Barbarossa Double Dark Lager
Christian Moerlein Brewing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular|
Score
6.67
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Moerlein Barbarossa is slow-aged with a deep reddish brown color and a malt aroma derived from Munich dark malt. The balanced finish invites a toast to the return of a legend.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Dark brown pour with plenty of foam. Caramel German malts and clean finish. A nice dunkel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nice deep amber-brown color. Light brown head. Caramel aroma. Flavor is candy corn, with slight dry fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
sampled at brewpub in Cincinnati - part of flight. Nice Dunkel - lovely traditional german beer
Tried
on 04 Aug 2024
at 18:23
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Aug 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with zapata. Thanks Ben!
This pours a clear red brown with a 1finger head of foam. Some lacing here and the foam is not shrinking very fast at all. 1 lovely brew in my glass.. The colour, I think, is spot on for a Dunkel.
The smell has notes of roasted malt, some sweet malt, and some good hoppiness that smells very fruitlike.
The taste is very nice. Some nice sweet malt notes with a touch of roasted malt, some light nutty flavour, and a decent amount of hop bitterness in the background to take the edge off the sweetness and put this in a very nice balance. Yum. There's also a touch of earthiness right before the finish which itself is slightly sweet. Again. Yum, and a very nice brew to sit with and session with.
Imo, this is a great example of the style, a style that I don't have a lot of experience with but the ones I have tried generally are too light in the flavour department. Not so with this one. Highly recommended!
I got this bottle in a trade with zapata. Thanks Ben!
This pours a clear red brown with a 1finger head of foam. Some lacing here and the foam is not shrinking very fast at all. 1 lovely brew in my glass.. The colour, I think, is spot on for a Dunkel.
The smell has notes of roasted malt, some sweet malt, and some good hoppiness that smells very fruitlike.
The taste is very nice. Some nice sweet malt notes with a touch of roasted malt, some light nutty flavour, and a decent amount of hop bitterness in the background to take the edge off the sweetness and put this in a very nice balance. Yum. There's also a touch of earthiness right before the finish which itself is slightly sweet. Again. Yum, and a very nice brew to sit with and session with.
Imo, this is a great example of the style, a style that I don't have a lot of experience with but the ones I have tried generally are too light in the flavour department. Not so with this one. Highly recommended!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2017
at 10:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This brew is a dark brownish-amber color with a medium light beige head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of roast malt, caramel and dark fruit. Light-bodied with a sweet caramel malt character, with a bit of fruit and floral hops in the background. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2016
at 13:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nutty chocolate malt aroma. Dark chestnut brown with moderate tan head. Slightly sweet chocolate malt flavor with a lightly bitter herbal hops finish. Nice body. An excellent dunkel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2012
at 17:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black bread and chocolate malt and prune aroma. Chestnut with a small, quickly dissipating tan head. Dark bread, sweet chocolate malt, and prune flavor. Smooth medium body. I really loved the chewy dark bread flavor going on in this one, and found it going down far too easily. This is one I could drink a little too much of if I wasn’t careful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2012
at 14:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Beer of the month club. Clear brown with only a tiny bit of beige foam. Nice malty caramelly aroma with nuts and notes of toast and chocolate. Sweet caramelly malt flavor with some toastiness and a slightly drier finish with a bit of roastiness and light herbal hints. Medium-bodied. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2012
at 14:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Purchased at Hyde Park Wine & Spirits in Cincinnati, OH; enjoyed after a long day at an SAP conference, my brain balls hurt. Appearance is a dark, slightly thin brown with a thin off white head. Aroma of bread/caramel malt, not much else, smells thin. Taste is also malty, not really too bad, thin lager body with medium carbonation. I liked one of the beers from this brewery when in Cincy, but this one falls flat for me. Definitely better than a mass produced lager, but there are better craft lagers out there.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2011
at 15:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Comfortably sweet and easy to drink. Dark copper body with an off-white, mostly diminishing head. Aroma of toast and brown sugar with notes of caramel and dough. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter with a lightly to moderately bitter finish. It stays sweet throughout. Thin to medium body with a watery texture. Lively carbonation. Crisp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2009
at 19:03