Eisenbahn Dunkel (Escura)

12 oz bottle. Very dark, but light reveals a clear burgundy brown. Tan head goes quick. Smoky sourdough with a touch of molasses. Little oily, light carb. Seems a bit flat but a decent body. Tastes about the same as it smells. Watery finish with white pepper drying. Doesn’t really come together but a decent lager.

6/24/2007: Eisenbahn Dark Lager pours a very dark brown color. The aroma is rich caramel and molasses. The flavor has roasted malt, some molasses, and ceramy light chocolate. Medium-light to medium body. This is a good dark lager.

12 oz bottle (Batch No. 36) Shared with Rob and Lance at the Oatmeal Stout Brewout. Rating #36 for this beer...

Brown color, with a hint of red. Diminishing light mocha colored head. Light coffee, milk chocolate and a touch of toasted malt and ash trays in the aroma. Flavors have a lightly sugared pale malt sweetness. Light dark cocoa, charcoal and dry floral hops. This does seem to need a pairing with food. Smoked foods and heavier cheeses would seem to go well. Somewhat of a bore by itself.

As soon as the modest beige head reduced to a ring, this has the look of a glass of Coke. The sweetness of the aroma almost drove me away, dark chocolate covered caramel with a quietly roasty background. Fortunately the roasted malt increased in the flavor and a dash of earthy bitterness was added. This worked to counter the caramel & chocolate sweetness, balancing the drink nicely.

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RBSG 2007. Dark brown color with no head. Moderately malty aroma, and a bit of chocolate. Slightly smoky taste with a hit of sweet malt and chocolate. Almost tastes a bit salty. Not bad at all.

In the bottle from Beertopia. Pours a dark brownish black color with an ecru colored head. Has a mild roasted aroma and an even milder roasted malt flavor. This would have rated higher if they called it a Vienna style as it seems to be closer to the mark on that one. Has a slight bit of toasted flavor that works for it in the finish, but overall, a middle of the road beer.

Aroma of medium, caramel malt, with just a hint of something darker, like chocolate. About as dark as a porter, approaching a stout opacity. The (I think) white head almost completely dissapeared while getting this far typing. A true roasted aroma as the glass approaches the lips. Almost like roast coffee of a sort. Medium bodied. Moderate to low carbonation. It starts with a roasted grain/coffee taste. It is not all that sweet. Not getting chocolate. The finish is not really dry, but the residual dark malt roast performs the function of hop bitterness. I can almost image the bitterness remaining after a cup of coffee, except there must have been a bit of sweetener in the cup. A really good variation on the typical German style. Much lighter, arguably much tastier. Rich, could be. Complex, oh yes!

pours almost a clear black with caramel highlights and a two finger bubbly tan head. aroma is malt with a little roast to it almost pilsner like aroma with a touch of hops and caramel. head is already gone after a minute has a light to medium body more on the lighter side with a touch of lacing and good carbonation. flavor is caramel malt with a touch of roast and a little hops mixed in, and has that little pilsner malt flavor also. not bad but nothing special, nice bottle though, and definitely an almost all malt beer like the bottle says. it is also a touch sticky on the lips. has a little coffee flavor and aroma when cold, and then a little more when it warms.