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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
6093.61/5.03.6/5.05%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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 presario (2982), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2003  
Slightly acidic but pleasant aroma. Dark reddish brown. Light caramel head. Malty, plummy and even chocolate notes. Refeshing and intriguing. Light finish.


 Panzuriel (993), Westerville, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2002  
I was slightly disappointed by this beer. The color,smell, and type are all build-up for a mildly disappointing taste. Still, a good beer. I was just expecting much more.


 WISEGUY572 (1246), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2004  
Great mouthfeel. Beautiful dark brown beer with a tan head. Dark well roasted malts, good bitterness, from the roasting more than from hops, sweet almost wheat beer spicey fruitiness and rounded mouth.


 Dorwart (1814), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 24, 2004    Updated: Jan 3, 2007
Very nice creamy head which leaves some nice lacing. Dusty, bready malt aroma. Excellent deep reddish/brown in color. Flavor is mostly roasted malts with a hint of coffee and some hops. A well balanced beer. Nice bitter finish from the hops. A very good dunkel.


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Apr 21, 2004  
Deep brown in color, nice light tan head. Aroma is malty, smokey, coffee. Taste is coffee, light chocolate, malt. Real nice.


 IPFreely (1470), Lewiston, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 14, 2003  
Dark amber, tight tan head. Aroma of roasted malt. Sweet malty flavor with dry and bitter finish. Medium body, clean feeling. Quite tasty.


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 18, 2005  
Bottle: Reddish copper, translucent, large foamy light beige head, nice lacing, but virtually no carbonation.   Dark bready aroma, slight fig or date.   Toasted malt on the tongue with a definite smokey aspect to it.   The smoke aspect, or charred wood, is stronger here than in any other Dunkel I have had to date.   Fairly big bodied with a moderate mouthfeel.   Malty finish, not as bready as on the nose, with lingering charred wood.   Good, but a little unexpected.


 Rastacouere (5553), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/514/20
Nov 4, 2003    Updated: Apr 7, 2004
Very carbonated dark clear copper body with a great foamy head, generous and long-lasting. Aroma is malty and showed hints of herbal honey and brown sugar. The taste is definitely on the sweet end, dark earthy fruits with notes of smoke in the finish. So quaffable that you basically feel the water quality used in this concoction was as good as it gets. Aftertaste is... fresh, like I had just brushed my teeths with more toothpaste than I should have used. Still, what I prefered about this beer is its refreshing lager character combined with a marvellous creamy round texture which makes you keep it on the tongue for a while before swallowing. Cheers Todd.



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