Kneitinger Dunkel

Brewed by Brauerei Kneitinger
Style: Dunkel/Tmavý
Regensburg, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle (thanks Jonas!), Munich (BB Feb 08). Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is medium brown. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted/roasted grain, caramel, chocolate, nuts), lightly hoppy (flowers, herbs). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. A fantastic example of the style...vibrant, rich malt character that still allows the hops to show through a bit. Excellent.

i prefer the bock over the dunkel, but the dunkel is a very pleasant drinking experience.

Bottle. Molasses malt and green grass hops aroma. Dark reddish brown color with nice tan head and high effervescence. Light sweet brown sugar malt flavor with a lightly bitter grass. Nice malty aftertaste with good body. Very nice dunkel.

Had this on-tap at the source some years ago, lovely bar and beer garden: this review (Jan 2012) however is of a 500ml bottle which is out of date by 6 days. Poured into my ’Abbot Ale’ glass tankard. I’ve seen lighter ’Schwarzbier’, this really is a dark brown coloured beer, a red tint shows when held to a light: the head was full and of tightly massed tan coloured bubbles. The nose is of malty, treacle molasses and plenty of them, nothing else could get through, so heavy was the molasses aroma. The taste is also majoring on malts and sweet ones at that. There are hints of liquorice once you get passed the massed ranks of maltiness, the liquorice also appears in the nose as the beer warms in the glass. The beer has a distinct bitterness towards the end of each sip, not sure if it’s hop based or from the dry liquorice feel. I can remember the Currywurst I had with the on-tap beers at the brewhouse, it complimented the beer very well: today I’m having good quality Salami with it, again goes well. A very nice beer indeed, well carbonated and easy to drink: especially if you prefer the sweeter type of brew like me.

The neck label indicates "Dunkel Export", while the main label states bock. I'll place it here. Rich light brown color with a dense off white head. Lace follows each quaff. Aromas of caramel, light malt, light mocha and nuts. Smooth and rich in feel. Flavors exist in harmoney with the aromas. Lightly sweet and dark malt acidity. A pleasure to sample.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear dark nut brown, firm head. Roasty nazelnut aroma. Dry and fairly light bodied. Firm and roasty with notes f chocolate and tobacco. Low bitterness. An unusually dry and drinkable dunkel with a surprisingly wide array of flavours.

Light malt aroma with toffee and chocolate malts in the flavour. Sweet but not cloying. Moreish.

quite good. more distracetd by the very young and beautiful girl drinking in the brauhaus. Cool wire baskets used by the servers to carry six (or 8?) glasses. The wooden tables and thick stone walls gave the beer all the greater falvor due to atmosphere. Small, but worth at trip to Regensberg.

courtesy of laurent Mousson (WBA) - clear brown colour with a rubish hue; little elusive beige foam; toasted nose with lot of caramel and some herbs; sweet with a subtle carbonation and some herbal tartness; fizzy finish with long caramelish notes - very good

on tap at the brewery in regensburg. dark copper colour. pear aroma. quite full in the mouth, an apple furriness, some bitterness and apple skin, nice stuff