Kapuziner Weissbier Schwarz

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Kulmbach, Germany

Bottled. Almost black. Big, creamy, beige head. Roasted aroma and flavour from dark sugar and yeast. A bit thin.

Poured with a nice thick head. Aroma wa of the malt and some light cocoa. Black as the ace of spades! Mouthfeel was like any wheat, a little thin. The wheat and dark malts were prevelant with a touch of cocoa. A really nice beer!

16.9oz bottle-pours a big thick foamy to rocky tan head with trailing lace and dark brown color. Aroma is dark malt-come cocoa/roasty, wood, slight sharpness. Taste is wheat/dark malt-come cocoa/roasty, wood/earthy, slight sharpness-hops, banana. Complex but still some going on that are below my radar screen. Full side of medium body. Has a husky/grainy mouth feel vs a creamy. Nice.

Pours a jet black with a fairly thick foamy tan head that persists and leaves thick lacing. Earthy nose with notes of coffee and chocolate. Malty flavor with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, smoke, and hints of citrus fruits. The citrusy notes gradually build in dominance to form the finish.

<b>09-Apr-08</b> <i>(500-ml bottle: Purchased 03-Jun-07 for $2.79 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA)</i> I mistakenly bought two bottles of this beer on the same day, but don’t I wish all mistakes worked out this well! The "black wheat" beer goes beyond what the typical Dunkleweizen offers. It boasts a rich, chocolaty nose with banana bread and lightly soured fruits. Very malty tasting, with loads of semi-sweet, dark chocolate lavishing the palate with rich flavor, with moderate breadiness and banana esters also emerging in the finish. The chocolate flavor evolves into a more mocha-like character late in the finish. It’s moderately sweet on the palate, but the mildly bitter roast really dries things out. Medium in weight and carbonation. Medium-dark brown, fairly clear in appearance for a wheat beer. The light-tan head is a little shy, but builds to almost half an inch after the pour before settling to a thin ring. Overall, compared to the typical Dunkleweizen, it’s considerably more chocolaty and roasty and less wheaty and estery, but as the beer’s name suggests, it’s not intended to be a Dunkleweizen. But it’s delicious and is one of the most enjoyable dark wheats I’ve tasted.

(50 cl bottle from "Fish & Beer", thanks to rlgk!)
BB 20.09.08
On September 13, 2008
Black color, big fluffy tan head. Sweet, malty, roasted scent. Malty and estery taste. Moussy mouthfeel, low bittereness.

Pours a brownish/red – with a small almost non existent head. Smells of strong alcohol and bananas. First sip very disappointing with a chemical floor cleaning like taste. Finishes bitter, carbonated well.

Pours a dark black brew with a two finger creamy tan head. The nose was grainy, wheaty, a bit sour, some chocolate and bitter coffee, dark malt interferes with the banana esters but they show slightly. The flavor was wheaty, sour, grainy, the dark malts seem a little overdone, makes the beer a bit muddled. Soft carbonated mouthfeel. Tasty brew.