Dinkelacker Dark

Brewed by Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu (InBev)
Style: Dunkel
Stuttgart, Germany

I’m not usually a huge fan of Dunkels, but I really enjoyed this one. I had it on draft at Ratzsch’s, and I got the impression that some attention was paid to the beer (clean lines, correct temperature, beer-clean glassware). The beer was a dark brown with a red tinge and a very consistent and fairly abundant white head. Aroma was rather minimal, with some maltiness. Flavor was very good...not overly sweet malt, but a very pleasant light roasted notes. Mouthfeel was good, but I didn’t find this beer extremely drinkable which may have been in anticipation of the large meal that was coming behind that beer.

great beer. brown pour. nice dark taste. a little chocolate flavor. goes down smooth

Light brown pour with a small off white ring for a head with no lacing. Not as sweet as I feared. Dry roasted malt and hoppy aftertaste. Nothing great but easy to drink.

(bottle) Nice slight yeasty aroma. Appearance is a dull see thru brown. Flavor is a clash of water and hop bitterness. Nothing to rave about, but smooth and drinkable. Its healty but definetly not one to reccomend to fans of the dunkel style.

Bright dark amber color, with a nice rocky beige head, leaving laces, good sweet malt toastiness, mild raw malt cereals, dark fruit fruitiness, with a toffee-caramel accent in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a malty biscuity character, notes of sweet toasted malt, brown sugar, toffee, fruity accents of raisin, date, cookie dough, leading towards a sweet malty, faint floral hop bitterness finish. Nice beer!

This brown ale poured with a miniscule tan head. There is a sweet caramel malt flavor, with a slightly bitter finish. A very undistinguished dunkel beer.

12oz bottle.
Pours a cleard dark auburn, not terribly dark for a dunkel (pardon the tautology). After about 90 seconds a ring of suds is all that’s left of the thin whispy head. Aroma is sweet and caramel-malty -- nice but not terribly complex.Flavor is also quite malty-sweet with caramel, hints of apple, and a strong bready presence. Hop presence is faint. Awful sweet and non-bitter for a dunkel; tastes more like a marzen to me. Medium-full body with a slightly limp palate. Pretty refreshing, though it won’t set the beer world on fire.

Bottle: Brown pour in medium depth, nice sized foamy tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is malty and roasted malt. Tastes of chocolate and malty sweetness with a little hop bitterness in the tail. Dry finish. Not too bad.