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Original Münchner Dunkel
Paulaner Brauerei
- From:
- Paulaner Brauerei
- Germany
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
Ranked #91 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,827 - Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 13.51%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 13, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2003
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 13
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Reviewed by kdd230 from England
3.65/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
500 ml bottle in Mae Kasa, Thailand. Pours a reddish brown with a one finger head. Aroma not too pronounced but there’s roasted malts and caramel. Taste is sweet, malty. Quite dry. Medium carbonation. A pleasant dunkel.
May 22, 2023Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.75/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Paulaner Nockherberg location. Solid dunkel beer.
Mar 06, 2023Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.28/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
On tap at Paulaner Am Dom.
Pours a dark reddish orange with creamy, firm head.
Smell is bready and a bit sweet with notes of wort bread, citrus, leather and some floral hints.
Taste is rich, bready and a bit sweet. Soft bitterness and notes of wort bread, rye, citrus and some floral hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, smooth Dunkel.
Sep 05, 2022Pours a dark reddish orange with creamy, firm head.
Smell is bready and a bit sweet with notes of wort bread, citrus, leather and some floral hints.
Taste is rich, bready and a bit sweet. Soft bitterness and notes of wort bread, rye, citrus and some floral hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, smooth Dunkel.
Rated by flgimp from Pennsylvania
4.23/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had a draft on a Viking tour at Oberammergau.
Jun 13, 2022Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.72/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is going to be my 8th type of Paulaner beer, and I was surprised that despite 3 years in Berlin + travelling regionally there, buying every single new local beer I saw, it isn't until now 8 years later that I noticed this one for sale on-line in the UK. Paulaner was my fav big/trad Bavarian brewery when there and I've higher expectations of this as a result.
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name, style and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- A first surprise is .... by default I imagined this would be a black lager, it's not! It is a lovely lustrous deep chestnut brown. Poured with a 2mm mid-tan head of absolutely micro bubbles. ps @+10mins, holds well.
S- Some nice toasty malts, but subtle so hard to divine more from it.
T- Toasty malts right from the start, a surprising prominent malty presence through the middle and light hops into the finish. Unexpected to be drinking a trad 'lager' that has some clear richness to it.
F- On my first 2-3 sips of this first beer of the day for me ie clean-palate I was thinking how unexpected this is. It reminds me far more of on English ale than a German lager! Perhaps it's a sub-style of lager brewed for winter when the palate yearns for more richness and depth?
O- All-in a big and pleasant surprise; I'm glad I bought this one. It might make a nice sessionable winter beer; esp over in Germany at their bargain local prices! They say that the best German wines aren't exported, the same seems to go for a lot of their more niche beer, even from big brewers like this one.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ===> There is some minor sediment remaining in the bottle but I didn't notice any entering the pour.
500ml bottle BB: 12/2021 £2.85 Bought from BeerMerchants, Kent/UK as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
The beer is listed on the Paulaner website pitched to Germany/In German. It translates as follows:
'It couldn't be more steeped in history. Neither is it nobler. Because until the 1930s there was no other beer at all for Bavaria. Despite the triumphant advance of the light, our dark is still a star today: mahogany brown, full-bodied sparkling, with spicy roasted aromas and an idea of dark chocolate. The very best barley malt and the heart of Munich pulsates under the mocha-colored, creamy head. Very loud.'
Mar 02, 2021Blind-tasted except for the beer's name, style and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- A first surprise is .... by default I imagined this would be a black lager, it's not! It is a lovely lustrous deep chestnut brown. Poured with a 2mm mid-tan head of absolutely micro bubbles. ps @+10mins, holds well.
S- Some nice toasty malts, but subtle so hard to divine more from it.
T- Toasty malts right from the start, a surprising prominent malty presence through the middle and light hops into the finish. Unexpected to be drinking a trad 'lager' that has some clear richness to it.
F- On my first 2-3 sips of this first beer of the day for me ie clean-palate I was thinking how unexpected this is. It reminds me far more of on English ale than a German lager! Perhaps it's a sub-style of lager brewed for winter when the palate yearns for more richness and depth?
O- All-in a big and pleasant surprise; I'm glad I bought this one. It might make a nice sessionable winter beer; esp over in Germany at their bargain local prices! They say that the best German wines aren't exported, the same seems to go for a lot of their more niche beer, even from big brewers like this one.
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the bottle lables to see what I missed! ===> There is some minor sediment remaining in the bottle but I didn't notice any entering the pour.
500ml bottle BB: 12/2021 £2.85 Bought from BeerMerchants, Kent/UK as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
The beer is listed on the Paulaner website pitched to Germany/In German. It translates as follows:
'It couldn't be more steeped in history. Neither is it nobler. Because until the 1930s there was no other beer at all for Bavaria. Despite the triumphant advance of the light, our dark is still a star today: mahogany brown, full-bodied sparkling, with spicy roasted aromas and an idea of dark chocolate. The very best barley malt and the heart of Munich pulsates under the mocha-colored, creamy head. Very loud.'
Reviewed by Aglassdarkley from Texas
5/5 rDev +35.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +35.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
A smooth dunkel bier. Had it while over in Germany. The color and smell are great, but the taste is better. My favorite dunkel beer It's not an easy beer to find, even in Germany.
Sep 11, 2017
Original Münchner Dunkel from Paulaner Brauerei
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
104 ratings
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