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Efes Dark
Anadolu Efes Brewery
- From:
- Anadolu Efes Brewery
- Turkey
- Style:
- European Dark Lager
Ranked #74 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 72
Ranked #27,804 - Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 17.68%
- Reviews:
- 102
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2004
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 26
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Ratings by elNopalero:
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
2.86/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.86/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Pours a caramelly-cola color. Malty-sweet smell, with a off-putting “musty car” note. Cloying and syrupy.
Good lord this was bad. I guess I don’t have much more to add to this review right now.
Feb 08, 2015Good lord this was bad. I guess I don’t have much more to add to this review right now.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
2.41/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.41/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Oct. 2009: 330 ml clear bottle, brought home from Turkey by my wife. ABV is 6.1%. Dark reddish brown colour, big greyish beige head. Smells "thin" and metallic, also notes of cooked vegetables and wet cardboard. The flavour is first tolerably malty with notes of brown bread and some caramel, without being very sweet. Some fruity acidity in the middle. Dull finish, minimal hops. Clearly drinkable, but boring. Don’t expect to find anything much better than this in Turkey, though.
Apr 28, 2023Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.28/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap. A pleasant table beer that went OK with a Mediterranean meal.
While Look and Smell are undistinguished, the Taste of this malty beer never gets sweet and actually finishes semi-dry; indicating to me that the hops were used well. A rather thin body seals the deal on not having this again.
Feb 13, 2017While Look and Smell are undistinguished, the Taste of this malty beer never gets sweet and actually finishes semi-dry; indicating to me that the hops were used well. A rather thin body seals the deal on not having this again.
Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia
3.13/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Columbia, SC. The appearance is a clear dark brown with a small off-white head. The aroma is weak by most beer standards, faint malt. The taste is sweet malt with some chocolate. Tastes slightly different from how I remember it while in Turkey.
Dec 04, 2016Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.89/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
2.89/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle from a carrefour in Istanbul. Rating from notes taken May 2016.
C / AVERAGE
Jun 11, 2016C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
3.27/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured a clear ruby chestnut brown color with almost no head. Definite chocolate in the nose, with cherries. It tasted like a clean lager, with prominent roasty malt, cocoa, and a bit of tart cherries. A hint of staleness. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Fairly dry finish.
Jun 03, 2016Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark brown in color, clear, with minimal head. Taste is chocolate, caramel, and sweet malt. Very light bodied, but flavorful. It seemed at times I was drinking a lighter schwarzbier. Yasty and one I would get again if I wanted the style.
Feb 02, 2016Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
2.5/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Bottle from Tres Bonne Cuisine. Color and pour about right for the style. Aroma is mostly malt, but reminds of wet paper and school paste. Taste is initially very sweet with some hints of malt and chocolate, but really tastes like cola. Finishes dry and sticky, with more of the cloying sweetness. Near miss.
Dec 17, 2015Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
3.18/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Dark brown, minimal light penetration with a fingernail of creamy tan on top. The aroma is best described as a blend of caramel, dark malt, and oxidation (AKA: skunk). I taste caramel and intensely dark malt. It is a bit one note. The mouth is lightly chewy and otherwise light.
Dec 10, 2015Rated by pleyrio
4.23/5 rDev +36%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.23/5 rDev +36%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Very malty
Sep 26, 2015
Efes Dark from Anadolu Efes Brewery
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
198 ratings
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