Dunkles Festbier
Krug-Bräu in Waischenfeld, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Winter|
Score
6.93
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Dunkles Festbier: wird ähnlich wie das Lagerbier eingebraut, hat aber mehr Volumen. Ein typisches, fränkisches Brotzeitbier.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass zippy, brownish, nice head. Starts malty-dry, not too roasty, some hints of caramel. Light fruity notes of plum. Finish a bit milder. Okay.
Earlier Rating: 1/24/2010 Total Score: 3.4
The bottle looks good, really christmas-like. The beer in the glass also, darker than exspected, huge head. Starts strong and malty, modest roasty, not too dry. A little bit smoky. Also fruity notes of plum. The smoky notes make a wonderful aftertaste. Very drinkable and good beer!
Earlier Rating: 1/24/2010 Total Score: 3.4
The bottle looks good, really christmas-like. The beer in the glass also, darker than exspected, huge head. Starts strong and malty, modest roasty, not too dry. A little bit smoky. Also fruity notes of plum. The smoky notes make a wonderful aftertaste. Very drinkable and good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2014
at 05:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml Bottle: labelled as Weihnachtsbier. Drank on 22nd Jan 2014 in Weiss-Blau, Charlottenburg Berlin. Pours a deep reddy brown with a beige foaming head. Malty nose and taste, but more complicated than that. The malts seemed full but distant in their character, meaning light but ever present. Spicy notes and semi-sweet caramel hints gave the beer an extra dimension and a Christmassy feel. Medium bodied and very easy to drink, the alcohol level sat nicely within the flavours and suited the beer well: it didn’t need to be a super charged brew with the depth of flavours it carried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2014
at 06:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear reddish dark brown colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Dark malty aroma, malt-spicy, a very cautious smoky touch. Taste is moderately sweet dark malty with a nuttily touch, malt-spicy, cautious hints of roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2013
at 04:04
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark brown in the glass with beige head. The beer starts malty-balanced, not sweet. The mainly dry mainpart is nicely malted, slightly bitter. Highly drinkable. The aftertaste is medium, a bit more sweet.
--> Nice Festbier, but could be a bit deeper in aroma.
--> 10/12/8/9 --- Beer merged from original tick of Breitenlesauer Winterbier on 12 Jan 2023 at 22:38 - Score: 8. Original review text: Great dark roasted grainy beginning. Dry malty caramel, roast with bitter grain in the back. Mild dry, intense bitter with a dry roasted grainy finish. Rich and dark, creamy parts, great bitter roasted in the end.
--> Nice Festbier, but could be a bit deeper in aroma.
--> 10/12/8/9 --- Beer merged from original tick of Breitenlesauer Winterbier on 12 Jan 2023 at 22:38 - Score: 8. Original review text: Great dark roasted grainy beginning. Dry malty caramel, roast with bitter grain in the back. Mild dry, intense bitter with a dry roasted grainy finish. Rich and dark, creamy parts, great bitter roasted in the end.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2013
at 11:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Deep copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is mild toasted nutty notes along with some slight dark fruits and sweet maltyness. Flavour is fruits, some dark malts, mild ashes and some slight burnt wet wooden notes as well. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 11:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Bierzwerg. Poured cola brown with a thick white head. Weird, mushroomy, leathery and yeasty aroma. Flavor was sweet caramel, earth, yeast and bread. Finish has some strong cocoa with some hops, making it slightly bitter. Quite a weird combination, but the result was quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2011
at 23:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (BZ, BB 10/2010)
Deep chestnut brown color, good beige creamy head. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate and grassy hops. Medium-bodied, soft palate. Cocoa powder, grassy mild hops and cardboard in the flavor. Short finish. Interesting, different festbier, although I am not a big fan of this kind of grassy hoppyness.
Deep chestnut brown color, good beige creamy head. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate and grassy hops. Medium-bodied, soft palate. Cocoa powder, grassy mild hops and cardboard in the flavor. Short finish. Interesting, different festbier, although I am not a big fan of this kind of grassy hoppyness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2010
at 11:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Deep amber coloured, big fluffy off-white head - slowly collapsing; moderate sweetish-fruity and dark-malty nose; drier bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied; becomes drier and more chocolatey towards the malty-toasty finish. Fine franconian stuff......
Earlier Rating: 9/3/2006 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle: Dark amber coloured, huge, fluffy but firm off-white head; complex nose: sweet malt, roasted malt, milk-coffee and aromatic hops; sweetish-bitter flavour; burnt malt in the finish, herbal (almost chocolatey...) hoppiness in the aftertaste. A fat franconian brew....
Earlier Rating: 6/27/2009 Total Score: 3.4
Earlier Rating: 9/3/2006 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle: Dark amber coloured, huge, fluffy but firm off-white head; complex nose: sweet malt, roasted malt, milk-coffee and aromatic hops; sweetish-bitter flavour; burnt malt in the finish, herbal (almost chocolatey...) hoppiness in the aftertaste. A fat franconian brew....
Earlier Rating: 6/27/2009 Total Score: 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2010
at 22:45