1516 100% Pure Dark Lager

Brewed by 1516 Brewing Company
Style: Dunkel
Vienna, Austria

Draught at 1516 Brewing Co. Vienna. Notes from July 08. Pours brown with an off white head. Aroma of toasted malt and chocolate. Flavour is sweet malt and chocolate. Good mouthfeel with a bitter finish.

nice strong dark teddybear brown. nice blent of mat with roasted wheat to create enough sugars to giv ethe brew its strength. subtle and simple with just a touof hop and sparkel.

Pours a hazy amber brown color with an off white head. Aroma is honey, wheat, and some yeast. Flavor is honey, malt, wheat, and a light bitter finish.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 4   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 5   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 4   Lacing : 5
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 1   Apple : XX   Esters : XX   Banana : XX   Phenols : XX   Leather : 2   Perfume : 2   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 3   Toast : 4   Caramel : 2   Toffee : 2   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : 2   Candy : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : 3   Fruits : 4   Chocolate : 2   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : 2   Blackberries : XX   Dates : XX   Cherries : XX   Plums : 3   Figs : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : 2   Orange : 2   Herbal : XX   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : XX   Pepper : XX   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : 1   Candi Sugar : XX   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 1   Complex : 4   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : X   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : 1

Comments: The low scores are a total mystery to me. This was easily amongst my favourites of 100+ beers tried in Austria. From what I think I understood, they brewed it using no basic pale malt and went for only specialty ones, though obviously munich and Vienna would be a fair proportion of the grain bill. That explains the “pure” from the name. I found it malt profile to be fabulous, very complex, fruity lager with a profound, spot on toastiness and beautifully nuances all throughout. And for all its maltiness and shy hops, it never becomes to sweet. Subtlety as an art.

Dark coppery colored, medium sized yellow head. Yeasty-flowery, only mildly roasted aroma with hints of chocolate. Medium bodied. Flavor is richer with roastiness and obvious chocolate, aftertaste dries nicely with hops, also some chocolate stays there.

Draught@brewpub, Vienna
Copper brown color, creamy brown head. Nose is mainly diacetylic. Less butterscotch in the flavor (still some). Medium-bodied. Malty. Caramelly malts, light toasted notes, toffee. Light hops in the aftertaste. Unfortunately not clean batch.

Draught at the pub: Caramel and toffee aroma. Brown, light orange color, creamy off-white head. Flavor is velvety, malty and roasty. Light sweet caramel and toffee notes. Toasty, sweet and roast bitter end. Fine, aromatic beer.