Dunkles Festbier

(bottle) Clear, dark brown colour with a big and beige foamy head. Toast-malty aroma with caramel, burnt element, vanilla and shades of aroma hops in the background. Sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium to light bodied with a soft carbonation. Roasty malty and bready taste with caramel and notes of chocolate towards the sweet and roast-bitter finish with a light but present hops character. Classy Dunkel. 31.III.10
Earlier Rating: 2/18/2007 Total Score: 3.3
(bottle) Clear, dark mahogany colour with a foamy white medium-sized head. Hearty and slightly roasted malt aroma with notes of dark chocolate, coffee and herbal hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, medium to light body with a smooth carbonation. Dark malty taste, moderately roasted with herbal notes and chocolate; dry, medium-bitter and lasting finish with liquorice. Quite complex Festbier.
Earlier Rating: 6/24/2009 Total Score: 3.3
(bottle) Clear, golden colour with a big and fluffy foamy white head. Sweet and slightly draffy malty aroma with notes of biscuits, traces of barnyard and a delicately herbal and slightly citrus-fruity hoppy touch. Light-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, crispy on the tongue. Solid malty base with a rural tinge of barnyard and well-balanced hoppy accents; almost dry, malty and moderately hoppy finish with a very subtle fruity touch (24.VI.09).

Another bottle re-rate: This years version has nice juniper herbal notes notes and a lovely fat fruity malt finish. Medium light body. Another uptick Bottle rerate 7 5 8 3 14 Juicy fat malt and full grassy hop aroma. Darkest amber, large off white lace. Great balance, medium light dry body. 4 3 6 2 8 Bottle. Sulphury eggnog and chocolate aroma. Brown, low lacing cappucino head. Very dry, roasted notes, praline flavour. Medium body, dry quick finish. dud bottle?

Bottle 50cl. @ home.[ Trade by Koelschtrinker ]. Clear medium to dark red brown color with a large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, bread, nutty - walnuts. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic, and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081014]

bottle. Hazy dark brown colour, medium-sized beige head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, malty with flavours of roasted malt and coffee, a bit of cocoa poweder. Hints of pinewood which remind me of a walk in the forest.
Earlier Rating: 12/29/2008 Total Score: 3.2
bottle. Hazy very dark brown colour, medium-sized beige head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, malty with flavours of roasted malt and coffee, a bit of cocoa poweder. Dry mouthfeel, some shy but good hops in the lingering finish.