Ettaler Kloster Dunkel

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Dunkel
Ettal, Germany

A red-brown beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of caramel and straw. The flavor is sweet though with a slight sour tinge. The flavor contains notes of caramel, citrus, roasted malt, and slight hops.

(Bottle 50 cl) Reddish brown with a small off-white head. Light malt-character and a very light, dry body with a very unusual underlying sourness. No real hoppiness, but a very short, dry finish. Very unusual Dunkel, but a very quenching one. 260505

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a creamy off-white head. Orange fruity and malty aroma. Flavour is sweet and light fruity. Mild caramel malt base with a mild spice note. Ends dry and bitter.

Sampled draught at Helsinki Beer Festvial.
Mahogany colour. Fine malt aroma bordering to raisiny. Clean stable maltiness with soft mouthfeel and a raisiny mild finish.

Bottle. Dark amber color with a fluffy light brown head. Malt and light chocolate notes in the aroma. Flavour is full of roasted malts, cocoa and loads of sweetness. Ends on a malty note.

Name: Ettaler Kloster Dunkle
Date: 05/04/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

Dark amber, headless, sweet malt aroma with a bit of plastic, rich malt flavor with a phenolic twang

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 4/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: 4

Malty, caramel, chocolate. This is a sweeter example, with is very smooth, which takes the edge off.

(500ml bottle, dated 11/10/05) Big tan head atop a clear copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, nutty, some caramel, biscuit. Taste is mild sweet, caramel, some nutty, minimal grassy bitterness. Watery light-medium body, minimal acidity, and extremely drinkable. Much less sweet than most dunkels I have had, and thus a refreshing change of pace.