PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Feb 16, 2009 Bottle: Brown pour with a ruby hue and a creamy tan head that lasts. The aroma is sweet malts- lots of dark caramel and light chocolate, quite fresh smelling. Creamy feel with a nice malt character encompassing a soft sweetness and toasted character. Dark caramel, later gritty cocoa toasted notes and perhaps a hint of smoke. Well balanced and tasty. A well done German style dark lager. ChainGangGuy (2555), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Feb 2, 2009 Appearance: Pours a hazy, walnut brown body with a thin, wispy, white head.
Smell: Aroma smelling of underperforming dark, nutty malts, light raisin fruitiness, and a pinch of hot chocolate mix.
Taste: Mild maltiness displays an overall nuttiness and flavor of clearance aisle cocoa powder. Lightly sweet. Minor apple and raisin fruitiness. Faintly floral hops and bitterness. Though it was always light, the vague, unsweetened chocolate flavor is what you’re left with on the drying, crisp finish.
Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium, fine carbonation.
Drinkability: Take it or leave it. I was hoping for more toasted bread qualities, but it kept giving me nuts! It’s shrug-inducingly acceptable, but when shopping for a dunkel, I prefer Ayinger’s Altbairisch Dunkel. That’s just me though! mrant (330), New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 13/20 | Jan 31, 2009 Smells of dark roasted coffee malts and faint floral hops. Taste is similar to smell, well-balanced coffee malts with a pleasant hop back. Very nice dark lager. Nejhleader (929), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Jan 28, 2009 has a nice malt aroma, flavor is kinda dark malt, but nothing really notable about it, decent body. BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Jan 19, 2009 Bottled Aug week 4. Poured dark brown with an off-white head. Aromas of burnt malts. The flavor is much more subdued malts. Light body. Just OK. smith4498 (874), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Jan 16, 2009 Pours brown with light tan head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavors of toasted malts, chocolate, coffee and some nuttiness. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel.. Decent. HonkeyBra (1326), Lemont, Illinois, USA
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 1/5 | 8/20 | Jan 11, 2009 Dude sniffed it and said it had some poop in there. I think I picked it up. Kind of malty and crappy. Really thin. Not horrible for a dunkel, but you could do better. JaBier (1212), Capital City, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jan 2, 2009 12oz bottle from the mix pack. Pours medium brown with a half inch off-white head. Roasty coffee aroma with some hop and lots of malt. Malty flavor with roasty coffee and hop finish.
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