Engelbräu Rettenberg Urtyp-Dunkel

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Tap. Tasted on a patio in Rubi near Oberstdorf. Brown color. Hint of milk chocolate. malty bready flavor with caramel and milk chocolate. Very well balanced quality dunkel.

Bottle. Red chestnut, off-white layer. Light fischsauce, roasted malt. Medium body, sparkly mouthfeel. Light chocolate, roasted almond, aromatic german hops in the quick finish. Quite light on the palate afterwards.

Bottle: Clear, amber coloured, medium sized loose off-white head, that collapses very slowly and leaves a little lace; moderate sweetish-caramelly nose with a light fresh hoppy breeze; moderate sweet-bitter flavour; light to moderate caramelly-bitter finish. Average Dunkel, but still quite pleasant.....

(bottle) Clear, dark brown colour with a medium-sized off-white foamy head. Sweet toast-malty aroma with nutty notes, shades of vanilla and herbal hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Toast-malty with a light sugary edge, caramel and a nutty touch, combined with shy herbal hoppy notes; medium-dry bitter-sweet finish. Decent Dunkel. 27.I.10

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light roasted, bread notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091114]

Clear amber with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hints of chocolate. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate. Not bad.

Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing off-whiite head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, and a bit of straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramal, and some fruit, leading to a dry bitter finish.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of MiP. Clear orangey brown with an off-white head. Sweet aroma of roasted malt. Medium body, sweet roasted malt. Hardly any hops to be found. 141109

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty and light breadish. Roasted malt flavoured with light caramelish touch. Lingering roasted malt flavoured. Lasting malty impression.

Bottle, 5.4%. Clear brown colour. Nice stable tan head. The flavour is mildly malty, has a little spice from the hops. Not so flavourful for a Dunkel, but clean and OK.