Hövels Original

Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Amazing beer with truly unique qualities. Caramel flavor, with floral and honey aromas. One of my all time favorites.

Reddish brown body with a really thick cream colored head. Great lacing. Smell is roasted malt, nuts, and copper. Taste is different than other dunkelweizens I’ve had. Very nice bitterness that has notes of roasted malt, butter, and maybe walnuts/pecans. Medium carbonation. Full bodied. Top notch in my book. Smooth and fun to drink!

Beautiful bottle, nice amber color malty and hoparoma’s in smell, taste, and palate. Very nice bitter finish.

well, this is one of the beer where it is really hard to find the correct style. the one i chose is the les wrong one. in fact it has amber colour and it is an ale-style. but this one is very different from he "bitter bier" from the same brewery. big and solid head. hopsy smell and start. some bitterness, some smokey aromes. mid is hops-dominated but of the flowery kind. the finish has some malts which adds to the hops and makes a delicious and long end.

First rating
Draught, pint, at Bishops Arms (Avenyn) on January 17, 2006.
Dark brown color, not so much head. Not much scent, but a clear bitter taste. Nice when you have time to sit down and slowly have a pint.
5/4/8/4/12=3.3

Second rating
50 cl bottle with a "plopp" cork.
Deep golden color, tan head. Sweet malty scent with roasted tones. Grainy, acidic, malty taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
6/4/6/3/12=3.1 \ / Third rating: 50 cl plopp-bottle thanks to Falki from WOA forum! BB June 2009. On January 2, 2009. Clear copper color, big fluffy lasting cream colored head. Sweet malty caramel scent. Caramel, malty, a bit roasted taste. Butter and caramel aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. 7/4/8/4/15=3.8

Bottle. The aroma is like a dark bread, roasted or burnt, earthly (yeastly). The appearance of the frothy head is very niche with a off-white colour which is long lasting. The initial flavour is bitter, the finish is long. On the palate the body is medium to full with a dry texture (a little bit oily) and a soft carbonation. Overall this is a positive surprise on the german beer market, the design of the bottle is also noteworthy. A good one!

Sweeter than I thought. Very nice head. Re-rate: Every time I have one of these I like it better and better. Pretty complex