Kraft-Bräu Dunkel

Brewed by Kraft-Bräu
Style: Dunkel
Trier, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Sampled on tap at the brewpub in Trier.

Opaque caramel brew with a nice thick and relatively steardy mousse.
Grainy, roasted aromas at first, but as your nose gets saturated the grassy overtones slowly take over.
Mid-Low carbonation makes it really quaffable, the malt is biscuity and delicate, it could have used a bit more umph but it was quite enjoyable. The hop finish was shy at first, just like the smell, but eventually gained momentum. Slight twand towards the tail end, I wasn’t sure if it was oxidation or just a strong mineral content.

Hm leider etwas Schal, etwas wässrig, ansonsten Geschmacklich durch Malz und Hopfen geprägt. Wie schon beim Hellen gibt es gute Ansätze die zum negativen verlaufen. Fazit: Trinkbar aber frisch gezapft wahrscheinlich um einiges besser!? Test vom 1.3.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,7,7,8,9,7 - 7,45

Sorry for the german rating, but this is a lousy rating from my "newbie" time (2007-2009), and it’s not worth of being translated. I just added it for the statistics, and to complete my backlog!
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein kerniges dunkelbraun, die Krone ist wie beim Hellen sehr fein und hoch. Der Geruch ist dezent karamellmalzig, sehr neutral insgesamt. Der Antrunk erfolgt angenehm rezent. Schokoladiger Röstmalz kommt dominant durch und zieht sich durch den kompletten Verlauf. Der Abgang ist malzwürzig, schokoladig und etwas Karamell kommt wieder durch. Wirklich ein sehr gelungenes Dunkles.

1000 ml bottle at home in Germany. With much thanks to Holy for this one. Like a lot of Dunkels in Rhineland Pfalz they are not so dark as other parts of the country in a lot of cases. Pours kind of an amber brown color with a hugh beige head. Aroma is salt, copper and malt. Taste is roasted malt and again copper. Has some sweetness as well. Palate leaves your mouth dry an coppery. This beer could be much better.

Im Antrunk ist das Malz führend, das einen schinkenartige Touch aufweist. Ansonsten ist es eher mild, aber auch der Hopfen und die allgemeine Würzigkeit spielen sich auf diesem Niveau ab. Ein herber Grundton bleibt vorhanden, im Abgang auch leicht bitter. 9/10/10/10/10/10

Bottled at RBESG 2010 Grand Tasting. An unclear brown beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of brettanomyces(?), malt, and lemon. The flavor is acidic with notes of brettanomyces and malt. Not kept properly.

On tap @ the Nellis Park Hotel (Kraft Family). Very metallic. Wow. Dominates everything else. Too bad.

Hazy mahogany with a huge beige head. Sourish aroma with roasted malt, caramel and bread. Sourish flavour with roasted malt, caramel and lacto. Finished sour.

Bottle @ RBESG, Rome 2010. Pours darl brown with a small off white head. Nose is caramel and fruit. Some cellar and earth. Tart and infected flavor . .Watery

Bottle 100cl. w. swing top @ RBESG 10 Grand Tasting at the Brasserie 4:20 warehouse.

Alc. 5.0%. Light unclear medium to dark amber color with a large to huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, light to moderate sour malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a average to long duration, sour milk. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. The bottle was 1 year after tap day. [20100606]

Bottle 100 cl. RBESG Rome 2010. Courtesy of Borresteijn. pours a cloudy opaque dark brown with a bubbly off-white head. Tart, fruity nose. Medium body, some caramel, tart fruit. No bitterness. Unfortunately infected. 060610