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Hofbrau Dunkel / Hofbräu Dunkel

Hofbrau Dunkel / Hofbräu Dunkel

Rated 3.456 by BeerPals

Brewed by Hofbrauhaus / Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München

München, Bayern, Germany

Style:  Dunkel Weizen

5.5% Alcohol by Volume

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Dark beer existed in Bavaria long before light beer. This was the first type of beer to be brewed at Hofbräuhaus when it was founded. Today, when beer-lovers all over the world talk about dark beer, they usually mean a Munich style beer. Today, Hofbräu Dunkel - the archetypal Bavarian beer - is still as popular as ever. With its alcoholic content of around 5.5% volume and its spicy taste, it's a refreshing beer that suits all kinds of occasion. A beer in the traditional Munich style!

ID: 20830 Last updated 2 months ago Added to database 18 years ago

Key Stats

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3

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Overall Rank4052
Overall Percentile92.4
Style Rank14 of 243
Style Percentile94.2
Lowest Score2.4
Highest Score4.7
Average Score3.513
Weighted Score3.456
Standard Deviation0.508

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  • CYBERCAT 11711 reviews
    rated 3.2 8 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Pours a clear cola brown with a fairly thick and fluffy pale buff head. Malty aroma has caramel and fruity undertones. Flavor is malty at heart, with subtle toasty and fruity notes and a hint of caramel. Texture is average, but it goes down well. If not terrific, certainly drinkable.

  • CYRENAICA 2408 reviews
    rated 3.9 8 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    500ml bottle
    5.5% ABV
    King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
    December 3, 2015
    The beer pours a translucent brownish red with a half inck tan coloured bubbly head which lasts. The aroma is nutty malt, floral hops, caramel, and chocolate. The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, some coffee hints, and a nice bitter finish.

  • CHOPZ 7087 reviews
    rated 3.3 8 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

    Pours a clean copper-amber colour with a nice creamy-frothy beige head, good retention and creamy lacing. Munich malt smell with nutty notes and hints of caramel, dark fruits and molasses. Mouthfeel is a little oily. The taste has the dark malt as well, with mild roasted malts, bread, caramel and even hops in the finish. A little metallic feel some times. Not a bad, easy-drinking Dunkel, except for this last one (metallic notes). Unnoticeable with food.

  • FISHINGFAST 685 reviews
    rated 2.4 9 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

    Pours out like a glass of rusty ice tea with no head. The aroma is of malt and nothing else. The mouthfeel is very thin. The taste is nothing interesting or worth writing about. I won't buy this again.

  • AIRFORCE1 681 reviews
    rated 3.4 10 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Pours a crystal clear dark amber with a one finger off white head that lofts a bit. Lots of carbonation. Aroma is heavy on dark malts with a slight date backing. Taste is heavy on the caramel. Hints of dark malts and milk chocolate. Green bottle and is not skunky at all which is unbelievable. Sticky ending. Simple yet complex. Very good transition beer.

  • PORTERHOUSE 544 reviews
    rated 4.0 11 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    Pours thinner and lighter than I expected. I'll call it chestnut in appearance. Aroma is of old malt and syrup. There is a nice foam cap that quickly settles. The taste is just outstanding. A buttery mix of sweeet malt, carmel and bread. The finish is clean. It's easy to see why this great beer has been around so long.

  • RICHSBEER 1929 reviews
    rated 4.0 11 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Pours a deep ruby red nearly brown color with a light just off white head, the head faded fast giving almost no lacing. The aroma is of roasty malt and darker fruit flavors of cherry and some raisin. The taste is a sweeter malty flavor meets the tongue. The good roastiness has breadiness in the taste as well. Toward the middle of the taste some sweeter fruit flavors. I really enjoy the Hofbrau brand.

  • HONKEYMOFO 1000 reviews
    rated 3.6 12 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    It pours a dark copper with a thick and foamy light-tan head and some lacing climbs up the glass. An aroma of roasted caramel malts, sweet breads, light coffee and chocolate, burnt toast, nuts, light hops, oranges and citrus, raisins and dates, and mild spiciness. The mouthfeel is smooth and fairly rich. Flavors of roasted caramel malts, sweet breads, light coffee and chocolate, toast, nuts, hops, oranges and citrus, raisins and dates, light molasses, and mild spiciness. Excellent altogether ..

  • THIRSTYONE 563 reviews
    rated 4.7 12 years ago

    Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

    received in a gift package,very drinkable.Seemed light for color, but easily made up for that on taste.Loved everything about this beer.I shall seek out more of these. edit:realized my bottle size was 11.2 oz.

  • LENUSIK 2067 reviews
    rated 4.2 12 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Not one of my favourite breweries, but one of my favourite dunkels. There is a great deal of consistency with this beer in the pour and the aroma. I have never had a bad bottle. The perfectly flavoured malty dark lager.

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