Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
Rated 3.519 by BeerPalsBrewed by Ayinger Brewery
Aying, Germany
Style: Dunkel / Dark Lager
5% Alcohol by Volume
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Bottom-fermented, dark export beer Original wort: 12.8 ° Up until the Second World War, dark beer was the predominant beer type in the Munich area. The hard water found in the region played a special role in producing this specialty. In his book “Beer International”, the world-renowned English beer writer, Michael Jackson, accurately describes the Ayinger “Altbairisch Dunkel” as: “A good example of its kind. Impenetrably dark with a golden-brown gleam when held up to the light, and with a warm aroma and malty taste, while summoning up coffee taste sensations on going down. It is brewed from five types of malt (two of which are torrified dark), and it is only lightly hopped.” It is produced using the traditional double fermentation process.
ID: 577 Last updated 1 month ago Added to database 23 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 4168 |
| Overall Percentile | 96.2 |
| Style Rank | 18 of 1110 |
| Style Percentile | 98.4 |
| Lowest Score | 1.5 |
| Highest Score | 4.3 |
| Average Score | 3.547 |
| Weighted Score | 3.519 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.496 |
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55 Member Reviews
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
Reddish brown colour, good head. Moderate aroma of oak and caramel malts. Medium body, typical dunkel, some toffee flavour but not too sweet. Must be good with food. Lightly hopped, pleasant, easy drinking. Maybe not the greatest beer in the world, but impossible to dislike, if you like beer at all.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
500ml bottle from the state store
Appearance: Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Mild aroma of roasted malts and toffee
Taste: Toasted malts, grainy, bready and chocolate
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Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 8
Appearance is clear filtered root beer. Sweeter malt hard tack candy aroma. Big 17 oz bottle, nice sample size. Taste impact is a malty fizzy beverage, in a good way. No adverse bitterness, but a friendly interesting palate of manure and fertile garden soil fills the mouth with each sip. Very complex. A fine example of a mild dark beer. A hint of 5% is apparent, certainly does not come across alky free. The session ends with dreams of alcohol laced candy while riding a unicorn. Refined, docile and whammy.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Bottle: Poured a deep brown with reddish edges, head was creamy. Aroma was roasted malts with leafiness, Taste was sweet with malt a little fruit and a light hint of grit.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Pours clear sepia with a thick and lasting buff head. Aroma provides caramel, roasted malt, subtle spice and woody notes. Flavor yields roast malt, caramel, earthy, subtle clove and woody hops. Texture features good body and perky fizz. Come to Bavaria's dark side.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Pours a dark caramel color with a one finger darker cream colored head that lofts a while. Well carbonated. Aroma is heavy on the roasted malts and wheat. Hints of caramel and brown sugar as well. Taste is a tad oxidized and metallic but does not distract. Malted with hints of cream and caramel. Creamy body and a sticky/dry ending. Don't know the age on the bottle but I bet this is awesome fresh.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
A deep brown-red colored beer with a big foamy textured, off white head rising briefly above. Settles into a medium ringlet. The nose is of caramel and grass. Molassess and grassy hops in the tasting. Light, smooth and refreshing.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
A classic of the style, reminds me of my time in Munich and the dark beers of the city, sessionable and good flavor, mild but not boring. It's not over the top, has a grassy cornish aroma, light body and flavor, but certainly better than American mass marketed beers.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
A must have dark lager! Smooth, caramel, a hint of coffee and a little bready taste on this offering. Not my favorite area, but this beer is very drinkable. Weak 1/4" head when poured into a .5 liter weizen glass. I was somewhat put off by this. The smooth flavor puts this beer back into get some more!
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
It pours a dark-brown with hints of red, light-tan head, with some specks of lacing. Aroma of bready and caramel malts, maybe some wheat, citrus, coffee, and mild spiciness. The mouthfeel is smooth and rich. Flavors of caramel malts, coffee, light hops, limes/citrus, breadiness, and spicy on the swallow. Wow very smooth and robust beer.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5
pours a pretty dark amber with a nice long lasting head . aroma is ok just a bit of skunk, flavor is slight toast with few hops, that fades fast, A light style of mouthfeel that would go well with nice heavy things such as canned meat - spam??
