EKU Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel

From old tasting notes. Clear reddish brown color with a huge beige head.mild toasted malt nose has a hint of yeastiness. Mildly sweet roasted malt flavor upfront has a wisp of hop bitterness. Brief sweet wheat malt finish. Very flavorful.

50 cl. bottle sampled @ Kulminator. Presumably 1989 Vintage. Bottle actually says made in West-Germany, that is just crazy by this point. What a blast from the past! Amber brown with surprisingly a decent off-white head. Smell is cardboard, liquorish, brown apple. Taste is bit watery, liquorish, dark fruits, spices, light oxidation, faintly vinous, raisins,… Soft carbonation. This was actually not bad, really surprised that a 25 year old Dunkelweizen is good. West-German quality? Very interesting.

Tasted as old beer (15 years) in De Kulminator under its old name EKU Hefeweizen Dunkel, like most raters here, apparently. Beige head, warm deep brown colour. Sourish onset moving towards caramel, some banana and cloves as expected in this style, dryish finish with slight toasted bitterishness, thin mouthfeel. Suffered a bit from old age - 15 years is in any case way too old for a wheat beer. Loved to have purchased a young one for comparison, but apparently it doesn’t exist anymore.

Bottle at Kulminator, March 2012. Vintage 1989. I hesitated whether I should order a 23 year old Dunkelweizen. But the beer was unexpectedly good, not fantastic but still drinkable. The beer was clear amber in the color with a surprisingly large head. Still quite a lot of carbonation left. The aroma and taste contained dark fruit, caramel, notes of port wine and some yeast. Propably far from the original taste but for sure an interesting beer to try.

Bottled (some old dusty vintage). Deep amber colour, mediumsized foamy head. Nicely madeiraish notes in the nose. Flavour is raisins, plum and also has some mildl dark fruits and spices. Mild toasted notes in the background too.

Bottle 50cl. [ Vintage from the 80’s ]. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white - grey head. Aroma is moderate malty, vintage, oxidede malt, resin notes, alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090620]

Bottled at Kulminator (1989 vintage). First of all; I’m very surprised that this 17 years old beer with an ABV of only 5,1% still tastes good, and therefore I chose to enter the rating. It is copper-colored and lightly sparkling, with a huge, dense off-white head that lasts. Caramel, slighlty roasted malt and hints of alcohol and spices in the aroma. The flavor has roasted malt, caramel and some slightly burnt notes towards the slightly sour finish. Thin body. (060714)

Pretty aged bottle; there is a question as to where this is brewed. It used to be Deininger Kronenbräu at Hof - at least until the nineties, the brewing of top-fermenting beer was prohibited in the town of Kulmbach. Good head, receding rapidly; hazy dark brown with orange shine. Sweet bread, cookies, Pumpernickel, banana- and other yeastesters. Sourish - wheaty taste, again dark bread, but much drier than the nose. Every sip ends with the same characteristic sourish wheattaste. Flavour not unlike a lemon-cheesecake. Rather well-bodied, typically wheat fills in, despite its characteristic acidity. In the aftertaste, a bit of nuttiness and pears, are the only signs of aging. Very good sample of the style, better than the other Weizenbeers IMO (Berliner not counting).

amber with huge thick lasting tan head. Abundant carbonation. Spice yeasty nose Tingly and refreshing