Kuchlbauer Alte Liebe - Dunkle Weisse

Brewed by Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer
Style: Dunkelweizen
Abensberg, Germany

Serve in Stein, Weizen

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0.5 bottle. Dark orange/brown body, off-white head. Aroma of banana and caramel. Taste is like the aroma. Caramel and banana with a hint of grassy hops in the finish. Nice beer.

(Flasche) Es hat eine sehr dunkle, braune Farbe, ist hefetrüb mit einer bräunlichen Schaumkrone. Das Aroma ist leicht röstig, vor allem malzig mit einer minimalen karamelligen Note. Der Geschmack ist eher schlank, erfrischend und sonst wie das Aroma nur etwas adstringierend. Im Abgang ist es süßlich.

Bottle, 5.2%. Dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma s malt, wheat, yeast, caramel and a little banana. Flavour is malt, yeast, caramel, medium sweet, little bread and a little bitter.

500 ml bottle poured into a Weizen glass Appearance....... black beer with head colour beige of 2 fingers Aroma............... yeast and malt. Fresh and not too strong smell Taste........ malty, then a touch of vinegar who lasts , Mouthfeel........... medium body and medium/soft carbonation Overall............ a decent dunkel-weissbier, bitterness is present in a light style, refreshing too.

50cl bottle, part of mixed Hallertauer hop sampler. - Pours an interesting murky brown-purple with tan head. Nose is not too impressive, typically bready and sweet. Taste and medium-full mouthfeel remind me of a Schneider Aventinus light, shy roasted notes coupled with heavy fresh bread and spice aromas. Filling, but drinkable. Campy front label with cavorting little angels, clashing with the back label where "Das einzigartige Bier- und Kunsterlebnis" is advertised using a Hundertwasser tower.

This is from memory, when I used to take Alte Liebe at a hotel restaurant am Zeedeich, in Cuxhaven. Quite mistakenly, I’d proudly tell my visitors that this was a local Cuxi concoction, named after the Alte Liebe quay, a touristy landmark. I’m sure that this was the reason the hotel had "imported" it, to start with. Anyway, I can recall a nice brown/purplish cloudy colour, with a very generous lacy head. The aroma and flavours were banana cake, chocolates, roast malts and spices - perhaps cloves. I can recall the pleasure of visitors and the pride on this lovely beer. I wish I could taste it again.

bottle best by June 2013
dried herbs and burnt bread
light touch of popcorn
very estery
moderately acidic and rough
seems to be slightly oxidized
burnt bananas and char
chocolate biscotti
rich carbonation, but uneven ester and phenol levels

Huge white head. Cloudy dark brown colour. Strong wheat aroma. Fruity taste and a typically spicy dark wheat beer palate. Good average.

Nice stable head, but unnatural - almost cola-beer like - color. Aroma is quite low and the taste too malty... Nothing special...

Some chocolate in the aroma, pours dark brown, but was noticing a lack of thick head. Roast grains and more chocolatre in the flavor, then some metallic tinge in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel also seems a little watery for what should be a heavier beer. Right in the middle of the pack...