Spaten München Dunkel

Brewed by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu (InBev)
Style: Dunkel
Munich, Germany

Pour is a cola brown with a average white head. Aroma is mild roasted malts with some sweet caramel. Flavor is again sweet malts with some wet paper bag showing up. Totally average in every way.

On tap @ Humpy’s Anchorage, AK. Clear amber with a thick light tan head. Aroma is of bread, sweet dark malt and very light noble hops. Flavor is liquid bread, sweet and malty with just a faint touch of bitterness. Medium body with a mild carbonation and a thick mouth feel. This is a nice Dunkel but was a little let down, just a bit too sweet and the hops were barely noticeable.

Aroma is bready, caramel, nuts, vegetables. The appearance is deep red/brown, tan head. Lots of carbonation bubbles. The flavor is bread, caramel, nuts. The finish is an astiringent bittering, with some caramel flavor lingering. Medium mouthfeel. Ok, nothing great.

The smell is toasty, slight fruits, and wheat chex. Heavy wheat chex. The look is brown with red tinges and an ok off white head. The taste is malts, wheat, and caramel. Just a little blah.

Pours a clear dark amber almost brown with a small quick fading beige head. Strong malty aroma, some chocolate notes along with caramel. Taste is bready, some wheat? Light bitterness that balances this brew nicely. Clean and crisp, medium-light body, easy finish.

Clear, reddish brown appearance with a fast fading head and almost no lacing. Straightforward caramel malt aroma. Taste is also primarily caramel malt with a touch of molassas. Medium bodied mouthfeel with a sweet lingering finish. The brewer could have phoned this one in.

A full-bodied beer with a malty aroma. Taste is that of sweet, nutty caramel. A hint of spice is mixed in.

Has a deep mahogany appearance with off-white head and fair lacing. The aroma is light caramel and bready malt. The body is ligth to medium with a watery texture. The malty taste finishes dry with a hint of skunk (damn green bottles!).