Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel
Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg

A: Pours a dark brown with some ruby red around the edges. A dense dark beige head forms with excellent retention and plenty of lace.
S: Oh man that nose is fantastic. Dark pumpernickel bread, maybe a bit doughy. Chocolate and dried plums and raisins. A touch peppery and yeasty. The malt character here is amazing.
T: Like the nose, plenty of big malt flavors going on here. Dark rye and pumpernickel bread. Chocolate and dried fruits again. Just a touch of roast, and even a touch of earthy hops. Though the breadiness takes over again. It never becomes to sweet, and the malt flavor is so nuanced, I love it.
M/O: A light to medium body. Good crisp carbonation. Supremely clean. Ridiculously easy to drink. Downed in big gulps, as my favorite dinkability saying goes :) Then I immediately want another one.

Just an excellent example of a dark lager. Actually drinks like a lighter Dopplebock to me. Which is to say it drinks above its weight. Most American breweries can't get this much malt flavor and character with an 8% Dopplebock, let alone anything below 5%. Not that that is the soul mark of a great beer, but it is certainly part of it. An all around excellent Dunkel Lager.

Single bottle from Party Source

draught, presumably key keg and unironically served at Cask bar in the Manchester City Centre
pours a very very dark brown coloured body with thick tight tan head
Aroma is dry oaky malt
Flavour has some laid back dark sugars

 

 

Very solid dunkel I can get at Corte Ingles (If only I had known).

 

 

The pour is mahogany colored with a moderate amount of carbonation. The taste is dark fruit, brown bread, with hints of molasses & toffee. Cheers! A-

Copenhagen 11/10 2025. 50 cl bottle from Meny, Nordens Plads, Frb. F. Simple white label with a drawing of the brewery in the middle of nothing and a simple coat of arms.

Pours clear dark mahogany with a mid-sized off-white head. Stable, Settles as a paper thin yet frothy layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet and toasted malty odor mingling with a bit of alcohol and dark fruit. Sweet caramel, toasted bread, toffee and a hint of brown sugar. Plums and raisins.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is lightly bitter with a distinct sweet undertone Lingers for a while. Finish is semi-dry.

Fine German Dunkel - a bit on the sweet side.

500ml bottle in my home bar in the Alps. Poured a nice dense cream colored head. Dark amber colored beer is almost chestnut brown, and loaded with streams of bubbles. Aroma is all malt, fairly sweet, and reminiscent of a doppelbock. Moderately sweet malt with just a bit of cocoa. Mouthfeel is soft with just a bit of fizz from the carbonation. Sweetness fades in the finish and leaves with a bready cocoa flavor. There is something about the mix between the aroma and the taste that follows that makes this beer above average.

A very good Dunkel. Aroma and taste are mild and drinkable. All the German beers were really good at the Fest. This one taste stronger than 4.7 ABV.

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Oldest monastery brewery in the world, had to pour it into a Notre Dame glass!
Pours mahogany with a darker head. Bready nose with notes of caramel and toffee. Aromas move to the taste with some dark fruit and herbal notes. Very solid 1,000 year old dunkel.

 

Toasty, caramelly, dark bread, some red and ark fruits, slight bitter end. excellent

 

 

11.2 ounce bottle, and I have no idea what the date stamp/freshness code on the label is supposed to mean but it says 332 O 074 2 but it's also kinda hard to read. Thanks to Brutaltruth for this bottle! Served in a pilsner glass, the beer pours a clear amber/copper color with about an inch or so tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is nice, the brews smells like caramel, dark bread, toffee, nuts and some herbal hops. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also the addition of some chocolate and a bit of dark fruity flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit slick and easy enough to drink with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a good overall dunkel, worth trying if you come across some!