Christian Moerlein Select Dunkel

Formerly brewed at Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: Dunkel
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA

Name: Select Dunkel
Date: 06/18/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

dark ruby red, thin tan head, touch of lace, roasted malt aroma with light carmel and biscuit malts and a bit of earthy hops, rich blend of chocolate and carmel malt flavor, mostly dry, light bittering, a touch of carmel sweetness starts to emerge, a perfect blend of the chocolate and carmel

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottle... Deep, clear copper lager with a large, frothy, off-white head. Excellent, creamy retention. The nose and flavor are of chocolate, caramel malt, aluminum and very light maple syrup. Medium-bodied and watery with lively carbonation. Finishes clean, but thin.

Bottle sampled on 11/8/06: Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a wispy-lacing white head. Dry, toasty, grainy aroma has an authentic German lager profile. Body starts lightly sweet and caramely toward a grainier toasty dark malty finish. Decently balanced and authentic.

Bottle. Poured a brown color with an average light brown head that lasted. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium body with a thin texture. Moderate malty sweet flavor with an average finish. Drinkable brew.

Dark caramel nose with a chocolate hint. A mahogany color with a beige head that didn’t stick. Near medium body with fizzy/creamy carbonation. The flavor is much of a porter - some lightly toasted malt and some coffee. The finish is neither here nor there, and there’s not much bitter. Still, it drinks rather well. After taste is a bit burnt. Not necessarily a bad thing.

Poured a clear deep copper-brown color with a thin off-white head. Malty chocolate and fig aroma. The aroma was sweet and fruity. The flavor contained some dried fruity notes. Malty with a clean finish.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated brown colored body and a good lacing. The aroma was brown malt and sweet. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of sweet and brown malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Bottle. Small ivory head that mostly diminished, sparse lacing, transparent, visible carbonation, and a ruby hue. Nose was malty, roasty, caramel and a hint of smokiness. Ditto for the flavor along with a thin flavor. Tingly mouthfeel. Light body. Just so-so.