 muzzlehatch (4425), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Apr 25, 2004
Bottle, at Mahars in Albany NY. Nut brown body and aroma...rich with a bit of dark fruit. Malty, nutty flavor, some caramel, starts out rather full but ends fairly watery. A dunkel, eh? Didn't think of that. Not at all bad.
PilsnerPeter (1408), Flushing, New York, USA
Mar 21, 2008 Bottle - Thanks hopscotch! Pours a dark auburn/ruby with a bubbly cream colored head. Malty aroma with mild chocolate hints, cinnamon, and evident oxidation. (It had been expired for five years) Very oxidized flavor. Gained some metallic/musty bitterness. Somewhat watery mouth feel with a toasted, mildly chocolaty malt character. Seems like it possessed a decent malt profile, but the rating suffered due to the heavy oxidation. Not bad though.
conor23 (105), Elgin, Illinois, USA
Jul 24, 2007 I thought this one would be good, I like their lager, bu this was watery and totally flat. Not sure if I got a bad one.
hopscotch (4477), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 18, 2007 Bottle... Mostly clear, dark, burgundy lager with a large, frothy, khaki head. Terrific, tight retention. Oxidized, ester-riddled nose permeates must, cobwebs, dates, dust and very, very light molasses. Tastes much better than expected. Hints at malt sweetness with an undertone of caramel, but mainly delivers moderate acidity and mild bitterness. Medium to full-bodied and lightly creamy with soft carbonation. Crisp, tangy finish.
ClarkVV (3547), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
Aug 11, 2006 Undated bottle drunk on 8/10/06.
Medium-high to high clarity in this bronze/tan-tinted dark brown beer. Some light burgundy tresses when held to the light. Off-white/beige head is initially retained at about one-finger, but rapidly fades to a ring, with fizzy carbonation running about in the liquid. No lacing.
Oxidation, DMS, soggy, nutty, stale malts, some light metallic character and plenty of pasteurization in the nose. So that’s nice. Zippy bitterness on the end, but it almost seems more carbonic and artificially derived, not very hop-like. Some soft brown sugar notes, rather putrid toffee/caramel and almost no yeast apparency, perhaps some acetyldehyde. Well, that will be about enough of that.
The flavor is somewhat oxidized, with a cardboard flavor. Sickly sweet, almost syrupy, underattenuated malt sugars are simple and find no balance. My friend mentioned the whole tea aspect, so it’s funny that other people saw that, and that certainly is a note I find in many dunkels. This however, is just flawed on many levels, showing very poor lagering time. Mouthfeel is fizzy, then watery (apart from the syrupy sweetness). Some light yeast dryness on the end, but it’s a last ditch effort and quite failed. No alcohol apparency. To the drain with you.
jpm30 (1587), East Central, Georgia, USA
Jul 27, 2006 From a 12 oz. embossed green bottle with no bottled/freshness date.
Poured a hazy dull amber with a foamy head that settled into a thin lacing.
Aromas of metallic melts, light spices and sweet lemony.
Fizzy carbonation and a smooth without much crispness light bodied mouthfeel.
Bland, watery roasted and metallic malts, a watery spiciness, a light lemon flavor and a watery finish with a strange metallic flavor lingering in the palate that hurts the drinkability.
I didn’t find this to be too pleasing and for a dunkel, pretty poor overall.
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