Arc Welder Dunkel Rye
Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain - Rye / Roggenbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.90
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Flavors of toasted pumpernickel, hints of chocolate, and spicy rye. Soft, graham cracker sweetness. Mellow hop bitterness. Aromas of brown sugar, fig, and noble hops. Snappy, dry finish.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Pleasant House Pub, Chicago (Nov 2023). Clear dark red-brown with a foamy beige head, caramel malt aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter caramel malt taste with rye flavor, thin body, long bitter finish. The rye has brought a slightly different flavor to the dunkelweizen.
Drake (22934) reviewed Arc Welder Dunkel Rye from Metropolitan Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce can from Binny’s River Grove, 9/19/22. New brewery! Despite an attempt a dozen years ago at GTMW. Drunk me saw the taps unguarded and assumed it was pour your own and it didn’t occur to drunk me they were packing up and had removed the tables from their tent. A guy yelled at me which drunk me was pissed off by, but sober me knows the guy was right. Brewery #2099, USA #1702, Illinois #76. Clear dark red, very large tan head, good retention. It was almost a gusher and I can’t fit the 12 ounces into the 20 ounce pint glass. Aroma of rye, toast, stone fruit. Taste is caramel, rye, toast, stone fruit. High carb. Faint hints of plastic in both aroma and taste. Subtle hints of infection, but it’s a decent beer at this point.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle. I’m not a fan of rye, and am generally less than enthusiastic about Dunkels. They nail it here, though. The rye complements the deep brown chocolate notes very well. Perfect body, doughy and creamy. I really enjoy seeing lagers done well. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Binny’s Mix-a-Six rack. Yeasty rye bread smell right under the cap. A little puff of foam peeps out of the top of the bottle before I pour it into my dimpled St. Pauli Girl glass. Opaque brown color, head just keeps kicking up as I pour a bit at a time. Taste has, first, suggestions of smoked or Scotch malt. Chewy dark bread, treacle, this kind of flavor brings out the alcohol no matter how much or how little is there. Still some yeast in the palate, so it’s not filtered too much. Rye spiciness is in moderation. A filling beer that would stand up to a broiled or stewed meat dish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Many thanks to Eugene for the bottle - dark ruby pour - moderate lace - nose is sweet toffee/caramelized sugars, raisin, dark breads (pumpernickel, rye), light hop presence - medium body, low carbonation, fairly creamy texture - flavor is quite sweet, heavy on dark malt richness, toffee - there is some balancing bitterness and spicy and toasty rye - flavors of dark bread - medium high sweetness lingers throughout, despite some bitterness and earthy/spicy rye that tries to balance - finish is a little thin - rye lingers long on the palate - fairly solid dunkel, despite the occasionally high sweetness - the addition of rye is a mixed bag, but adds some additional complexity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Chocolate fudge, light smoke, and rye malt aroma. Dark chestnut with small head. Lightly sweet chocolate and mild rye bread malt flavor. Medium body. Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed on a Friday afternoon prior to seeing Kids in the Hall! Appearance is a dark rubyish brown with a thin lightly white head that rims around the glass. Aroma of light nuts and caramel, definitely malty, light toffee as well. Taste goes down with a very light spice, more malty than anything else, overall pretty decent dark lager.