Carlyle Dunkel Bock

tap at brewpub-dec 28,2004-pours a deep amber hue with a small tan head. sweet toffee and rasin aroma. the rasin qualities really come through in the flavors. light body. doens’t really taste like a dunkel at all. cloying sweetness. this needed some more time in primary fermentation and/or a different malt bill.

Dark brown with flecks of ruby red. Malty sweet aroma with hints of red grapes, raisins, plums, and brown sugar. Wow, is this stuff sweet! Cloyingly so. A certain fleshy, pruniness and thick, rich malts make this nearly eye-wateringly sweet. This definitely needed a few more weeks (or months!) of age before tapping. It needs to mellow and smooth out big time. It has great potential: maybe if I can make it back to Rockford around Christmastime, it will be a lot more palatable.