Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel

Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkel
Aying, Germany

500ml bottle. This maybe a biased rating - Not a fan of dunkels, mistook this for a Schwarz upon purchase. This did have an exceptional pour to it. Somewhat overwhelming malt that is kind of a turn off... surprised this is only 5%. It went pretty bad with my food. Overall, It was okay for a Dunk, but nothing i would come back to.

On tap at Winking Lizard: Pours a deep brown with a light tan head. Aroma, raosted notes, caramel, some fruits. Flavor, caramel, and herbal and floral hop flavor, chocolate, some sweet malts, very smooth and quite delicious.

Bottle. Pours a deep brown with a nice off-white, frothy head. Very mild aroma. Flavor is malty with hints of caramel and a little chocolate. Palate is on the light side. Very good overall. Plenty of flavor but very drinkable.

Appearance is clear filtered root beer. Sweeter malt hard tack candy aroma. Big 17 oz bottle, nice sample size. Taste impact is a malty fizzy beverage, in a good way. No adverse bitterness, but a friendly interesting palate of manure and fertile garden soil fills the mouth with each sip. Very complex. A fine example of a mild dark beer. A hint of 5% is apparent, certainly does not come across alky free. The session ends with dreams of alcohol laced candy while riding a unicorn. Refined, docile and whammy.

11/01/2007: Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel has a really nice clear ruby-honey color and a thick and creamy ivory head that is long lasting and creates some good lacing on the glass. The aroma and flavor are soft and mellow, but packed full of rich caramel malts along with a bit of something darker (like chocolate) and a touch of spice. It is slightly dry in the middle and has a long, smooth finish. It is also very balanced overall and just easy to drink. The palate is smooth, almost silky. This beer is just interesting enough to hold your attention and coax you into multiple glasses of it! I enjoyed it and hope to try it out of a bottle sometime...

Draught (16 oz glass) at the Winking Lizard Tavern (Crosswoods) in Columbus, Ohio. Rating #442 for this beer...

Clear dark brown, practically no head. Little aroma. Not much to say, tastes good, malty, technically well made. And it was a "keep the glass" special @ winking lizard.

Poured a clear dark reddish-copper color with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and full of caramel and raisins. in the aroma. The flavor is sweet, malty and toasty. Clean semi-dry finish. Light to medium body and a lively mouth feel.

On draught at the Winking Lizard (glass special). This beer pours a pretty burgundy color with a medium thick light beige head that diminishes steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass. Roasted malt, nuts and dark chocolate aroma. Medium-bodied with flavors of roasted malt, toffee and dark fruits with touches of chocolate and hops. The finish is bready malt with a nice lingering roastiness. Overall this is an enjoyable brew, as are the other Ayinger beers I have tried.