 bhensonb (4245), Woodland, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 28, 2007 Nice aroma of dark malt with hop. A mahogany color with a white head that quickly left. Medium body with creamy/fizzy carbonation. Flavor is slightly sour, with strongly roasted malt and some coffee. Something of a noble/hallertau hop presence. The finish is sweet malt, and the bitter is not fully balancing that. Still it is quite nice, and not that far off a porter in its way.
frankenstein (64), Livermore, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 18, 2007 Aroma is a leathery/toasted malt smell. Has a nice deep, dark amber color to it with a decent disapating white head. Taste a little better than I anticipated, nice roasted coffee flavor with a touch of hops at the finish.
IrishBoy (2706), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 13, 2007 12 oz bottle from Lakefront Sampler from Bottle Barn! Nose smelled good as soon as I opened it, rich caramel and roasty coffee along with some graininess; clear dark amber with a medium straw head; flavor has caramel, very light hop bitterness, and lightly sweet caramel. Decent Dunkel!
nuplastikk (1176), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 4, 2007 12oz bottle. Smooth and creamy. This is a very enjoyable dark beer. Full of flavor but also quite drinkable. Very malt centered beer.
BeerandBlues2 (3203), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 4, 2007 Bottle. Pours clear dark tawny with a small, frothy, off-white head, diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (toasted grain, hay, caramel), average hops (grass), average yeast (broth, musty) with notes of plum. Light bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness; buttered potato, musty and moldy flavor.
cheapdark (2016), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 4, 2007 Yes this stuff is quite dark. Dark for a dark lager but now I see it is in the dunkel style category. Has a reddish tinge on the corners of the glass. Aroma of good dark beer, perhaps some roastiness in there. Slight creamy head. Very good dark beer flavors, somewhat like a mild porter but more than a dark lager. Rather friendly and easy to enjoy for a lager lover. Decent carbonation. Very little bitterness can be detected thru the session. Some charred flavors without the bitter bite. Well mannered with a slight bitter linger, but i can easily live with it. Enjoyable, would purchase again.
roder60 (1020), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 1, 2007 Poured a see through lighter brown color with small amount of fizzy offwhite head. Aroma sweet caramel malts with a slight burnt scent. Flavor mostly sweet light and caramely water but then also has an almost coffeeish bitter finish. Overall, decent.
MrBunn (1526), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 25, 2007 Bottle. Pour is a dark brown with a one finger high tan head. Aromas are of roasted malt, but not really a roasted barley smelll... almost like oats or wheat that has been burnt slightly. Also comes across as slightly earthy. Flavor is much more in line with roasted barley... a coffee-like burnt taste that is sweetened by a chocolate undercurrent. There is a mildly distracting backnote that is both creamy and sour (like citrus sour?) This sort of builds in the aftertaste and seems to pull against the direction that the beer first seems to want to head. Not bad, but could be much better with a few minor adjustments.
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