Allgäuer Alt Kemptener Weisse

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Kempten, Germany

The bottle looks good, the beer in the glass also. Starts yeasty-malty, not too dry, fruity like plum, also nutty. Finish with notes of caramel, well balanced and very drinkable. Good one!

(bottle) Cloudy, murky amber colour with a big and slightly beige foamy head. Slightly dusty and yeasty wheat-malty aroma with strong notes of cloves, nutmeg and a rather restrained fruity touch of banana. Slightly sweet and sour flavour, light to medium bodied with a slightly sparkly mouthfeel. Moderately wheaty, cara-malty and slightly fusty taste with light fruity notes and rather overrepresented phenolic spices from the middle part towards the finish. 22.XII.09

500 mL bottle from State Line Liquors. I see Dickinsonbeer’s comments below, but I’ve had several from State Line that seemed fresh, so hopefully my luck will continue. Pours a hazy dark reddish brown with a fair amount of yeast sediment. Medium frothy head with fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is raisin, banana, butterscotch. Taste is caramel, raisin, other light fruit notes, anise, and sadly with light oxidation notes. Medium bodied.

.5 liter bottle from stateline. Pours a rediculously chunky hazy deep amber almost brown (I swirled it to get some sediment but it was still rediculously chunky- head at first looked cool but diminishes over time to a thin head. Aroma is oxidized with lots of soy and banana. Flavor is surprisingly not oxidized - nice sweet caramel and banana flavors- smooth and just a bit of sherry ox in the end. Meh- probably too old to be any good, but not horrible. First time I have seen it in the states so I figured it woudl be fresh. oh well. On second thought- it appears as though a few have gotten this from stateline over a year ago- this is probalby real old. meh.

Bottle Sampled. Pours a dark copper with a good size beige head. Aroma of caramel malt, toasted malts, and fruit. The flavor is sweet caramel, fruit, some toasted malts, wheat, and a slight tart finish. Nice body, just ok for me.

Pours a hazy dark copper with a frothy, wispy-lacing, light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramely malt has some mild bready German yeast. Body starts with about average thickness some doughy caramel malt and a touch of milk chocolate toward the finish. Also has a touch of tartness throughout. Otherwise, a decent dunkelweizen.

Murky brown with a nice, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has notes of clove and wheat and the flavour is sweetish with the same notes. The overall impression is smooth and somewhat watery. Thank you Masn/g2b.dk.

As Allgäuer Dunkles Hefeweizen. Bottle. Dark caramel malt aroma with yeast and a touch of lemon. Murky amber brown body with a huge rocky tanned, lacing head. Spicy yeasty taste, pleasantly sharp crisp feel with citric attack notes and some wheaten fullness. Touch of peripheral water leads to an overall medium body, but the effervescent more than adequately compensates. Aftertaste is dry and wheaty with very faint acidity and a light dusty coating. Avoids a lot of the sloshing muddledness of most Dunkelweizen, but also some of the flavor. A very drinkable, fun brew, one to call your tongue to attention.