Eisenbahn Dunkel (Escura)

Brewed by Cervejaria Sudbrack
Style: Dunkel
Blumenau, Brazil

Bottle sampled . Pours a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of light coffee, caramel, malt, and chocolate. Flavor is toasted malt, chocolate, dark fruit and toffee. A decent dunkel.

12oz bottle, Batch No. 36. Pours a clear brownish red with a 1/2 finger, somehwat fizzy quickly fading beige head. Aroma has toasted grain and nuts, light chocolate and caramel, a bit of the somewhat typical lager smell--sort of metallic, though not offensive. There is a little brown sugar as well. Flavor is much the same, though a little bit lighter up front and with the addition of some wet paper--again, this doesn’t really offend me. Mild sweetness during all of this into a dry roasted malt finish. Minimal bitterness. Carbonation is moderate and sharp with a body that’s just a hair too thin. Not too bad.

12 oz, batch 17. Dark brown with red highlights and a medium head that settles down and hangs well. Chocolate and lightly sweetened coffee aroma. Flavor is similar, with the delicious roasted tastes providing the bittering more so than the hops. A hint of molasses, corn, and smoke at times. Medium body is smooth, dry and has a bit of tongue tingle. Surprisingly excellent dunkel, and a great session beer.

Wow! Now this is a beer. I saw "dunkel" and I thought "blah". But this put a delicious twist on the style. Pour was a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of chocolate (yes chocolate!) and alcohol. Taste was alcohol, chocolate and burnt malt. Almost tatstes like a Jack and Coke that has been left out for an hour. Only complaint is that it is a little thin in the mouthfeel with no real after taste. All in all an awesome beer

Thin light brown head which dissipates quickly. Smokey aroma with some charred steak, roasted grains and a bit of cocoa. Color is a very dark brown. Smokey flavor with soy sauce, carbon and a some dark roasty flavors. Lite coffee. Little bit sweet with a good amount of flavor. Lingering smokeyness. Better than I expected.

Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Off-white head with good retention. Dark caramel malt from front to back. Lasting chocolate malt finish.

Looks the part with the really dense bone-colored head. Very dark. A bit nutty and woodsy in the aroma. Slight chocolate and roasted bitterness in the flavors. Mouthfeel slightly watery despite, again, a bit of bottle-conditioning. Very good.

Bottle. Pours very dark brown with a fizzy beige head. Light roasted aroma with caramel and coffee. The flavor is again roasted, with sweeter notes of caramel and a light coffee note. Nice.