King's trademark "true to style" aroma and flavour. This delicious beer is red-brown in colour, with a thick tan coloured head. The palate is rich and full, delivering a clean bready taste with a hint of toasted chocolate, while sporting elegant lace lines to the bottom of your glass. This unique Dark Lager is complex yet clean. Enjoy it with all European continental style foods and cheeses, or just as a well deserved cold one. Extremely flavourful, balanced and deliciously refreshing, our Dark Lager has to be tasted to be appreciated!


3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
HeistAlmighty (472) - Saint John, New Brunswick, CANADA - JAN 24, 2012
341ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with a tan head. Nose is chocolate, some dark fruit and a little booze. Taste is roasty malt, with kind of a rye bread yeastiness and some woodsy smoke. A little chocolate bitterness on the finish. Dry finish, but the body was a little light. Overall, this was a rather enjoyable dark lager.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
cfrancis (1222) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 19, 2011
The best of the King three kings pack. Pours a dark brown with a small brown top. Aroma is mostly roasted malts with a small hint of hop. Taste is a little smokey, a little roasty with a small hop bite. Solid beer but fairly pedestrian.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
cyrenaica (745) - Milton, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 16, 2011
500ml draught
4.8% ABV
I tried this beer on tap on December 15, 2011 at "The Beerbistro" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a dark coca-cola brownish-black, with golden-brown edges and a cream coloured cap. Aroma was wheat, roast, caramel, toffee with some weak floral hints. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, toffee, and a hint of molasses and spice.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Raistlin (38) - London, Ontario, CANADA - NOV 19, 2011
Pours a dark amberish brown with a small tan head. The aroma is toffee and roasted caramalts underneath metalic Noble hops. Flavor is very nice, starts out almost sour with grainyness then some good sweet malt body kicks in, with a bitter hop bite in the finish. Grainy malty awesomeness. Minor mocha hint to it as well. Leaves the palate wanting more. Super-sessionable, this is an excellent beer.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
matt7215 (1564) - Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA - NOV 12, 2011
341ml bottle from the LCBO 3 Kings gift pack. pours deep reddish brown with a lasting tan head. amazingly fresh toasty bread and dark malt nose. the flavour doesnt quite live up to the nose but hasall the same qualities. amazing dark lager, i wish i could buy 6ers of this locally, itd be my fall/winter session lager for sure.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DuffMan (4240) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - JUL 8, 2011
Bottle, brought by Robbie from Kingston. Pours a dark brown with a dense vanilla head. Sweet dark caramel aroma, chocolate. Rich dark caramel flavour, some cocoa, roasted bitterness rounds out the finish. Good flavour density, enjoyable.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ontbeermaker (1261) - Ontario, CANADA - MAR 30, 2011
Bottle, pours light head, very dark, very similar to your typical porter, very dark roasty malts and lots of body to this one, pretty good offering, Im gonna stick to there pilsner,

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
JRock72 (788) - - MAR 27, 2011
Bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with medium head that fades rather quickly. Faint taste of dark chocolate with barely any hop bite. Good.


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