Dunkel
Schulz Bräu Brewing Company

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From:
Schulz Bräu Brewing Company
 
Tennessee, United States
Style:
Munich Dunkel
Ranked #82
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
87
Ranked #24,335
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 8.85%
Ratings:
26 | reviews: 10
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 09, 2025
Added:
Jun 25, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
The world’s oldest true beer style
This original lager has been a favorite of Bavarian Kings for centuries. To keep this tradition of craftmanship alive, the Schulz family brews this lager according to the Reinheitsgebot. This means no chemicals or preservatives, just quality ingredients for this highly drinkable, dark mahogany beer. Its malty backbone with hints of caramel, nuts, and candied fruit will have you saying, “YodelayHeeHoo!”

26 IBU
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.77/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I got a tall boy can of this beer from the Hilton Tru Hotel just outside Knoxville, Tennessee. It poured, smelled, and tasted like most typical German dunkels. The mouthfeel was a bit fizzy but overall it's a great beer.
Sep 30, 2024
 
Rated: 3.97 by TheEpeeist from Virginia

May 08, 2024
 
Rated: 3.96 by HaydenPlanetierrium from Tennessee

Nov 26, 2023
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania

4.04/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 1/13/23, so 3 months old.

Beautiful clear reddish body. Malty, smooth and easy drinking. No aftertaste at all. Good brew.
Apr 13, 2023
 
Rated: 3.69 by prototypic from Ohio

Nov 23, 2021
 
Rated: 3.53 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Nov 14, 2021
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Reviewed by JohnDon from Texas

3.83/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 ounce can, canned on 4/28/21, consumed on 6/23/21. very drinkable (easy to drink), with a thin/ light mouthfeel. good but not overly distinctive taste. overall pretty good beer.
Jun 24, 2021
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Rated by bret27 from California

3.96/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can courtesy of Jasonja1474.
Dec 18, 2020
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Reviewed by KentT from Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A very nice example of a Dunkel. Pours a nice, deep, mahogany color. Has a very nice malt note, with a little bit of caramel note and some nice touches of milk chocolate, with a little bit of butterscotch note thrown in. Very smooth, mellow, easy to drink. A little more roasty character is the only shortcoming. Has a good almost 3/4" head, good lacing. As good as many examples from Germany but fresher. Easily a solid 3.75 from me. And it's local.
Aug 01, 2020
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Reviewed by barknee from Tennessee

3.98/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Fantastic quality brew here. Pours a deep mahogany with a generous mocha colored head. The flavor profile is superb; mallow, milk chocolate, essence of light brown sugar and a lip smacking, slightly sweet - slightly bitter taste that lasts for minutes. This brewery has done an insanely fabulous job interpreting the style and produced a brew as good if not better than those from the motherland. I will seek this out again, it's quaffable, delicious and authentic. Great job Shultz's!!
Mar 13, 2020
 
Rated: 3.15 by chris826 from Mississippi

Nov 06, 2019
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Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey

3.52/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A slice of Munich by way of Knoxville, Tennessee. Schulz Brau adhered to the German Purity Law, and used all imported ingredients to brew this dark lager. Beautiful simplicity in the taste, possibly could have used a slight bit more roast to captivate the palate. But still, enjoyable. Where are the brats?
Sep 21, 2019
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Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts

4.3/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours clear, dark brown in color with 1/4 inch head. Taste is toasted caramel malts and a touch of leather. Medium-light bodied, sweet, with moderate carbonation. Another solid lager from Schulz. Could have several of these. Will look for Schulz next time I am by the Smokies.
Jun 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by aasher from Indiana

Jun 14, 2019
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at McGillicuddy's Five Corners, Essex Junction, VT.
The appearance was a nice looking semi-dark amber brown murky color. A bar pour's kind of slim head swiftly died off. No lace.
The aroma had caramel earthy biscuit tones rolling into some woody clean malts. Light nuts and toffee on the back end.
The flavor moderately leaned into a dried malty sweetness with earthy and woody notes. Clean aftertaste of caramel earthy dry malts.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with a slight dryness about it. Some sessionable quality to it with a good ABV. Carbonation felt good. Mild woody clean to caramel finish.
Overall, nice Munich Dunkel lager well worthy of coming back to.
Apr 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.92 by Boone757 from Virginia

Apr 26, 2019
 
Rated: 3.26 by Aquatherm_SE from Alabama

Apr 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.64 by gbiello from Massachusetts

Apr 20, 2019
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Reviewed by malrubius from Vermont

3.96/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Can. Clear amber with lasint ring ans a little lace. Caramel earthy herbal aroma with hint of woody booze. Caramelized malts brown sugar maple syrup sweetness with medium herbal bitter long finish. Medium body slick but not cloying.
Apr 02, 2019