DAB Dark Beer

Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dunkel
Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Date: 01/12/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

very dark amber, touch of sweet malt and hint of choclate with barely a bitter aftertaste

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Beautiful, sparkling clear, mahogany lager. Large, frothy, off-white head. Spider web lacing. The nose is of Russian black bread and clover honey. Hint of cocoa. Nice, bold flavor. Roasted nuts, cocoa, vanilla. Well-bittered. Good balance. Earthy, damp straw flavor in there too. Medium-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Lengthy, bitter, astringent, dry finish. Underrated... much like the 1988 and 1993 WVU Mountaineers football teams. Both had undefeated regular seasons; neither was listed in the Top 25 preseason poll. Just thought you'd like to know.

smells ok, but thats about it, this beer sucks arse, don’t buy it.

Bottled, pasteurised. Dark brown / red with thinnish white head. Deep malty, chocolate, coffee flavour with hints of caramel or a slight burning. Some fruitiness apparent, I quite enjoyed this one.

The following was a rating for DAB Traditional:
This oddly obscure "An Ale" is a puzzlement. It comes across more like an American dark lager than anything else, brown with a roasty nose, lightly sweet malt tastes. Fairly light bodied with a mildly bitter finish, I’m not sure what I just drank.

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Earlier Rating: 3/28/2005 Total Score: 2.7
Looks real nice, but it’s a fairly watered down dunkel. The clear brown coloring promises some good, solid maltiness, but it’s very light on the nose. Likewise with the taste - a little caramel malt, a hint of smoke, a bit of a spritzy feel in the throat. Not bad, but not real good.

The above combo rating is a result of having DAB Traditional combined with this dunkel.

Brown color with a modest off white head. Mild malt, caramel, toffee and nuts in the aroma. Hints of nobel hops. Flavors aline with the aromas. Somewhat earthy and a touch metallic. Thin and a bit fizzy.

Bottle. Poured dark brown with a medium brown head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Better than my expectation.

Pours dark straw/amber. Aroma of malt, slight toffee, slight brown sugar. Tastes malty, with some toffee, cognac, and earthy qualities. Light on mouthfeel, and as it warmed it didn’t improve much.