Gösser Stiftsbräu

Brewed by Gösser (Brau Union)
Style: Dunkel
Leoben, Austria

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

33 cl bottle from Systembolaget. It poured a very dark ruby-amber liquid with a big dirty white head, that quickly dissapeared. Lots of metal on the nose, hidden behind it I have some dark malts, but the metal is overpowering. The metal isn’t as strong when you taste it but it’s definitely there but this time you can taste some dark roasted malts. I feel that the metal is ruining the beer, at least for me.

Small bottle from Systembolaget as ’Gösser Dark Beer’. Dense fingerthick lightly tanned head. Clear ruby brown body. Nutty, light roasted malt aroma with a faint whiff of ash. Light malt body. Light to medium sweet with notes of peppery malts and a vague fruitiness. Sparsely hopped. Feels diluted in the mouth. Short, watered down ending.

Bottled:
Pours a dark chestnut colour with a firm head. Aroma is toasted bread, toffee and cold coffee. Flavour is toasted bread, toffee and liquorice. Ashy and bitter finish.

Light hop aroma of roasted malt and coffee. The taste is somewhat thin and consists essentially just of roasted malt with a vague bitter hop aroma. The carbonation is prominent. Even if the taste does not stand out in any way is the beer allright and easy to drink!

Flöska: Clear dark brown colour, big bubbly rather short lasting dark beige head, not much lacing. Sweet roasty caramel bready aroma. Ok mouthfeel, bit thin. Roasty caramel and (rye) bready dark malty flavour, rather watery. Short lasting mild bitterness. Roasty caramel bready watery brew.

Bottle from SB, cons 2010-10-29, Göteborg AR: dark brown sugar, some smoke and roasted malt even more when pored AP: dark bromnish body, 2 cm high froty beige lively head F: dark brown sugar, some smoke and roasted malt, medium bitterness and strong in finish, a bit salty feeling, wee caramell swetnees. A rough one - but not bad!

Brickskeller, DC 11.2 oz ($5): Pours a darkish brown color with a beige head. Aroma is heavily focused on the caramel malts, with a few chocolate notes. Taste is actually rather simple. It is kind of sweet because of roasted malts. Very minimal hops. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Easy to drink and quite inoffensive, but at the same time a well-crafted macro-dunkel.

Bottled from Systembolaget Dark brown with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty aroma with burnt sugar. Slightly sourish flavour. Pretty fresh with brown sugar. Low bitterness.