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Dr. Funk Dunkel
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- From:
- Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 12.68%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 17, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 19, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
Like Shaft, Dolemite and Blacula before him, guess who’s getting his own sequel? That’s right, Dr. Funk is strutting his way back to town for another go round. This Bavarian dark lager was a hit with all the ladies and fellas when the Funk was featured in the Showcase, so we've brought back the grand uncle of dunkel in his own seasonal six-pack.
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Reviewed by souvenirs from Canada (BC)
3.73/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A: Inky dark with about half a centimetre of light tan head.
S/T: Cocoa, a bit of earthiness. Mild.
F: Smooth.
Enjoyable, but not anything to get excited about.
May 01, 2015S/T: Cocoa, a bit of earthiness. Mild.
F: Smooth.
Enjoyable, but not anything to get excited about.
Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
3.79/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
341 ml bottle poured into a tulip. A very dark murky brown with a finger of creamy light beige small bubbles.
Nose is mellow, sweet, malt-forward, slightly earthy. Milk chocolate, brown bread (slightly toasted and burnt), a hint of toffee and raisin. Palate brings these same elements, along with a whiff of root beer herbal aromatics and woody yeast. Dry and chalky, crisp despite the milk chocolate note. Cold weak coffee. Minimally fruity, just a nip of prune and nuts. Carbonation is brisk. Body falls somewhere between medium and the low end of thick. Semi-dry finish features an earthiness that vaguely recalls root cellar, tobacco, a puff of ash.
Enjoyable enough take on the style, if not a show-stopper. Somehow everything is overly homogenized, if that makes sense. One is searching for more complexity that never arrives. In addition, the earthy finish starts to overwhelm the earlier sweet flavors. The funk might be a tad too literal here. Still, I wouldn't turn down another.
Feb 08, 2015Nose is mellow, sweet, malt-forward, slightly earthy. Milk chocolate, brown bread (slightly toasted and burnt), a hint of toffee and raisin. Palate brings these same elements, along with a whiff of root beer herbal aromatics and woody yeast. Dry and chalky, crisp despite the milk chocolate note. Cold weak coffee. Minimally fruity, just a nip of prune and nuts. Carbonation is brisk. Body falls somewhere between medium and the low end of thick. Semi-dry finish features an earthiness that vaguely recalls root cellar, tobacco, a puff of ash.
Enjoyable enough take on the style, if not a show-stopper. Somehow everything is overly homogenized, if that makes sense. One is searching for more complexity that never arrives. In addition, the earthy finish starts to overwhelm the earlier sweet flavors. The funk might be a tad too literal here. Still, I wouldn't turn down another.
Reviewed by Svingjo from Canada (BC)
3.59/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This poured a nice chocolate brown with a head that stuck around for a while. The nose had a bit of chocolate and caramel but didn't really jump out at you. The taste was kind of earthy, with a slightly chocolatey sweetness and a coffee aftertaste. I've had this beer before and even though I've enjoyed it it always comes off like something is missing. That was prevalent again.
Dec 22, 2014
Reviewed by canucklehead from Canada (BC)
3.37/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Not a bad dunkel but not one to stick in the beer memory for long as it offers up some caramel notes to the lager base but stays a basic course with some PNW hops thrown in to the mix. I much prefer the Rural Brewer Brown Ale to this as it has more complexity and a better mouthfeel. Drinkable but not among Phillips best .
Dec 19, 2013
Dr. Funk Dunkel from Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
47 ratings
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