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Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel

Percentile
92
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Aying
Style: Dunkel

Aying, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6043.61/5.03.6/5.05%99.8Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
Dark chocolate in color, you can see a wonderful reflection if you hold it up to the light. It is round and soft with the warm, sweet aroma of freshly roasted malted barley. A satisfying, malty taste, with coffee-ish tones and a hint of plummy fruitiness in the finish. Complex and beautifully balanced.
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 MikeF (528), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Nov 3, 2007  
on tap. brown, fizzy, short lived head. Much better once warmed. Nice blend of sweet fruit and malt flavors with balancing degree of carbonation. Finishes clean, mostly sweet.


 cking (1019), North Canton, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 22, 2007  
Solid Dunkel from Ayinger, of course I was pretty sure it would be since they have yet to let me down. Aroma has a warming buttery, smokey, milk chocolate thing going on with a good bread quality. Dark brown pour with a thick creamy lasting head, and good lacing. Filling and silky to the palate, this drinks with great ease. Very tasty with numerous layers of flavor. Fresh buttered bread and burnt molasses, chocolate malt, red grapes and over ripened bananas. Top notch lager.


 footy (334), scottsdale, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 20, 2007  
6/22/05. 500ml bottle. Mahogany with large tan head. Sweet Malty cookie aroma. Clean sweet malty bready flavor


 hopson (594), Williamsville, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 18, 2007  
I prefer way more roast and toast in my dunkels, and although this is supposedly one of the best examples of the style , I found the aroma and flavor to be far too scotchy sweet for my liking.


 altonbrownd (1889), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2007  
On tap at Brasserie Tresznjewski, Munich. Chocolate brown, nut foam. Malty nose. Prickly slight and smooth. Roasted nut flavour and malt.


 SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2007  
Tap at Ayinger resturant in Munich on 9-29-07. The menu called it the "old dark Bavarian". Dark clear chestnut with tan head. Bready, yeast, woody, roasty aroma. Lively carbonation and medium body, but a little thinner than I expected. Not as sweet and malty as the festbier. More mellow and full roastiness. moderate bitter finish. Not too impressed.


 rocbyter (910), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Aroma of sweet dark malts, grains, and yeast. Darkish amber color with a small tan head. Smooth flavor that gets sweeter in the finish. Light bodied.


beisen (90), California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 24, 2007  
Pours copper with small fizzy head. Aroma is malts with a little sweetness. Mouthfeel is a little too carbonated. Flavor is malts with a little bit of wheat. Good brew. Not Ayinger’s best, though.



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