Slam Dunkel
Weyerbacher Brewing Co. in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Dunkelweizen Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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Slam Dunkel was a small batch release in 2007. We had such an overwhelming response that we had to put it in the seasonal rotation. We also decided, as brewers, we couldn’t live without drinking this beer every year! This 7% Double Dunkelweizen is unfiltered and made with over 50% wheat malt along with pale, munich, and a touch of chocolate to give it the traditional color and flavor. Bitterness is subdued to allow the Weihenstephen yeast to shine through with those traditional notes of banana and clove. Available in June in bottles and draft. Recipe by Chris Wilson, Head Brewer.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bomber bottle. Thick brown-red stained glass color, with just a tinge of light creeping through. Nice chocolate banana aroma. Everything really comes together well in this beer, from the smooth, rich malt base, to the classic banana-clove aroma. Impressive beer, though a good German example may still have it beat in depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 22:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a hazy brown finish and a light tan head. Aroma of strong wheat, curacao, coriander seed and a good set of bananas. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong meaty malt backbone with a good fresh coriander seed flavour with sugar, fruit and some hops coming through as well. Aftertaste shows a lot of character - malt shows through big time with alcohol and some fruit as well. Overall, a nice and strong beer - definitely worth trying! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on my 27th birthday: 30-June-2008, sampled after my first round of golf ever, 07-August-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 02:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bomber....pours brown with a thick creamy beige head...on the whiff, wheat, spices, and a real distinct banana...tastes almost exactly as it smells...sweet and spicy, quite nicey
Tried
on 10 Aug 2008
at 11:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
I’m very impressed and pleased with this! A nice reddish brown cloudy color, huge foaming head. Aroma is rich and refreshing, alot of spicy zesty wheatiness, and a touch of clove and banana. Flavor is light and refreshing, with zesty minty wheat and again just touch of clove and banana. Finish is light and easy. On the whole the beer is semi-dry, except for a nice melanoidin presence in the middle of this beer, which is quickly carried off with lots of carbonation. Just a 100% spot on dunkelweizen.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2008
at 18:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle on 07/19/2008. Murky brown body with a medium frothy off-white head. Fruity, malty, caramel and banana aroma. Caramel and spice flavor with fresh bananas. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2008
at 11:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of fishingnet. Pours mildly hazy deep copper with tan head. The aroma is dates, prunes, mild pepper and clove spice. The taste begins mildly tart moving quickly to dark fruitiness from dates, prunes, raisins, some pepper to go along with spices like cloves. In the background I get a small river of malty sweetness and wheat notes. Wow, lots of flavors going on here.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2008
at 10:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bomber pours a translucent, murky brown with a thin, slightly creamy slightly beige head. Smells pretty good, strong, sugary, sweet aroma, dark grains, stale bread, bananas, caramel and yeast. Flavor is very fruity, ripe bananas, plums, pears, wheat, brown sugar, bread and a little rum. Finish is sweet and dry with only a medium mouthfeel. I don’t love dunkelweizens, but this was a very good representation of the style and very drinkable.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2008
at 16:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep hazy brown into a Weizen glass. Off-white micro head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Clove and banana aromas. Smooth and full with bubblegum upfront and a lasting banana liquor finish.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2008
at 18:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled on draft at D’s in Monroeville PA this beer poured a murky dark brown color with a medium sized khaki head. The aroma was tangy citrus and banana. The flavor was a very nice mix of bitter and tangy malts, roasty malts, light citrus, clove and banana. Very malty base to this beer. The finish was long with notes of citrus and clove. Exceptional!
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2008
at 18:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Seriously turbid brown beer that fails to kick up much of a head - aroma of banana, clove, baked apples, chocolate, nutty character, wheat - creamy mouthfeel - pretty sweet up front, but the wheat beer tang comes through afterwards to attempt to dry it out - strong banana and clove - after it dried, th e clove becomes a lot stronger, and some cocoa and caramel flavors are noticeable - a bit of bubblegum - gets a little bitter in the finish, and an almost plastic-like flavor I notice in a lot of Weyerbacher beers becomes evident - I think that if it were not for the Weihenstephan yeast, this would not be nearly as tasty - one of the better Weyerbacher beers I’ve had in a while, but that isn’t saying much.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2008
at 01:14