Dark Label

Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Rich aroma of caramel, toffee, toasted and roasted malts. Sweet toffee malt flavour balanced by fine roasted notes. Indeed a very good dark Czech.

Bottled, thanks to Dunkpigen, thewolf, and ChristianSheffel for bringing it to Plzen to RBESG. A deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and brown sugar.

tap at Pivovarsky Dum ... Deeep brwon little red ... Chocolate malts ... rich sweet and fruity roast malts ... little chocolate some cherry.

First rating(Draught at Pivovarsky Klub, Prague, on June 24, 2008)Labeled "Xantho Mimaradny Special 15 degrees"Clear dark brown color, tan head. Roasted malt and sweet scnet. Coffee and roasted malt taste, also caramel. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness.7/3/7/3/13=3.3Rerate(33 cl bottle in Plzen)On June 27, 2008Labeled 3.7% ABV though! - BB 21.08.08Clear dark brown color, tan head. Sweet a bit caramel and roasted scent. Sweet, butterscotch, roasted, metallic, dry taste. Medium mouthfeel an dbitterness. Metallic aftertaste.5/4/4/3/9=2.5

Draught@Pivovarsky Klub. Deep ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some rubbery notes as well as mild sugar. Flavour is quite much the same along with some yeast and mild notes of licorice lurking in the background. 5 4 6 3 11

Bottled, from Alko. Very deep ambery brown colour with mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is mild caramel, some not-too-sweet syrup, mild sugar as well as some bready malts. Flavour is licorice, ryebread, some sweetish cookies as well as quite strong Saazy grassyness. 7 4 7 4 15

Draught at Pivovarsky Klub, Prague. Dark brown, small head. Earthy and roasty. Sweet with medium body. Rounded but a bit spritzy and oily with some earthiness and notes of wood. Salty finish.

Žatec Dark Lager (2016 rating) Thanks Mladen! Shared with Hammertroll. Pale copper/amber body with an off white head. Dry sweetish caramelly aroma. Empty taste, mild caramel, metallic note, dryish, very light dog food. Very watery. Damn... I really hope this is a different beer from the Xantho as Xantho used to be a damn good one. Keeping the Xantho numbers in case the Dark is proven to be different. 6/4/4/2/9 Žatec Xantho (2008 rating)Sample at the Vinarna Hrozen RBESG tasting from a bottle supplied by.. asheft I think (thanks!) Very dark brown colour. Lovely nose. A pungent aroma of roast malt, caramel and raisins. A very sweet caramel tastes with notes of something I can’t decypher from my notebook. Go me. Overall, thought that it was a very good beer and certainly the highlight of the night until then. Bringing these to the tasting was a great idea.

bottle, bought in a supermarket in Louny. Clear dark brwon colour with an amber touch, large beige head. Full-bodied and very malty with hints of roasted malt, toffee and caramel. Rounded by Saaz hops which results in a bitter-sweet character and a dry finish.

Lahev (333ml, diky Quack-Ducku!): Clear, deep amber coloured, quite firm yellowish to off-white foam, dense dark-malty and roasted-malty nose with a touch of dark berries and a tinge of molasses, backed by some delicate (ŽATEC = SAAZ !) hops; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, soft MF; toasted malt and molasses in the sweet-bitter finish. well crafted czech Dunkel, reminds You a bit of a thinnish german Doppelbock........

(33cl bottle with thanks to Quack-Duck) Clear, chestnut-brown colour with a mid-sized foamy head. Sweet, toast-malty nose with toffee, slightly molassy and almost Bock-like with shy notes of milk chocolate. Sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Robust dark and toast-malty, earthy taste with caramel/toffee; moderately sweet, toasty malt-accented finish with a discreet, slightly floral hoppy touch. Has something of a diluted Bock.