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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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CTwriter (34), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 27, 2006  
I had this poured from the bottle with a pork with apples meal. Its sweetness mixed well with the pork, especially where it was crispy. As a palate cleanser, the snappy carbonation worked well, but it isn’t a beer I’d drink by itself.


 ultraspank (866), Dublin, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 27, 2006  
We took the kids to the Nine Inch Nails show in Cincy Saturday night. On the way down we stopped at Mecklenburg Gardens. I had one of these from a bottle before dinner. Nose of butterscotch and brown sugar. Pours a clear ruby copper. The tall creamy tan rocky head is mostly lasting with no lace. The flavor is somewhat shallow, but is fresh and pleasant. The floral finish has a bready caramel quality. The light to medium body is creamy and soft. I’m not one for malty styles, but this brew worked well with my meal. I recommend the Hungarian Goulash. Hats off to the owners of this fine establishment, we all left very happy.


 xproudfoot (729), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/514/20
Feb 26, 2006  
Bottle. Smooth, easy drinkin goodness, sessie to the core. Earthy fruit, berry hoery dark forest flavor. Bark lager. Good.


 kseecs16 (874), Naperville, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 24, 2006  
Pours a clear rather dark brown with reddish hues. The head is tan and bubbly evaporating leisurely to leave a quarter inch head. The aroma is very sweat and caramely, rich. It is a very nicely sweet caramel and chocolate malts on the tongue with a gentle lingering bittterness of dark chocolate and I still sense caramel. Rich and thick in the mouth with a playful tingle this is very nice.


 AdamSkillin (376), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 15, 2006  
Nice caramely tasting beer, malty caramel smell, translucent dark brown color, really tasty and drinkable with plenty of caramel malt flavor.


 Jine (896), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 15, 2006  
Dunkeltastical. Dark roasted color and taste. One of the better dunkels I’ve had.


lordwunjo (46), California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/517/20
Feb 6, 2006  
Beautiful dark caramel color. Wonderful earthy-chocolately-caramely taste. Not very sweet, but also not bitter. Highly recommended.


 BeerandBlues2 (3203), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 3, 2006  
500 mL bottle. Pours mahagony with a medium tan frothy head that lasts a while. Aroma is yeast (barn, earth) and caramel malt (grain, meal) and maple. Malty, yeasty flavor, low sweetness , no bitterness, acidity. Medium bodied and smooth, light fizzy palate.



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