Engelbräu Rettenberg Hefe-Weizen Dunkel

Brewed by Engelbräu Rettenberg
Style: Dunkelweizen
Rettenberg/Oberallgäu, Germany

Serve in Stein, Weizen

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(bottle) Hazy, chestnut-brown with a mid-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Slightly dusty dark malty aroma with a moderate wheaty note, accompanied by a ripe and slightly vinous fruity touch of berries and grapes. Slightly sour flavour, light bodied with a light to moderate carbonation. Dark malty and slightly wheaty taste with sour-fruity notes and shy clovy spices; slim and slightly tart and wheaty finish. Starts good, ends a bit bland. 27.I.10

500ml bottle. Cloudy dark amber colour with huge firm creamy off-white head. Yeasty aroma, some citrus, a grassy note. Taste starts slightly sweet malty with a touch of orange, getting a great deal more dry in the middle part - bitter orange. Finishes in a degenerating way wheaty, dry and sourish.

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Bottle from Grima, thanks! Brown color. Rancid butter and toffee in the aroma. Butter, toffee and banana in the flavor. Diacetyl! Buttery aftertaste with banana.

Bottled 50cl. Courtesy of Philipp Sigg and Thomas Schneider. Very tasty and balanced. True to the style. Pleasant.

Bottle: Relatively clear, big persistent off-white - beaten egg-white-like - head; caramelly-wheaty nose with a light fruity acidity; light to moderate sweet-sourish flavour, very light bodied for a beer of 5.5%, but soft; light caramelly-sourish finish with a delicate wheaty touch.Average Dunkelweizen......

Bottle 500ml.
Unclear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, light moderate yeasty, banana notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. [20091114]

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of wheat, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of wheat, caramel, and straw, leading to a dry wheaty finish. Thanks :-( MiP for sharing.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of MiP. Slightly hazy amber with a solid and firm off-white head. Sweet banana aroma. Medium body, sweet banana and a little burned caramel. Yeasty finish with some phenols. 141109

50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small and off-white head. Aroma is sweet and estery fruity. Sweet and malty flavoured. Light acidic dry wheaty note coming through into the finish. Ends dry and wheaty.