2.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
12 oz bottle...light straw, off-white head that leaves in a hurry...smells like a fizzy yellow beer--tastes like a fizzy yellow beer..hmmm, it must be then--sour cheap malt finish...its drinkable but I don’t wanna...its watery and worthless...I’m gonna pass this off to the boys
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2008
at 13:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle in a fancy red bag and all... (Batch 1). Pour is a dark brown, but as I’m pouring it looks like it has an almost pink color to it... Head is fairly substantial. Aromas are dusty grains. Flavor is almost completely malt and roast... with a little hint of alcohol and some nuttiness in the aftertaste. This makes this a fairly simple, yet decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2008
at 22:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Its almost unconscionable that I have never tried this beer! Nice toffee/melanoidin nose, nutty with a hint of chocolate, vaguely earthy. A background of spicy hops. Garnet color with a foamy head. Nice clean presentation with a full rounded toffee malt presence. Tingling hops help segue to the balanced finished, which is earthy, semi-dry, and lightly hopped. Easy drinking, like any good dunkel would be a good partner to a wide variety of foods.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2008
at 20:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours a cranberry brown with a minimal head. Kinda boring aroma of strong, strong grain. Damn. Taste is straight up roasted malt. Cocoa puffs? Nutty, earthy, grainy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2008
at 00:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours a hazy mustard yellow with a minimal head. Aroma of tropical fruits and caramel. Taste is banana, bubblegum, clove. Light bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2008
at 00:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
25oz uncorked green bottle, batch #1. Attractively thick brown-amber color. The aroma is deep and malty in the bock style. Deep, rich flavor with a very moderate carbonation level. Sweet tastes of chocolate and pungent fruit. This is an excellent beer, worth seeking out if you are into big German beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2008
at 17:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours brown with a slight haze and has a mildly frothy tan head. The aroma has deep dark fruitiness, roasted malts, mild earthiness mixed with molasses and pepper. The taste is sweet to roasted malts that run into dark fruitiness like plums, cherries and sweet dark grapes. The body is a little thin carrying faint spiciness into the finish. Nice sweet malty experience.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2008
at 22:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish tan head. Aroma of rasins, malt, toffee and nuts. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong nutty flavours up front with some milder malt taste and a bit of toffee - not much else. Aftertaste shows a little sour grapes, but aside from that - more nuts and toffee. Overall, a decent beer, nothing special - if you have the choice, drink their wheat and pass on this. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 26-May-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2008
at 08:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amberish gold with a medium creamy head. Aroma is slightly sulfuric but mostly a heavy breadiness with a touch of alcohol. There’s perhaps some toffee in that. Flavor is strongly bready toffee malts, almost cloying, with a thickish, vaguely tannic/grainy wring to the cheeks. Tangy. Creamy palate, clean fermentation (having said that, there might be just a hint of DMS) and hidden alcohol distinguish this from malt liquor.
Tried
on 13 May 2008
at 20:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at Johnny’s Wife’s Place in Jeannette PA this beer poured a hazy dark brown color with a medium sized dark tan head. The aroma was malty banana with a touch of citrus. The flavor was malty with strong banana, moderate citrus and hints of cocoa and bubblegum. The finish was tangy banana. The mouthfeel was fairly thick and robust. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2008
at 13:45