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Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel 3.22 831

Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel

Percentile
68
overall
Brewed by Erdinger Weissbräu
Style: Dunkelweizen

Erding, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8313.22/5.03.22/5.05.6%73.9Stein, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
Ingredients: Water; wheat malt; barley malt; roasted malt; hops; yeast.
A wheat beer from the good old days.
Erdinger Weissbier ’dark’ is a rich and smooth wheat beer specialty from Erdinger Weissbräu. It owes its full-bodied flavor to the fine hops and dark malt used in its production.
The dark beer specialty is brewed according to an age-old recipe. Its spicy flavor also results from the increased proportion (about 13%) of original wort. Nonetheless, at 5.6%, it doesn’t contain much more alcohol than Erdinger Weissbier ’with fine yeast’.
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 CanIHave4Beers (908), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/512/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Mild flavors of toasty dark barley, some biscut, some clove, a little mild hoppiness. Overall I always find this a little bland.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Apr 1, 2007  
Good amount of roasted malt in the aroma.Pours black with a medium tan head.Biteer malt and maybe a hint of coffee in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with a roasted malt finish.


 Crockett (904), Steelback County, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 28, 2005  
Pours deep brown with some reddy hues. Head is medium sized big bubbly foam lasting to create a little lacing. Nose is lightly toasted with yeast, wheat and a whiff of cocoa. Flavour is dull and the mouthfeel isn’t ample enough. Toasty, some peat and chocolate. Hops are lazy. Far better than the regular hefe-weiss, but nothing to either sneer or exhalt.


 steview (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 3, 2005  
aroma of smoke, bacon, wheat, mustiness, sweet fruit. very dark body, big bone white head that diminishes airy then into a nice ring around the glass with some lace as well. anyway. fizzy, prickly, and quite good. i like it. primarily a smokey wheat with a little bit of fruit. i enjoyed this.


 fata2683 (902), Panama City, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/510/20
Aug 21, 2008  
I really like the dunkel although it’s not my favorite. Tastes almost identical to the Weiss maybe a little bit more pronounced malt profile


 Vertical Bacon Strips (901), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Now that I’ve let this warm up, it’s getting better. Excellent hazy mahogany colour. Poured a stupidly huge tan head that should’ve been thicker if not for the dominant large bubbles trapped in the head. Decent retension with moderate spotty lacing. The aroma has come out better now and it’s got some complexity to it: thick malts, caramel, hearty bread and an acceptable level of yeast. I wish it was a touch more aromatic. Flavour is intereting with it’s tasty caramel malts, spice (cloves???) and if i didn’t read it somewhere, I never would’ve nailed this other tasted down as vanilla, but there it is. Dry mouthslapping yeast. More flavour than I’ve noticed in the past, but still mild. Medium bodied, quite smooth and appealing to the mouth with ample carbonation on the swish. Excellent mild bitter finish with a thought of dirt. I forgot to mention a fruitiness throughout, but the malts were more prominent. For the first time, I may actually willingly get more Erdinger strickly for the drinking experience. As I remember, this beer was always quite boring and dissapointing. Now I’ve discovered to let it get quite warm to be able to notice its subtle qualities.


 Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Aug 29, 2003  
Brown color and nice thick head. Neutral, slightly farmaceutical aroma. Not much to discuss about flavors: some coffee and chocolate, no wheat at all. Not really interesting.


 illidurit (891), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 24, 2008  
On tap at The Red in Santa Cruz. Pours an extremely dark brown, nearly opaque, with an off-white head of 1 finger. Aroma is half banana phenol, half sweet, caky malt. Taste is less malty than the aroma, almost indistinguishable from a regular hefeweizen. Not much clove character. Palate is, as expected in a wheat beer, exquisitely smooth and drinkable.



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