Dark Cloud
Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular|
Score
6.86
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours dark with nice white head. Nice fresh malts and caramel. Clean finish and none of that doughiness yuou get with worse versions. A very nice dunkel.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Beautiful chestnut brown with a nice off-white head. Taste is a toasted grain, not burnt bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark pour. Brown sugar nose. Thin foam around rim. Sweet rye taste with molasses palate.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2019
at 00:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Sam's Quik Shop in Durham. Pours brown with a small beige head. Aroma is caramel malt, brown leaf, bread. Flavor is smooth brown grasses, caramel, nuts. Finishes slightly sweet. Nice flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2018
at 20:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle dated 9/21/2015 into a pilsner glass A: A hard pour yields only 12" of beige foam that recedes rapidly to a collar and center bubbles. Clear ruby tea tinted brown color. S: Some light roast and dark fruit on the nose. T: Tart hops and roasty malt flavor. Neither cloyingly sweet nor burnt tasting. Not very complex or heavy. M: Smooth and somewhat creamy mouthfeel with light to medium body. Wet and medium to long coating finish. O: Tasty and drinkable, this is a very approachable dark lager. Always a bit expensive in my area though at 10.50/6. I like it and will continue to buy from time to time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2015
at 17:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Mother Earth Dark Cloud (by Mother Earth Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
10/XI/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: II/4/15 (2015-1546)
Clear red brown beer, big irregular creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, caramel, grassy, herbal, some cocoa powder, fruity, some citrus and a hint of banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: pretty bitter, malty, bit sourish, grassy hops, some toasted malts. Aftertaste: bitter, herbal, bit sourish, some banana, toast. Very nice dunkel!
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
10/XI/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: II/4/15 (2015-1546)
Clear red brown beer, big irregular creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, caramel, grassy, herbal, some cocoa powder, fruity, some citrus and a hint of banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: pretty bitter, malty, bit sourish, grassy hops, some toasted malts. Aftertaste: bitter, herbal, bit sourish, some banana, toast. Very nice dunkel!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2015
at 15:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ home, thanks to jcnielsen for sending. Pours a reddish orange appearance with a brown head. Light nuttiness, caramel, vanilla, toasted malt in the nose. Medium body. Quite malty though not overly sweet. A touch of acidity. A little chocolate, brown sugar, and some nuttiness. Pretty fine but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2015
at 20:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at Bad Parenting Club (plus a few dirty aunt/uncles?!): NC Beer Edition on 03/28/2015. Pours a hazy cola color with a medium beige head that recedes steadily. Spotty lacing. Aroma of roast malt, caramel and fruit. Light-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, earthy hops and fruit. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2015
at 15:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very drinkable lightly roasted beer. Pours black with reddish tint and without much head or lacing. Light bitter finish. Grainy and good for style. Tap at rustico ballston
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2014
at 15:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled at D’vine’s in Columbia Heights from a 12oz bottle. Watery cola brown with some thick, creamy, off white head. Nose is standard, some malt, some clove, some nuts, a little over ripened fruit. Flavors are the same, sweet, mild fruit, mild malt. Watery finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2014
at 06:17