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Dunkel
Prost Brewing Co. - Denver
- From:
- Prost Brewing Co. - Denver
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
Ranked #9 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #9,985 - Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 11.19%
- Reviews:
- 36
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 28, 2012
- Wants:
- 20
- Gots:
- 22
Formerly Altfränkisches Dunkel Bier
This is a dark amber lager made in the world famous brewing area around Bamberg, Germany. They are characterized by their smooth malty flavor. The Franconian version differs from the dark lagers of Bavaria by being slightly stronger and drier. Dunkels have a distinctive malty flavor that comes from a special brewing technique called decoction mashing. We are reviving the Altfränkisches Dunkel Bier from the Hümmer Brauerei in Breitengüßbach, the brewery whose brewhouse now resides in Denver, Colorado at Prost Brewing. (ABV 5.2% 25 IBU'S)
This is a dark amber lager made in the world famous brewing area around Bamberg, Germany. They are characterized by their smooth malty flavor. The Franconian version differs from the dark lagers of Bavaria by being slightly stronger and drier. Dunkels have a distinctive malty flavor that comes from a special brewing technique called decoction mashing. We are reviving the Altfränkisches Dunkel Bier from the Hümmer Brauerei in Breitengüßbach, the brewery whose brewhouse now resides in Denver, Colorado at Prost Brewing. (ABV 5.2% 25 IBU'S)
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Rated by odannyob from Colorado
4.35/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
My goodness, this is good, poured from a chilled 12 oz. can into a glass and my goodness, this is GOOD! Prost to Prost!
Jan 23, 2024More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mooseisloose from Florida
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Drinking a half liter of this delicious dunkel at Prost in Highland Ranch, CO. The first sip is crispy and sweet caramel with a deep bitterness side by side with the thick sweetness. This beer has big backbone and really delivers. This Prost beer garden serves some superb beers.
Aug 31, 2023Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.78/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz can from Brewers Haven. Dark, clear amber pour, one finger off-white foamy head. Nutty aroma, wooden, dusty. Taste adds light sweet malty flavors. Right on target. Tasty, refreshing.
Apr 19, 2023Reviewed by whynot44 from Missouri
4.04/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Clear dark amber with a moderate but lasting foamy tan head and some decent thick lacing.
The aroma is toasted caramel malt, pumpernickel bread, a hint of honey, molasses and floral hops.
The taste is parallel but with a bit more of the pumpernickel and molasses .
The body is light/medium, moderate carbonation, smooth, very drinkable.
Altogether, this is a hearty malty brew with enough floral hops to provide some balance. Very nice, goes well with most food.
Mar 25, 2023The aroma is toasted caramel malt, pumpernickel bread, a hint of honey, molasses and floral hops.
The taste is parallel but with a bit more of the pumpernickel and molasses .
The body is light/medium, moderate carbonation, smooth, very drinkable.
Altogether, this is a hearty malty brew with enough floral hops to provide some balance. Very nice, goes well with most food.
Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
3.64/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Had on tap at the Denver brewery.
On arrival a just shy of 2 fingers of off white to tan head are present. The body is a rich light brownish amber, very autumn-y. Some decent foamy lacing is left.
Aroma is full of caramel malt sweetness woth that signature German lager aroma quite present. I wish it was a touchore roasty or nutty, but it's decent. A slight, sweet, fruity yeast note comes out at the end.
Flavor is again decent, following the smell. It's nice and malty and crisp, but I want more nuance the malts. Toasted and doughy.
Feel is crisp and carbonated, exactly what to look for in a German lager, but for a Dunkel it comes off as a bit too dry and thin. Very drinkable. Slight slippery feel in the finish.
Not gonna lie this comes off as an entry level beer for people who wanna get out of the habit of drinking macro lagers, but it isn't marketed that way and I just want my dunkels to be more rich tasting and full feeling in the malt department. Better than shiner bock, but not quite on par with great German lagers.
Oct 30, 2022On arrival a just shy of 2 fingers of off white to tan head are present. The body is a rich light brownish amber, very autumn-y. Some decent foamy lacing is left.
