Spaten München Dunkel

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

Name: Spaten Munchen Dunkel
Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: clear dark red, wispy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: dry earthy malt aroma, just a hint of caramel sweetness
Body: body has a touch of candy stickyness
Flavor: sweet caramel flavor, earthyness provides the balance to keep the sweetness in check, light chocolate to complement the caramel
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle. Deep brown with a thick white head. Aroma is lightly skunky initially with a light toasted malt base. A little bit nutty. Fairly prominent cracery component. It’s a very simple, and not very good dunkel.

Bottle from Belmont Party. Poured clear brown color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate dark malty aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium toasted sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met.

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy/frothy, off-white to light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is clear dark brown. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted bread, caramel, husks), trace hops (flowers, herbs). Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter, slightly husky. Medium body, watery texture, lively/fizzy carbonation, slightly metallic. Pretty much what you’d expect from this brewery...simple, watery, ordinary, and somewhat industrial.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized tan colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a hazy typically carbonated dark copper brown colored body and a thick foamy lacing. The aroma was brown malt and roasted malt. The crisp thick yet thin mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of brown malt. An OK brew just nothing special.

Bottle. Pours a mahogany brown body with an off white head. Nice nutty, roasty caramel malts. Grain with sweet hints of bread. Lightly earthy with some cereal notes. Decent offering.

(Draught at Waldwirtshaft Grosshesselhoe, München) Clear dark brown color, tan head. Butterscotch mixed with sweet toffee and vanilla scent. Roasted malty sweet taste with hints of coffee in the aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness.

Green bottle poured a clear brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of carmel, toasted malt, light earthiness and a hint of molasses. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, toasted malt and dark bread with a crisp malty finish.