Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel

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

Bottle at Brew Wharf at London Bridge, dark brown with a large foamy tan head. A nutty malt aroma with a hop sweetness. Very malty flavour and an effervescent light palate. I had higher expectations.

Spanish import BB 02/03/07. Deep ruby pour with rocky cream suds. Sweet, darkly fruity snout. Figs and raisins. Roasted malt and licorice bitterness. A lick of Marmite. Not bad.

Looks clear and dark brown in the glass. Wide malty aroma with roastedness, also slightly sweet. Quite long aftertaste.

Big active head early but settles quickly. Colour is a very clear light chocolate brown. Nose is an interesting and very balanced mix of roasts and chocolate. Good penetration. Less depth in the flavours when compared to the indications provided by the bouquet. Fizz palate dominates a little early, making the flavours hard to shine, although nutty coffee roast and hints of chocolate emerge in the middle and back palate. Shows plenty of balance. Very textbook and true to the genre.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Malty bready caramel aroma. Sweet malty bready and slightly grainy flavor with hints of caramel. Sweet malty finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

Firm malty with a surprisly dry finish. Page 490 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide

500ml bottle from Trafalgar Wines, Brighton. Deep reddy/russet colour with lasting thin beige head. Toffee, toasty aroma. Some butter. Goodish buttery toffee flavour, just a little lacking in body in the mouth. Good crisp finish. Buttery lime on the end. Interesting dunkel. Needs more fullness though, more deep malt. Tasty though.

Definately one of the best dunkels I ever have tasted. Aroma of nutty sweetmalted ingredients. Flavor is fullbodied in the dunkelway and very malty, smooth, some weak smoke and indeed, for the style, a complex beer. I’ll buy it again!