Dunkelshaun
Great Barn Brewery
- From:
- Great Barn Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 10.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 19, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Dunkel Shaun Peanut butter chocolate dunkel
Tastes somewhere between the creamy chocolate ice cream and scrumptious peanut butter swirl. Bam!
Tastes somewhere between the creamy chocolate ice cream and scrumptious peanut butter swirl. Bam!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.87/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Great Barn Brewery "Dunkelshaun"
16 fl. oz. can without production codes or best by dating
$3.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: Well it's not that "dunkel". Dunkel is the German word for dark but this is really more of a braun, or brown. Is brown dark? Well, it depends. This to me looks like what I'd call a chestnut brown. It's the color of a chestnut or acorn. In the overall scheme of things I guess it is dark, but it's definitely not as dark as most German dunkelbiers. Moving forward, it's hazy beneath a finger's width of slightly yellowed off--white foam. The head has held up quite well so we'll have to see if it leaves good lacing. I should also note that this is a peanut and chocolate flavored beer, but that's all it is, flavoring - there's no chocolate or peanut butter in here. Is it still safe for people with nut allergies? I don't know. So what does it smell like? Not surprisingly it smells a lot like peanut butter and cocoa powder. It's pleasant and welcoming, and I definitely want to taste it... ahhh, yes, it also tastes like peanut butter and chocolate. I feel it's more peanut butter than chocolate, but everyone's tastes are different so you never know. I get the peanut first, followed by a combination of additional nuttiness and soft cocoa powder, and then a little bit of milk chocolate at the swallow before more nuttiness returns in the lingering aftertaste. It's quite nice. It's sweetish but balanced by a moderate bitterness. I feel like there's a very subtle fruitiness to it, but no hop flavor, and it's basically just the peanut and chocolate. It could be a dessert beer but it's not really that intense or sweet, and as such I think you could drink this at any time if you were in the mood. It's medium bodied and gently crisp. I do have some lacing left behind in the glass but it's not the greatest. I'm not sure about the haze either, but I guess if you had a crystal clear peanut beer that might seem a little odd, so OK. Overall I've enjoyed this so far, and I can see why they'd do it as a dunkel, which eliminates the roasted flavors you'd find in a stout or porter, and the flavor comes through more clearly. It's also probably less acidic than a darker version which probably helps. It's a little bit of a one-trick-pony with the peanut butter and chocolate but at least it's a good trick, and I'm more than halfway through it at this point and I haven't tired of it yet. Nicely done.
Review #7,297
Apr 08, 202116 fl. oz. can without production codes or best by dating
$3.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: Well it's not that "dunkel". Dunkel is the German word for dark but this is really more of a braun, or brown. Is brown dark? Well, it depends. This to me looks like what I'd call a chestnut brown. It's the color of a chestnut or acorn. In the overall scheme of things I guess it is dark, but it's definitely not as dark as most German dunkelbiers. Moving forward, it's hazy beneath a finger's width of slightly yellowed off--white foam. The head has held up quite well so we'll have to see if it leaves good lacing. I should also note that this is a peanut and chocolate flavored beer, but that's all it is, flavoring - there's no chocolate or peanut butter in here. Is it still safe for people with nut allergies? I don't know. So what does it smell like? Not surprisingly it smells a lot like peanut butter and cocoa powder. It's pleasant and welcoming, and I definitely want to taste it... ahhh, yes, it also tastes like peanut butter and chocolate. I feel it's more peanut butter than chocolate, but everyone's tastes are different so you never know. I get the peanut first, followed by a combination of additional nuttiness and soft cocoa powder, and then a little bit of milk chocolate at the swallow before more nuttiness returns in the lingering aftertaste. It's quite nice. It's sweetish but balanced by a moderate bitterness. I feel like there's a very subtle fruitiness to it, but no hop flavor, and it's basically just the peanut and chocolate. It could be a dessert beer but it's not really that intense or sweet, and as such I think you could drink this at any time if you were in the mood. It's medium bodied and gently crisp. I do have some lacing left behind in the glass but it's not the greatest. I'm not sure about the haze either, but I guess if you had a crystal clear peanut beer that might seem a little odd, so OK. Overall I've enjoyed this so far, and I can see why they'd do it as a dunkel, which eliminates the roasted flavors you'd find in a stout or porter, and the flavor comes through more clearly. It's also probably less acidic than a darker version which probably helps. It's a little bit of a one-trick-pony with the peanut butter and chocolate but at least it's a good trick, and I'm more than halfway through it at this point and I haven't tired of it yet. Nicely done.
Review #7,297
Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a murky caramel color, minimal head. Huge peanut aroma. Flavor is mainly peanuts, base beer of dunkel doesn’t really compliment the adjuncts, clashes and comes off as astringent. Feels overcarbonated. Glad I tried it, one is plenty.
11/24/19
Draft at Proving Ground
3.5 rating
Nov 24, 201911/24/19
Draft at Proving Ground
3.5 rating
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
this is a "Peanut Butter Chocolate Dunkel". On draft
clear, medium brown in color. big aroma of peanut butter - but not really any chocolate. taste is dominated by the peanut flavor. Okay flavor, but once is enough for this kind of beer. thinner bodied.
Jul 08, 2019clear, medium brown in color. big aroma of peanut butter - but not really any chocolate. taste is dominated by the peanut flavor. Okay flavor, but once is enough for this kind of beer. thinner bodied.
Rated by TheBigBoy from Pennsylvania
2.95/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.95/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Its beer with some choice peanut butter flavor if that is your thing.
Apr 20, 2019
Reviewed by justintcoons from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can poured into a shaker.
Appearance
Hazy amber / mahogany. 1/2 finger of tan head.
Nose
Peanut butter, like whoa.
Taste
Reese's peanut butter with a touch of milk chocolate. Nothing more, nothing less.
Mouthfeel
Medium-light bodied, crisp, oily, and lightly sweet.
Overall
What can I say? Those most peanut butter forward beer that I've ever had.
Nov 19, 2018Appearance
Hazy amber / mahogany. 1/2 finger of tan head.
Nose
Peanut butter, like whoa.
Taste
Reese's peanut butter with a touch of milk chocolate. Nothing more, nothing less.
Mouthfeel
Medium-light bodied, crisp, oily, and lightly sweet.
Overall
What can I say? Those most peanut butter forward beer that I've ever had.
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