Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

00ml. bottle in Mae Kasa, Thailand. Pours a cloudy red/brown with a reddish white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruits. Tastes very roasty, malty, biscuity. Medium carbonation that settles. A pleasant but prickly mouthfeel. A good, solid, well-balanced Dunkel.

 

On tap at Spaten an Der Oper in Munich. Billed as ‘’dark wheat’’ on the English menu.

 

 

 

As good as it gets in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazy, reddish brown appearance with a large, rocky, off white head and modest lacing. Subdued, wheaty aroma, moderately spiced, with a hint of caramel. Earthy, malty taste; some yeastiness, some fruitiness. Well carbonated, medium bodied mouthfeel with the characteristic smoothness. Slightly sweet, medium length finish.

Cerveza con un cordón espumoso de baja retención. De cuerpo ligero y carbonatación media/baja. Aroma a banana y caramelo. En boca comienza con un sabor dulce pero luego tener un final levemente amargo.

L- Quite deep chestnut brown, slightly hazy, pours with 2mm off-white head that were it not for the glass having a foam-creating nucleation spot, would have cleared very quickly.
S- The expected weissbier smell plus some toasty malts.
T- Notably malty on the palate, but a bit of a light ABV% to support/balance it. Leaving it a bit rich with a sweet touch and thin tasting.
F- A bit rich yet pretty thin. Carbonation is high in the mouth, a bit higher than needed.
O- Too malty to be very refreshing, and too light in ABV and feel to be a good beer for winter-time. I appreciate this is a storied brewery, and they do do some v good beers, but somehow I think this recipe is trying to do too many things and failing. Two critical points, the Taste seriously lacks depth or character to me, it seems mono-dimensional, #2 the ABV%, it needs to be higher, say 5.7% or so?... Of course it's good enough that I'll finish the bottle, but it's not a beer I'll buy again. Bought from BeersOfEurope UK for home delivery. 500ml bottle/£2.08 BB: 04/2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

From notes 10/31/11: Pours a muddy dark brown producing a strong finger of tan, short-lived head which left little lacing. Aroma is roast, cloves and banana bread. Taste is dark bready malt, banana and cloves with a sharp, dry finish. Aftertaste is short-lived and minimal.

 

 

Had a .5L at cafe in Heidelberg, Germany. Cloudy chestnut color with a large white head. Malty yeasty with no bitterness.

Si presenta naturalmente torbida, di colore ambrato scuro, con un bel cappello di schiuma mediamente persistente.
Aroma di malto, caramello, banana, lievito, con lievi sentori di limone e ananas.
Gusto di caramello, malto tostato, ma con meno intensità rispetto all'aroma; il retrogusto è ben equilibrato tra l'amarognolo dato dal luppolo e note dolci.
Si tratta di una birra non troppo carbonata, molto scorrevole (forse anche troppo) e dal corpo medio-leggero, comunque beverina.

It is naturally cloudy, with a dark amber colour and a strong head of persistent foam.
Aroma of malt, caramel, banana, yeast, with a light scent of lemon and pineapple.
Taste of caramel, roasted malt, but with a soft intensity compared to the aroma; the aftertaste is well-balanced between bitter (due to the hops) and sweet.
It is a beer not too carbonated, with medium-light body (maybe too light), but anyway easily drinkable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s a really smooth dark beer with little after taste.