Hacker-Pschorr Dunkle Weisse

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Munich, Germany

Pours a dark brown which didn’t look so appealing until I took a whiff. Smells like banana bread pudding. I have not had a lot of dark wheats but this is the best of the bunch for me so far in this style.

Poured from a bottle. Poured an amber/brown color with a moderate white head. Hefeweizen-like aroma. Malt heavy taste with hints of spice and wheat. Nice. Drank before I was really into craft beer, and I thought it was awesome. Quite good, but not as good as I thought back then.

On draft at the Flying Saucer. Deep amber body with ample white head. Has an aroma of clove, banana and spice. Taste mirrors the nose but with a characteristic German Munich note (rich and malty) as well as some very light chocolate notes. Finishes dry and a little overcarbonated.

Had this beer on 3/27/2001. Aroma is a mild hefy scent. Color is a cloudy brown with good carbonation and head. Taste very good. Starting with a medium body it goes down with a craemy feel. Finish is a very lightly roasted flavor backed by a mild hefy flavor.

0.5 l bottle. Hazy brown color. Banana, toffee and fruit in the aroma. Spicy rye, clove, banana and graininess in the flavor. Fresh, decent dunkelweizen.

355 ml, bottled 04-06? Cloudy copper-brown with a medium and somewhat lasting head. Aroma is Bananas Foster lite, with some clove. Initial taste is similar; turns to a more spicy, dryish bubblegum and cardboard finish. Palate is light, bubbly, tingly and ends dry and astringent. I don’t remember the draft version being this good; maybe it needs over a year of aging???!

Name: Weisse Dark
Date: 05/17/2001
Mode: Draft
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

opaque brown, thin white head, slightly sweet malt aroma with a touch of floral hops, rich malt flavor with the liqhtness of a wheat beer, low bitter finish, a good thirst quincher with flavor
-------- /> Name: Weisse Dark
Date: 09/19/2003
Mode: bottle

muddy brown with a fine white head, sweet chocolate covered banana aroma, light wheat character with a nice chocolate flavor,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Score: **+/4
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July 2005 - I have to say that I’m not a big dunkleweissen fan. This beer poured a dark amber/brown with HUGE almost out of control head. I had to pour like three times just to get it to fit into my glass. The taste was typical sweet dunkle taste (which I’m not fond of) maybe a tad on the thin side (which, if you aren’t a big fan of style isn’t a bad thing). Got a little better as it warmed.