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Urkontinent
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Dubbel
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 11.79%
- Reviews:
- 133
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 15, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2011
- Wants:
- 33
- Gots:
- 45
Urkontinent is a Belgian-style dubbel that begins with Pilsner, Munich and Chocolate malts and Belgian Dark Candi syrup.
Then we add unique ingredients from around the world: Wattleseed from Australia imparts chocolate, coffee and hazelnut notes to the beer. Toasted amaranth from South America gives it an earthy, grainy flavor and a little additional roast flavor. Green rooibos from Africa contributes a floral aroma and slight astringency. Myrica gale from Europe supplements the bitterness from minimal hopping. Hiveplex Honey from California adds a subtle sweetness while maintaining the dry finish.
The careful combination of all these ingredients creates a complex, dark Belgian-style ale with wonderful coffee and chocolate-covered cherry flavors. The roastiness of the malt and wattleseed melds with the fruity esters from the yeast, the floral notes from the rooibos, and the malty yet dry signature of a Belgian dubbel. Urkontinent is perfect to enjoy with friends as the weather begins to cool.
14 IBU
Then we add unique ingredients from around the world: Wattleseed from Australia imparts chocolate, coffee and hazelnut notes to the beer. Toasted amaranth from South America gives it an earthy, grainy flavor and a little additional roast flavor. Green rooibos from Africa contributes a floral aroma and slight astringency. Myrica gale from Europe supplements the bitterness from minimal hopping. Hiveplex Honey from California adds a subtle sweetness while maintaining the dry finish.
The careful combination of all these ingredients creates a complex, dark Belgian-style ale with wonderful coffee and chocolate-covered cherry flavors. The roastiness of the malt and wattleseed melds with the fruity esters from the yeast, the floral notes from the rooibos, and the malty yet dry signature of a Belgian dubbel. Urkontinent is perfect to enjoy with friends as the weather begins to cool.
14 IBU
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Ratings by corby112:
Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania
3.88/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draft at The Pour House in Westmont, NJ.
Pours a dark chestnut brown color that's completely opaque with purplish/plum hues and a one finger beige head that slowly settles into a thin ring. Sporadic splotches of lace left behind.
Surprisingly roasty aroma forthe style with a bit of toast, dark chocolate, caramel and coffee bean. This is not overwhelming, however, with subtle earthy hops and a good bit of estery dark fruit notes, notably grape and dark cherry.
Medium bodied and again, has a bit more roast than expected. The experimental ingredients give complexity to a style that can become boring adding a nice balance to the alcohol sweetness and estery dark fruit flavors. Hints of dark chocolate, toffee, oatmeal and subtle coffee bean flavor followed by alcohol, plum, raisin and dark cherry. Kind of like a roasted dark chocolate covered cherry. There's also some subtle hop bitterness and well masked ABV making this complex beer very easy to drink. Nice experimental beer from dfh for a change.
Feb 07, 2013Pours a dark chestnut brown color that's completely opaque with purplish/plum hues and a one finger beige head that slowly settles into a thin ring. Sporadic splotches of lace left behind.
Surprisingly roasty aroma forthe style with a bit of toast, dark chocolate, caramel and coffee bean. This is not overwhelming, however, with subtle earthy hops and a good bit of estery dark fruit notes, notably grape and dark cherry.
Medium bodied and again, has a bit more roast than expected. The experimental ingredients give complexity to a style that can become boring adding a nice balance to the alcohol sweetness and estery dark fruit flavors. Hints of dark chocolate, toffee, oatmeal and subtle coffee bean flavor followed by alcohol, plum, raisin and dark cherry. Kind of like a roasted dark chocolate covered cherry. There's also some subtle hop bitterness and well masked ABV making this complex beer very easy to drink. Nice experimental beer from dfh for a change.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mikeinportc from New York
4.18/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3 yr-old bottle, if I remember correctly. Age hasn't hurt it, as far as I can tell.
Murky chestnut-brown, with quickly-dissipating tan head. Abundant carbonation, as I can hear it, when I pause pouring.
Has the roasty, mocha smell of a porter on the higher(abv/body) end of the spectrum , plus a little brandy-like booziness that you'd expect from a dubbel.
Initial flavor is as with nose, that of a chocolatey porter(from the wattle seed?), followed by Belgian candi sweetness, and dried stone fruit. Finishes with a barely-there (smooth,rounded) hint of mint , as one would get from a mixed drink with a little (good) creme de menthe. From the Myrica gale?
Medium oily feel, with creamy root beer float-type carbonation on the finish.
Overall, quite good, especially for the (old) $5 clearance section. : ) If DFH ever resurrects this, I'd get it again.
Feb 02, 2018Murky chestnut-brown, with quickly-dissipating tan head. Abundant carbonation, as I can hear it, when I pause pouring.
Has the roasty, mocha smell of a porter on the higher(abv/body) end of the spectrum , plus a little brandy-like booziness that you'd expect from a dubbel.
Initial flavor is as with nose, that of a chocolatey porter(from the wattle seed?), followed by Belgian candi sweetness, and dried stone fruit. Finishes with a barely-there (smooth,rounded) hint of mint , as one would get from a mixed drink with a little (good) creme de menthe. From the Myrica gale?
Medium oily feel, with creamy root beer float-type carbonation on the finish.
Overall, quite good, especially for the (old) $5 clearance section. : ) If DFH ever resurrects this, I'd get it again.
Rated by captainkrad from New Jersey
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Toasted roasty Belgian. Earthy, smokey, chocolate, and nutty fruity notes.
May 24, 2015Rated by highwayempire from Maryland
4.63/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.63/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
I searched high and low for this beer and it didn't disappoint. A very rich, honey taste. Outstanding brew.
Apr 13, 2015Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From tasting notes. I had an aged bottle and a fresh one. For this beer fresh is better and I am reviewing the fresh bottle.
A: Brilliant coffee brown under a lightly tan tinted 1” finely bubbled white foam collar that grips the side of the glass and produces intricate lace.
S: Flowery cola on the nose with spice, chocolate, and pitted fruit.
T: A very spicy palate with a cola quality seasoned with chocolate, coffee, spice, pitted fruit and malty sweetness that dries out by the finish.
M: Creamy, medium to medium full body and medium carbonation.
O: An unusual and interesting beer.
Apr 05, 2015A: Brilliant coffee brown under a lightly tan tinted 1” finely bubbled white foam collar that grips the side of the glass and produces intricate lace.
S: Flowery cola on the nose with spice, chocolate, and pitted fruit.
T: A very spicy palate with a cola quality seasoned with chocolate, coffee, spice, pitted fruit and malty sweetness that dries out by the finish.
M: Creamy, medium to medium full body and medium carbonation.
O: An unusual and interesting beer.
Urkontinent from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
467 ratings
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