Aroma is full of caramel malt sweetness woth that signature German lager aroma quite present. I wish it was a touchore roasty or nutty, but it's decent. A slight, sweet, fruity yeast note comes out at the end.
Flavor is again decent, following the smell. It's nice and malty and crisp, but I want more nuance the malts. Toasted and doughy.
Feel is crisp and carbonated, exactly what to look for in a German lager, but for a Dunkel it comes off as a bit too dry and thin. Very drinkable. Slight slippery feel in the finish.
Not gonna lie this comes off as an entry level beer for people who wanna get out of the habit of drinking macro lagers, but it isn't marketed that way and I just want my dunkels to be more rich tasting and full feeling in the malt department. Better than shiner bock, but not quite on par with great German lagers.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.49/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap. Opaque chestnut brown pour with a large frothy pearl white head and thick lacing. Smell and taste are clones, both potent and pure too: dark malts with toasted caramel hints, nuts, big dried dark fruit, german yeast, slight earthiness, a kiss of honeycomb, brown bread, and toffee. Yet the body is still light despite being so flavorful, frothy smoothness just glides down my gullet, hint of chew from the malt and yeast interaction is uplifting on the palate. This is by far their best work at prost, cheers!
May 26, 2022Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
4.31/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bought at Liquor Shed as part of a mixed pack. Canned February 18th 2022.
It pours a clear amber with a very healthy head of foam. Served at near room temperature.
I get malty notes, caramel as well as some chocolate. Some biscuit with a smidgen of hops. That's the smell.
Taste...caramel and biscuit, hints of chocolate, toffee and more chocolate. Roasted for sure. Pretty complex in a good way.
Medium bodied, right amount of carbonation.
This is excellent!
May 11, 2022It pours a clear amber with a very healthy head of foam. Served at near room temperature.
I get malty notes, caramel as well as some chocolate. Some biscuit with a smidgen of hops. That's the smell.
Taste...caramel and biscuit, hints of chocolate, toffee and more chocolate. Roasted for sure. Pretty complex in a good way.
Medium bodied, right amount of carbonation.
This is excellent!
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.35/5 rDev -16.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -16.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 fl oz can from a $20 variety 12-pack nabbed at a grocer in Colorado, USA:
Served cold into a dimpled mug.
Toast, caramel, bread crust, bready malts, caramelized/burnt malts, gooey amber malt sweetness.
Attenuated to style, and surprisingly true to form.
B- / WORTHY
***
09/27/23 can served into a Spaten stangeglas:
B-
Jan 30, 2022Served cold into a dimpled mug.
Toast, caramel, bread crust, bready malts, caramelized/burnt malts, gooey amber malt sweetness.
Attenuated to style, and surprisingly true to form.
B- / WORTHY
***
09/27/23 can served into a Spaten stangeglas:
B-
Reviewed by CBlack85 from South Carolina
3.71/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 oz. can into a shaker pint glass.
The beer pours a very deep crystal clear ruby/mahogany color with a small tan/khaki head that recedes quickly leaving behind no lacing at all.
The nose is sweet and bready with just a hint of dark fruit like and some toasty undertones. A bit small and understated, the nose is pleasant but just a bit small.
Like the nose, the taste is sweet and bready, though much more substantial. There are toasty notes that mix well with hints of caramel, raisins, and just a whisper of coffee. Medium boded and lightly carbonated
Overall it is not a bad example of the style, just not my favorite example of the style.
Jan 20, 2022The beer pours a very deep crystal clear ruby/mahogany color with a small tan/khaki head that recedes quickly leaving behind no lacing at all.
The nose is sweet and bready with just a hint of dark fruit like and some toasty undertones. A bit small and understated, the nose is pleasant but just a bit small.
Like the nose, the taste is sweet and bready, though much more substantial. There are toasty notes that mix well with hints of caramel, raisins, and just a whisper of coffee. Medium boded and lightly carbonated
Overall it is not a bad example of the style, just not my favorite example of the style.
Dunkel from Prost Brewing Co. - Denver
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
137 ratings
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