Altbairisch Dunkel
Ayinger Privatbrauerei in Aying, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular|
Score
7.00
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Up until the Second World War, dark beer was the predominant beer type in the Munich area. The hard water found in the region played a special role in producing this specialty. In his book “Beer International”, the world-renowned English beer writer, Michael Jackson, accurately describes the Ayinger “Altbairisch Dunkel” as: “A good example of its kind. Impenetrably dark with a golden-brown gleam when held up to the light, and with a warm aroma and malty taste, while summoning up coffee taste sensations on going down. It is brewed from five types of malt (two of which are torrified dark), and it is only lightly hopped.” It is produced using the traditional double fermentation process.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
7-4-7-4-14 Bottle, L0041, four months before bbd. Pours clear dark brown, with a big creamy off white head. Aroma is malts with dark bread, nuts and chocolate, as well as herbal hops. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is malty notes of bread, brown sugar and toffee, as well as light herbal hoppy notes with leafy minerals. Balanced, roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2020
at 16:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Trembling Madness, York. Deep brown in colour, with a frothy, beige, head. Brown sugar, red berries, toasty malts, a touch of mutty, some leafy hops and moderately bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2020
at 16:33
8/10
BBE 03/2020, Lot 9189;Moderate malty sweetness with toasted bread, sweet bread crust, notes of bread dough, mild caramel, impressions of forest honey, sweet grains, hints of raisins & fruit compote, no obvious hops, clean fermentation profile on the nose
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2020
at 21:48
7/10
Tried
on 18 May 2020
at 15:18
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Die Ayinger-Brauerei ist mir eigentlich sehr sympatisch und die hellen und Weizenbiere finde ich äußerst geschmackvoll. Das Dunkle kann mich nicht zu solchen Begeisterungsstürmen hinreißen. Es ist schon ok mit seinen malzigen Tönen, aber wirklich ausgewogen ifinde ich es nicht.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2020
at 19:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Ayinger am Platzl with some Wildschwein Pflanzerl. Dark brown with decent fine head. Roasty nose with dark caramel hints. Flavor is fantastic with caramel and lightly-bitter toasty grains, not overly sweet, good smooth hop bitter finish. Classic example of style.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2020
at 11:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home strange to still fine brews with over 1,000 rates I haven’t had prior. Pretty chestnut brown with a fluffy head. Nose is nutty, caramel, and hay. Tastes of hay, toffee, roasted malt, barley, licorice some acorns. Smooth palate. Thin. Slight odd aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2019
at 02:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle. Clear brown reddish, foamy head. Roasted malt, nuts, lemon, a bit metal. Malty sweetness, dry metallic bitterness. Medium bodied, oily watery texture, soft carbonated, dry metallic finish. Rather average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2019
at 19:30
Cheers grandpa!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2019
at 20:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Olbaren. Pours dark amber-brown. Aroma and flavor are sweet, caramel, malt, grains. Overall: very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2019
at 18:58