Kapuziner Weissbier Schwarz

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

Bottle. An extremely strong coffee malt aroma - smells more like a straight dunkel than a dunkelweizen. Dark coffee brown - completely opaque. Strong smoky coffee malt flavor as well - very little bitterness yet very little flavor that suggests a Weizen. I have to give this top ratings - this isn’t just a dark Hefeweizen as is so often the case - this is exactly what I think a dunkelweizen should taste like - strong smoky malt flavors with the smoothness of a Weizen. Consider this the best dunkelweizen I have ever had.

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A modest and unreadable bottle (for my non-German eyes) but what an incredible drinking experience. Deep, shaggy brown, like the silty bottom of a well soaked mud puddle. The beer’s particulate matter even gives the illusion of silt. The head is smooth and consistent like a well laid layer of light brown whipped cream. But the fun really begins in the aroma. Here’s the grocery list I compiled as I laboriously labored over the smell: roast chicken, savory teriyaki sauce, butter, blackened fish, grilled steak char, rotisserie pork and brown sugar. All the finest meaty flavors congregating in the same tight and confined space of a beer bottle. I’m amazed such a saintly thing can even be purchased at a lowly "store." The taste is a genuine dopelleganger of the aroma. My mouth is immediately struck by the beer’s uncanny mimicry of Korean ribs. Juicy, tender and well spiced, this beer is an incredible panoramic view of flavors. Other flavors included apple glazed pork, charcoal, cocoa powder, shwarma and sweet starchy root vegetables. I couldn’t make up "Apple glazed pork" if I tried, but there it is. Add this buffet of tastes to a creamy and soothing palate and you’ve got an amazing and memorable beer. Such a surprise, this humble bottle.

500ml bottle from A-1 To-Go. Dark brown body with ruby-red highlights and a half an inch of light tan head. Smells like chocolate and caramel malts. Very sweet and roasty, with chocolate and caramel malts playing a prominent role in the flavor. A bit of a smokiness is present as well. Creamy mouthfeel with a fair bit of carbonation to support it, making for a clean finish. A pretty damn good dunkel all-in-all.

Lovely muddy dark murky bread-pudding like pour with a large frothy beige head with good staying-power, great looking dunkelweizen. Great chocolate, cinnamon, and toffee aroma. Great toffee/chocolate malt flavor which is wonderful from the dark wheat malt. Some sticky sweet dark caramel too. Lots of yeast on top of the darker flavors and in the finish. Banana is also present underneath and softens it up a bit. Slightly unpleasant metallic aftertaste. Body is a little thin and under-carbonated. Other than that, this is one of my favorite weisse beers!

Delightful, playful woodsiness and smoke - this kind of dunkleweizen has a lot of liveliness. There are the banana and clove elemnts but smoked up so nicely. A fundamental bit of wateriness from which few but the heartiest of dark wheats can escape (but New Glarus Black Wheat and Ramstein do). I liked this a great deal. This has a really killer body and great lacing and presence in the glass - the head color and body color contrast is truly gorgeous, as is the head pillowiness.

Dough, chocolate and banana aroma - if it was the smell of the dough for a cake i would be looking forward to it... Murky brown, fluffy white-brown head with nice lacing. Interresting flavor profile: Ripe bananas, coffee with sugar, some chokolate, raspberries, spices. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. A dark hefeweizen with character.

Deep brownish-black beer with a thin white head. Strong toasty, nutty aroma with light wheaty character as well. A bit of light toast and roast. Wheaty, bready body, spicy clove and a bit of fruitiness in back. Flavour is quite nice, soft dark toasted wheat, clovey spice. Rye-like malt character. Full-bodied, some light sourness helps lighten the body a bit. Quite a unique brew, rich creamy texture. Lingering toasty/spicy finish. A bit of minty hop flavour. Very interesting and tasty brew.