Eisenbahn Dunkel (Escura)

Brewed by Cervejaria Sudbrack
Style: Dunkel
Blumenau, Brazil

Bottled - GBBF 2007. A very dark brown coloured beer. Roasty dry fishy notes in the aroma. The taste is dry, fishy and oily. A decent dunkel with above average roastiness for its style.

Bottle from State Line. Very deep brown pour with minimal khaki head. Aroma is dark malt, Wheaties, figs...very intense aroma. Tastes dark malty, with grainy cereal notes, plus figs, late hops, raisins, nuts, and a medium palate heft. This one is liquid Wheaties in a glass.

Dark copper with a lasting creamy off-white head. Caramel and molasses in the aroma with a hint of butter. Dry dark malt flavour with some molasses.

From a bottle. The body is dark brown with a light brown colored head. The aroma is rich with coffee and chocolate. The taste is dry roasted with some almonds. There is also a little bit of iced tea and dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is thin and slick. This is a pretty good dunkel.

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!

Bottle at home from GBBF07 ... Deep brown ... smokey fruity nose ... watery light fruit malt with a little smokeyness in linger ... bit 1 dimensional but drinkable.

Bottle. High creamy and long lasting off-white head. Clear dark brown body. Roasted malt aroma with notes of caramel and cocoa. Heavily carbonated caramel cocoa flavor. Not sweet but also not especially bitter. Short aftertaste.

Batch 36. Poured a clear deep brown color with a thin off-white head. Light roast with a hint of coffee and mild sweetness make up the aroma. The flavor was of roasted malt and a hint of caramel. Crisp clean finish. Big side of a light body.