Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel

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

Bottle. Aroma of sweet malt and caramel. These are suplemented with some coffee and hops in the flavor. Rather creamy on the palate and finishes off with a nice taste of moderate sweetness and burnt malt. Really a well made Dunkel.

Pours dark but not opaque in my steeler stein. Smell of fresh beer, what else? Initial taste of perhaps a little hops but that only lasts a second. Flavor moves on to a refreshing dark beer sensation. No bitterness on the finish. Very drinkable. Best dunkle I’ve tasted.

Deep reddish brown with a moderate tan foamy head, no lacing. Yeasty and caramel aroma. Taste is malty-sweet, fruity, a little thin/watery and hoppy-bitter. Decent Dunkel indeed.

Bottled: Poured a medium brown with red highlights. Medium head. Malty aroma with hints of plums. Malty flavours dominate as expected but its pretty well balanced. This is a good workman like beer.

From 500 mL bottle. Light mahogany pour with tan head. Nose is rich caramel malt, although not that strong. Flavor follows with a light bitter finish and medium body.

Bottle, about 1 week after its due date. Wonderful colour; deep-deep amber. Unfortunately not too much foam at fridge temperature (bad me). Lively aroma of dark malt, plum, raisins and some metal. Could be that the bottle is old, but there’s a nasty taste in this. Something sticks out, nettles or rubber or vinegar... Other than that, the taste is full and rich of plum, alcohol and vinegar.

Clear, amber beer. Beide head. Lasting and lacing. Has a nice malty, slightly burnt aroma. Flavor is malty too, perhaps a bit salty. Finish is bitter.

(Draught at Man in the Moon, Stockholm) Colour is dark ruby with a beige, frothy, disappearing, head. Nose is malty with notes of chocolate and dark fruit (cherries?). Taste is malty with chocolate, nuts and dark fruit. Some malty sweetness, but still fairly dry. Medium body. Balanced bitterness with some hops in the finish. Good beer, but lacking something extra.