Weihenstephaner Tradition Bayrisch Dunkel

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Dunkel
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

Burnt bitter nutty aroma. Dark brown colour with poor head. Butty burnt malt flavour. Fizzy palate.

Bottled. A chestnut brown coloured beer ith a tall white head which dwindles quite quickly. The aroma has oats, bran and raisins but also a little shampoo. The taste is very nutty with dark fruits and malts. A good Dunkel.

Dark chocolate brown; shows good clarity. Nose isn’t doing much, faint roasted malty notes. A bit flat in the mouth as well; some more malty notes but doesn’t really hit any level of interest. Pleasant enough but there are simple too many better beers at the price. (use by date July 2005)

Re-rate:- Haven’t had this one for a while, but I found myself up for a session and needed a decent lager to drink. This one came to mind immediately for afford-ability, drinkability and ofcourse reuse-ability of empty brown bottles. Poured into a Weihenstephan stein. Better, dense, rocky tan head formed than my first rate. Held on for the length and left some frosting. The body of beer a ruddy, deep brown and brilliantly clear. Doughy, slightly biscuity, cookie dough and roasted malts greet the nose. No hops. Lightly sweet upfront in the mouth, woody, deeper malts across the palate and drying towards the backwith some lightly roasted and toasted malts finishing it off. Light bodied for style and well charged in carbonation, but not as to hinder things. Not as filling in the stomach as I remember. Not bad, definitely hit the spot.
Yet another nice beer from the Weihenstephan brewery, and a good drop in general. Tasted from the bottle and poured into a tall stem glass, a short soapy tan head formed atop a clear cola brown body. Chocolate and toffee nose with a hint of toasted malt. Light bodied (oddly filling in the stomach) and light in carbonation. Sweet in the mouth, chocolate, toffee, with a balance of bitter roasted grain and burnt sugars in the back. No real hop definition, just a good malty Dunkel that went down a treat. Quite nice!!!

Red-brown color, light caramel malty aroma and taste, medium body, light dry finish.

Draft at the Weihenstephan monastery. Light tan head, carbonation, transparent and good lacing with a reddish brown hue. Malty and caramel aroma. Flavor was malty, caramel, smokey, burnt flavor. Mouthfeel was smooth and thin. Light bodied Dunkel.

500ml Bottle. Aroma of burnt malt, sweet toffee and a bit of chocolate. Pours clear deep amberish brown body with solid off-white head. Decent flavour of caramel, slight chocolatey malt and with nutty and licorice flavours. The body tends to be a bit of the thin side. Overal it’s not too bad. I’m starting to become quite a fan of this style it seems.

The DM & Hotstuff’s European Honeymoon trip beer number 46. This draft brew from the monastery in Freising Germany poured a medium sized head of finely sized white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind an excellent lacing and a carbonated transparent brown colored body. The aroma was mild with brown beer malty notes and the mouth feel was initially tingly with a mild caramel malt bite in its otherwise smooth finish. The flavor was typically like a dunkel, but on the thin side and therefore was not much to behold.