Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel

Brewed by Erdinger Weissbräu
Style: Dunkelweizen
Erding, Germany

50 cl bottle. Yeast in bottom. Nice dark brown colour with a fantastic rocky head. Wheat aroma wih hints of roasted malt. Great refreshing flavour of light roasted malt and some complex berry. Very nice endeed.

(500 ml bottle: $2.19 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, CA) Best by August, 2005, so that’s pretty close. This beer pours a murky, dark brown with a fizzy, light-tan head that dissipates rapidly. Probably the darkest German Dunkelweizen I’ve seen yet. The aroma is sweet and malty, a maltiness that is reminiscent of a doppelbock, just less alcoholic, but the wheat and banana are not too far behind. Sweet banana, caramel, and wheat seem to be the most flavorful components, but it’s less out-and-out malty than the nose indicates. Nevertheless, it’s still a pretty sweet beer, sweeter than most others in the class. Medium bodied, perhaps even leaning a little beyond medium. Carbonation is moderate-to-high, so it’s pretty zesty on the palate and certainly helps to keep the beer from cloying. This is a decent beer, enjoyable enough, but the sweetness could be toned down a bit.

Been a while since i sampled a Erdinger, still quite good. Dark and rich, nice malt nose, hints of toasted grains, somewhat dry and a bit of hop tones, all in all a better than average ’Dunkel Weiss’.

Malty aroma. Fun foam -- 20:1 head to beer ratio on initial pour in a pilsener. As the bubbles consolidated, it looked like a glass of tapioca pudding. Blindfolded, I’d swear that this was a barley beer and not a weiss. Smooth, mouthy, dark. None of the funk that I find with many weissbiers. This was a pleasant surprise -- I could certainly enjoy more than one of these as I watched the river go by.

Bottle. Near black with a big beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and bitter chocolate. A smooth, almost oily mouthfeel, with more roasted flavours. Very enjoyable.

Beautiful tall beige head. Hazy dark amber body. Nose of malt. Flavor is watery with notes of malt and very little wheat. Not very interesting.

[347-20070618] Tap @ BeerBistro (Toronto, ON). Faintly malty aroma. Dark brown body has a creamy off-white head and some lacing. Flavour hints at sweet caramel and malt. Full body is smooth. Very nicely blended, refreshing. (5/4/7/4/14) 3.4

[756B-20071013] Tap @ West 50 (Mississauga, ON). Faint bit of yeast aroma. Hazy, dark brown amber body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head. Bit of bubblegum malt flavour and generic pear-like fruit. Smooth medium body. Nice and smooth. (6/4/7/4/14) 3.5

Bottle, LCBO giftpack. Dark brown, big tan head - looks nice. Aroma of faint malt and chocolate, but quite mild. Soft, light mouthfeel, quite bubbly and a little watery. Taste of slight sweet malt with some wood notes, and maybe a hint of shaved chocolate, but quite mild as well. Finishes quick. A nice bottled Dunkel and easy to drink, but certainly nothing exceptional.