Glaabsbräu Dunkles

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Glaab
Style: Dunkel/Tmavý
Seligenstadt, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Mild nose. Pale head. Dark copper color. Dry slightly syropy and malty taste. Bitter hops at the end. Not very special.

Pours brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, hay, caramel and spice. Flavor is sweet and malt with some metallic and toasted notes.

Sorry for the german rating, but this is a lousy rating from my "newbie" time (2007-2009), and it’s not worth of being translated. I just added it for the statistics, and to complete my backlog!
Das Bier im Glas hat eine dunkle Bernsteinfarbe, schaut gut aus. Der Geruch ist süßmalzig und leicht bitter. Der Antrunk ist ebenfalls süßmalzig und dezent röstig, der Nachgeschmack hat eine starke kaffeeartige Bittere. Insgesamt ein gut trinkbares, und typisches Dunkles.

Bottle 330ml. @ home. w. swing top.

Clear medium to dark amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, moderate roasted, caramel, light grain. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, paper, cardboar, malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel has metalic notes. [20111112]

Very dark brown with medium off-white head. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, medium liquorice, caramel, medium sweet, hops and a little bitter.

Deep mahogany color. Thick off white head. Dry dog food, dark chocolate nose. Light body with a touch of spiciness, chocolate and earthy character. Sweet malty chocolatey finish at the end.

Bügelverschlußflasche: Deep amber coloured, medium-sized, slowly collapsing off-white head; malty, a bit toasted nose with a faint touch of vegetables; sweetish flavour with a light bitterness, light bodied; malty, a bit roasted-metallic finish.. Not bad, not great......

(swing top bottle, bought at the brewery) Clear, mahogany colour with a medium-sized foamy beige head. Earthy, slightly sweet aroma of dark malt, moderately roasted with caramel. Bitter flavour, medium to light body with a lively carbonation. Slightly roasted malty taste with dark chocolate and shy herbal notes; flattens extremely in the finish, which is quite bitter, but most of all slim and short with a touch of metal.

33cl fliptop bottle: Unlike Dan, I found this beer in Germany and not Japan. Poured a clear borwnish/ruby red color with a medium beige head. Very light roasted malt aroma, unlike the Paulaner Dunkel. This one comes up short in flavor as well. Very light roasted malt and lacking in all other areas. Slight chocolate. Decent but somewhat watery.

How in the world is it that I’m the first one to rate this German beer all the way from Japan? Found this over the weekend at my favorite store in Morioka, Iwate Perefecture, about 3 hr drive south of here. A Dark Ruby/Mahogany color with a medium beige head. Nice nutty, mild roasty scent, like a whole wheat English muffin left in the toaster a bit too long. A touch of cocoa as well. A slightly sweet nutty flavor with a somewhat thin and spritzy feel.