Autobahn
The Establishment Brewing Company

 

Autobahn Munich Dunkel fills my glass with a medium brown colored lager with hints of ruby. The head is dense, cream colored, and lasting.
On the nose, Autobahn is a malty beast, but beastly in a good way. The aroma is bready, although not the biscuit or white bread I’ve noted in other beers. Rather, it’s more like a rye bread. And toasted rye at that. Toasted rye becomes more earthy in the center coupled with a sweetness I have trouble identifying at first. The sweetness is something not unlike fresh, ripe dates. Underneath all this is just the barest whiff of chocolate before moving into a dryish finish.
As I take my first sip, I find a beer that is medium bodied with a smooth, almost oily mouthfeel. Modest carbonation prevents the mouthfeel from becoming cloying. Flavors are just as malty as the nose, but skew a little sweeter than I expected. Up front flavor gives me just a taste of chocolate before moving into that toasted rye bread quality. In the center I find that note of chocolate blending nicely with a subtle nuttiness. The finish is leathery, and gently bitter.
With all of its rich, malty flavors, this Munich Dunkel is very drinkable, very enjoyable. Admittedly, Autopbahn’s mouthfeel caught me off guard, having what I described as a slightly oily quality. Thankfully, the beer’s flavor profile gave this dunkel enough structure and character to make Autobahn well worth trying.

Pours a dark reddish brown with deep copper highlights and a teeming 3 fingers of tight bubbly khaki/beige head.
Aroma malty - caramel, toffee with nutty and somewhat earthy hops.
Taste smooth and slightly sweet caramel malt, nutty, toffee with a vaguely smoky flavour - again at the back the earthy hops present with only a suggestion of bitterness but not out dueling the sweetness.
Smooth medium mouthfeel - tilting to thinner side due to somewhat subdued carbonation. Very drinkable.