Warsteiner Premium Dunkel

Brewed by Warsteiner Brauerei
Style: Dunkel
Warstein, Germany

Dark brown and clear. Not the strongest head. A little watery at first, but carbonation and texture seemed to improve as I drank. Interesting aroma. Nice and roasty with sweet black licorice notes. Surprisingly refreshing and clean and rather easy to drink.

Draught @ Fox & Hound: This one pours with a decent sized white head on it. It doesn’t linger long. There was no real lacing to it. The color is a ruby-tinged brown. The aroma was OK, although not too strong. notes of molasses, caramel, maybe a hint of roastiness. Slightly less than a medium body. The taste was slightly sweet with notes of the caramel and molasses. A hint of hops for balance. Not very exciting, but very drinkable.

had it on tap at a local bar. Not a lot of hop taste.. more malty. Was smooth and refreshing overall.

This was a good solid beer. I enjoyed it. But it didn’t have any great flavor or anything major memorable about it.

A decent everyday drinking beer comparable to Beck’s Dark or Heineken Dark. Among dunkels, though, I would lean toward Baltika Dark (a sleeper) or Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel.

Smooth drinking lager, decent flavor but horrible after-taste. I tasted it well after it was finished.

a very solid dunkel. Not a bad price, and certainly drinkable. I could drink a 12 pack in a night and be fine.

decants darkish auburn brunette under a creamy disc of light suds. head lasts approximately as long as death valley frost, but nothing unusual about that, aye? actually fuller aroma than i expected, fresh crust of wheat bread, damp raisins with a splash of rum. but then it’s a bit too mild for the seasoned beer hawks that i know: a melted ice cube flat cola sweetness, moderately brisk, some hop. basically an honest formula, just needs to be boiled down to about twice the density.