24th January 2014
Bamberg Bash, Day 1. Brewpub draft. Clear deep red - amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is crispy and semi dry. Clean dark caramel malt, touch of cream. Whispers of esters and dried fruits. Light airy finish.

Day 1 of the post Xmas Bamberg Jolly, tap at the Kneittinger Keller, Regensburg, 24/01/14. Dark mahogony brown with a good sized beige head. Nose is brown bread, dark malts, toffee, nutty twang. Taste comprises rye bread, brown sugars, toffee, dark maltings, light berry fruit tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, clean finish. Solid dunkel.

Bottle looks simple, but good. Beer in the glass very dark, almost black, nice head. Starts fine malty and roasty with hints of caramel. Fine chocolate-malty finish, quite drinkable. Really nice!

Bottle, 5.2%. Dark brown with big beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel and bread. Flavour is malt, caramel, bread, medium sweet, hop, little yeast and a little bitter.

(Keg at Kneitinger am Arnulfsplatz as Export Dunkel, 201305015) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and molasses. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, molasses, grass, chocolate and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A good dunkel

50 cl bottle courtesy of Bierkrug. Pours with thick head, smoky aroma, elements of wood and chocolate. Interesting dunked and worth seeking out.

bottle from mein-biershop.de. Clear brown colour, mid-sized off-white head. Malty with hints of roasetd malts and caramel. A very mild beer.

Bottle. Clear dark brown colour. The flavour is mildly roasted, hint of coffee.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kneitinger Dunkel (by Brauerei Kneitinger):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

4/VIII/2012 - on tap @ Brauerei Kneitinger (Regensburg) - BB: n/a - (2012-827)

Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, unstable, nice lacing. Aroma: some caramel, hint of mocha, grains, stable, bit herbal. MF: soft carbon, light to medium body. Taste: pretty sweet, caramel, some citrus, overripe fruits, bit of banana. Aftertaste: overripe fruits, mocha, overripe banana, bit of coffee, bitter hops. Quite flavourful actually, but not my favourite flavours.

Had this on-tap at the source some years ago, lovely bar and beer garden: this review (Jan 2012) however is of a 500ml bottle which is out of date by 6 days. Poured into my ’Abbot Ale’ glass tankard. I’ve seen lighter ’Schwarzbier’, this really is a dark brown coloured beer, a red tint shows when held to a light: the head was full and of tightly massed tan coloured bubbles. The nose is of malty, treacle molasses and plenty of them, nothing else could get through, so heavy was the molasses aroma. The taste is also majoring on malts and sweet ones at that. There are hints of liquorice once you get passed the massed ranks of maltiness, the liquorice also appears in the nose as the beer warms in the glass. The beer has a distinct bitterness towards the end of each sip, not sure if it’s hop based or from the dry liquorice feel. I can remember the Currywurst I had with the on-tap beers at the brewhouse, it complimented the beer very well: today I’m having good quality Salami with it, again goes well. A very nice beer indeed, well carbonated and easy to drink: especially if you prefer the sweeter type of brew like me.