Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg
Style: Dunkel
Kelheim, Niederbayern, Germany

Bottled 500ml. -from beerangel.de shared with Doggythedog.
Reddish/brown (cola) coloured, medium sized beige head, dry nutty caramel nose. Sweet malty (light roasted also), milk chocolate and some herbs with notes of chestnut and hops in the finish. Drinkable but pretty average dunkel.

On tap at the Malt House: Poured a dark mahogany, fairly clear, nice sized head with decent retention. Very suprised how bright and light it was for a dunkel. Quite a bit of caramel malt. A little toasty as well. Finishes rich and smooth.

Bottle from beerangel.de, shared with ogivlado
Poured a dark, slightly brownish red with a small-medium lovely thick off white head that went away relatively fast. Sweet grainy malt aroma, roasty and coffeeish but kinda akin to dog food... ugh. People seem to enjoy this kind of aroma looking at this and Asam Bock but it’s a bit off putting for me... The taste is malty again, dominated by a similar roasty coffeeish maltiness that sometimes ventures into dog food territory but not nearly as much as the doppelbock did. Light herbal, lightly acidic hop aftertaste. Didn’t like it at first but it grew on me later on. It’s a solid dunkel and I can respect it.

Clear dark reddish-brown pour with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, sweetness. Roasted malt, little nutty, sweetness, dry finish. Goes down easy. A good beer for under $2.50. Lacing minimal.

A Mes rate. Bottle from some random offy, drunk in the most random venue while watching my friend Jamie play a gig. Superb environment to squeeze a rate in.
Utterly superb rich smoky malt aroma. Cakes and biscuits abound. REALLY sniffable. The flavour is almost as impressive. It’s held back just a little by the aggressive carbonation but it still good. Good complex layers or tobacco and leather with more rich malt sitting quietly in the background. Some coffee and chocolate in the finish round it off really well. I don’t know much about this brewery but what I know is great. German beers that manage to break out of the very standard mold that others seem so restricted by. Excellent.

A big malty beer. Now we’re talking! This is a great beer because it tastes like a beer should taste: beer.

500ml bottle. Pours a darker but clear red dark brown with a whipped frothy light tan head. Aroma of malt dust and sweet raisin bread. Classic Weltenburger completeness, dry, touch roast, some bitterness at first, hint of acidity, subtle delicately roasted nuts, touch ashy, just the perfect hint of rich toffee/burnt sugar, finishing lightly bready, touch of raisin, exceptionally clean. Medium/light bodied, milky sensation, seemingly watery, light larger fizzy carbonation. A very very good dunkel. Easy drinking and very well balanced.

Pours a clear dark amber, with a head that continues to grow long after the initial pour - aroma of toffee, hazelnut, roasted malts, dark bread - clean, smooth, medium-bodied - an initial toffee-ish sweetness is quickly replaced but a more burnt/caramelized sweetness, roasted nuts, moderate bitterness through the middle - some light raisin and date character on the back end - lingering dry cocoa flavor in the finish - quite a tasty dunkel.