Laitilan Tumma Kukko

Brewed by Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas
Style: Dunkel
Laitila, Finland

A hazy brown beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with lots of rye bread notes. The flavor is sweet with notes of metal, citrus, and rye bread. Too much metal for my liking.

(Can 50 cl) Pours a clear, reddish brown with a small, off-white head. Distinct aroma of rye bread. Light-bodied wit a wee tartness. Markedly roasted, bready malt character. Almost no bitterness. 150306

RBESG2008: 50 cL can, 4.5%. Pours clear and golden deep brown/orange with a fluffy light tan head. Mild fruity and slight spiced aroma. Flavour is dry malty and mild spiced. Ends dry and somewhat flat, breadish too.

Sampled draught at Helsinki Beer Festival.
Ruby in colour. Lightly flowery nose. Dry, clean and grassy with light body. Rather bitter finish. Plain, but enjoyable.

Can. Amber color with a small off-white / ligth brown head. Malty aroma with notes of bread and caramel. Malty and bready flavor with a light sweet finish and a hint of hoppyness.

Tapped. Copper red colour, beige foamy head, leaves lacing. Sweet fruity aroma with hints of barley and hops. A bit bitter fruitish flavour. Leaves mouth sticky with a bit bittersweet aftertaste. Slightly oily mouthfeel.

2007-06-19, draught, 6-3-4-2-10=25
Dark amber color. The aroma is quite perfumy, nice. But the flavor is much simpler, the mouthfeel weak, with dry caramel and some roasted malt. Dry and bitter end, too bitter. Unbalanced.

2006-03-15, can, 5-3-2-2-7=19
Dark amber color. Peculiar aroma, of caramel/toffee candies. Worse taste, malt beverage (some sweetness, caramel, cereals, no bitterness).

Canned (BB 09/2005)
Reddish copper brown, lots of carbonation, big brown/yellow foamy head, lace. Roasted, woody aroma. Sweetish caramel and roasted flavor. Good roasted aftertaste, just lacks some alcohol. Quite nice dunkel.