Hofbrau Freising Dunkel

Brewed by Hofbrau Freising
Style: Dunkel/Tmavý
Freising, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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(bottle) pours a clear ruby-brown colour with a dark tanned head. aroma of dark fruits, roasted malts, light caramel and milk chocolate, with a hint of coffee. flavour is grainy malts with more chocolate, dark fruit and a long, smooth roasted-bitter finish. medium body with soft carbonation. very tasty!

Bottle (Merci, Jonas !) Deep chestnut-amber coloured, mid-sized slightly lacing stable tanned head; dryish caramelly-toasty nose with a nutty touch; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, soft MF; a chocolatey touch shows up in the malty-caramelly finish. Very good Dunkles.........

(bottle) Clear, dark chestnut colour with a medium sized off-white foamy head. Light-sweet roast-malty aroma with caramel and notes of chocolate. Moderately bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a medium carbonation. Dry toast-malty taste with caramel flavours; bitter and minimal sweet toasty finish. A solid Dunkel (26.08.08).

A cola brown coloured beer with orange-red flashes and a thickish white head. A strong malty nose, nutty, coffee and chocolate. The taste is bitter, somewhat sour, malty, again, bitter dark chocolate and coffeeflavours, the sourness gives the taste a burnt orange like flavour (Gasthof Neuwirt, Halbergmoos, Germany).

Huge fine & dense cream-yellow head over red-shot amber-brown beer. Caramel, dark malts and a bit vinous nose (which is rare in German beers). Also an aroma as from ivy leaves. Dry, leafy taste, old but wet brown bread, and a pinch of caramel at the end. Surprisingly little sweetness. Long dry, woody finish. Dry but medium bodied at least. No new aftertaste, finish goes on long enough. Quite good Dunkel. Products from this brewery seem to vary quite a lot, in my (limited) experience.

Bottle. Dark amber color with an ivory head. Hot, nutty malt aroma. Fruity malt flavor that seems somewhat light for a dunkel. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2004 Re-rate: Malty roasted and nutty nose. Red-brown, relatively low carbonation, low creamy head. Dark fruity malt and chocolate base, hoppy aftertaste - surprisingly it is a bit like a big stout. Medium body, smooth fine carbonated mouthfeel.