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Berghoff Genuine Dark Beer

Berghoff Genuine Dark Beer - Vienna

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 Percentile 
29
overall
Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Vienna

Monroe, Wisconsin USA

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1952.82/5.02.82/5.05.4%59.7Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
This deep mahogany Euro-style lager has a nice balance of malts and hops, which lend to the full-flavored body and mild aroma. It has a pleasantly malt-fruity palate, with touches of chocolate, and some hoppy bitterness coming through at the end. The dark beer was rated as "One of the Top 100 Beers in the World" by Wine Enthusiast magazine, won the Silver Medal in the 1993 Great American Beer Festival and the Silver Medal in the 2002 World Beer Championships.
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beercamel (83), Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/101/52/102/56/20
Oct 18, 2009  
pours weak clear brown and the taste just lacks and is bland, but not horrible. This is drinkable a good beer for nuts.


 MadIndian (987), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Gift from my Wisconsin hook up. Thanks Jamie. Reddish brown pour with thin white head. Yeast and chocolate malt aroma. Same in taste with medium body and sweet finish. Not bad.


 ChainGangGuy (2522), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Appearance: Pours up a clear, brown body with a frothed, ivory-hued head. Smell: Dismal collection of faint notes: bready malts, apple core, dry caramel, cocoa. It’s disappointing. Taste: Initially taste of bready barley with a faint caramel sweetness and dash of clearance bin cocoa. Hint of apple fruitiness. Dash of spicy hops but almost nil in the bitterness department. Dry, indistinct maltiness on the thin finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: A sad, sad underperforming brown ale, but, unfortunately, I would say that about pretty much their entire line-up. Not recommended.


 unclemattie (2370), Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/512/20
Aug 11, 2009  
12oz twist-off bottle. Berghoff Sundown Dark. Brown color, bubbly tan head. Aroma of toasted malt. Malted milk. Flavor is a light toasted malts. Woody hops. Nice toast flavors left on the palate. It’s OK.


 markas101 (541), Fargo, North Dakota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/511/20
Aug 8, 2009  
33 cl bottle, Fargo, ND, USA via Madison. Cola coloured, similar aroma. Artificially sweet, syrupy taste. Better as it’s drunk, less jarring and sweet.


 jumpjet2k (136), Austin, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Bottle. This one’s over 6 months old, actually... Been in a cold fridge, though, and it seems to have held up well. A dark brown with a tinge of red. Small head, a little lacing. Aroma contains sweet malt, honey, molasses, raisin, and a little hint of candy-like sugar. Toasty and sweet malt lead into chocolate, followed by a finish of coffee and nuts. Pretty good beer, honestly. I had it out of a cold fridge, and I’d say 40-45F is probably optimal for this one. Refreshing.


 WakeandBake (422), Greenville, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Bottle. A deep reddish brown color pour with two fingers of light tan foamy head , leaving some spotty lacing , light to medium carbonation . Aroma is nice ,some roasty malt , molasses , brown sugar and some faint hops . Flavor is lightly sweet , good roast , malty , a light hop bitterness , with just a bit of ripe fruit . Smooth ,clean mouthfeel , full body for the style . Very sessionable . I had never heard of this brewery , so I was not expecting much , this was very good and way beyyer than expected . Will buy again.


 CanIHave4Beers (833), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 29, 2009  
This had better be genuinely dark! Pours with a small tight fizzy head with a dark amber brownish color that does not seem contrived, although I wouldn’t go out of my way to call it genuine. Aroma is lightly fruity with some roastiness, but generally it’s a pretty weak aroma. Flavors of chocolate and very weak coffee complimented nicely with some raisin and toast.



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