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Dunkelwizen
Big Rock Brewery
- From:
- Big Rock Brewery
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- Dunkelweizen
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 15.9%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 31, 2017
- Added:
- Aug 07, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
Malty and complex with hints of chocolate, caramel, coffee, toasted wheat and a subdued hop bitterness.
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Ratings by derdtheterd:
Rated by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)
3.26/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Jan 04, 2017
3.26/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Jan 04, 2017
More User Ratings:
Rated by staubot from Canada (MB)
2.94/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
2.94/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Calramel, chocolate, bit of banana flavor. Not much as far as a Weizen goes and weak as a dunkel.
Nov 22, 2015Reviewed by headlessparrot from Canada (ON)
3.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
It's . . . fine. Repeating that apparent Big Rock edict of "enjoyable but uninteresting." Calling it a dunkel seems a bit unfair, as there's not a lot of evidence here of dunkel flavour (i.e. the clove and banana and esters and so on). Perhaps a bit, but all very muted. And while it's a tasty, decently drinkable beer, stacking it up against an authentic German dunkel (or even a few Canadian stabs at the style) is an exercise in embarrassment.
Oct 16, 2015Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
3.6/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle poured into a mason jar style glass. A clear brick red-brown color with two fingers of quick-breaking creamy beige head. Aroma is subtle, mostly light chocolate and caramel malts with a slight fruitiness (apple, raisin, plum). Little in the way of noticeable banana or clove, but points for a nice malt nose.
Taste largely reflects the nose. Any clove in here has been sitting for decades in grandma's spice rack. There is a pleasing low key barley-based coffee substitute, vanilla, and chocolate cake vibe and maybe a slight whiff of banana chips and grassy hops. More of the aforementioned cooked fruit. Does indeed recall Big Rock's iconic "Trad" brown ale, which frankly means that this is not sufficiently true to style. Unfortunate. Does have a decent medium body with low key carbonation and a sweet malt finish.
Does not stack up well against other western Canadian craft brewed takes on this style, lacking a certain robustness in flavor, although I will go on record and say that I enjoy the gentle sweet maltiness on display, on the basis of its own merits.
Mar 22, 2015Taste largely reflects the nose. Any clove in here has been sitting for decades in grandma's spice rack. There is a pleasing low key barley-based coffee substitute, vanilla, and chocolate cake vibe and maybe a slight whiff of banana chips and grassy hops. More of the aforementioned cooked fruit. Does indeed recall Big Rock's iconic "Trad" brown ale, which frankly means that this is not sufficiently true to style. Unfortunate. Does have a decent medium body with low key carbonation and a sweet malt finish.
Does not stack up well against other western Canadian craft brewed takes on this style, lacking a certain robustness in flavor, although I will go on record and say that I enjoy the gentle sweet maltiness on display, on the basis of its own merits.
Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)
3.25/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Well, this was another typical Big Rock experience. It looks, tastes and feels like a Dunkel but it doesn't have a whole bunch that makes it stand out. I wouldn't go out of my way to find this one again, but I would certain take one if it was offered.
Feb 03, 2015Reviewed by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)
3.4/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I don't normally write reviews, but I felt I had to write something for this. I like Big Rock. I like many of their products. I like supporting "local" breweries. I also love wheat beers. I love a nice dark wheat beer. As a beer, this is fine. It's drinkable. There's nothing wrong with it, but on the scale of great dark wheat beers, this is just does not measure up. I love that Big Rock branches out and tries various styles, but more often than not, I'm only finding slight variations of "Trad". C'mon Big Rock, I'm loyal to a fault, but as i experience more beers, I feel you could do better.
Dec 21, 2014Reviewed by Exeter from Canada (AB)
2.42/5 rDev -26%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.42/5 rDev -26%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Pours a dark clear mahogany colour. There is no head 1/2 way through the glass and no lacing. The taste is mostly banana and malt but weak on the spice and depth. It's pretty boring and flat all round.
I tried to create a new listing for the NEW Big Rock Dunkleweizen, but some how it got moved over to the old one. This Dunkle hasn't been produced since April 2012. The New Dunkle can be found here.
https://bigrockbeer.com/beer/dunkelweizen
Dec 13, 2014I tried to create a new listing for the NEW Big Rock Dunkleweizen, but some how it got moved over to the old one. This Dunkle hasn't been produced since April 2012. The New Dunkle can be found here.
https://bigrockbeer.com/beer/dunkelweizen
Dunkelwizen from Big Rock Brewery
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
31 ratings
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