Original Oettinger Dunkles Hefeweissbier - Oettinger International Getränke-Vertriebs GmbH

lacqueredmouse

Australia

2.65/5  rDev -14.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

500ml bottle purchased in Munich on a recent trip.

Quite cloudy medium brown colour. Shiny, solid off-white head with pretty good retention and lacing. Looks pretty good.

Slightly spicy, but quite subdued on the nose. Too much carbonation selzer-water smell. Really not much on the nose, and definitely none of the classic dunkelweizen character.

Pretty thin on the palate as well. Carbonic acid, a bit of spice, but very dry - not much sweetness or complexity. Mouthfeel is also pretty thin with only a slight post-carbonation prickle.

This is really disappointing, and should be a lot better. Very plain, with no complexity and no depth. A poor example of a Bavarian Dunkel.

Serving type: bottle

11-04-2007 23:30:19 | More by lacqueredmouse

HappyHourHero

Indiana

3.3/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a thick, dense, cream colored head that lasted for days. Hazy chestnut colored beer has an amber hue. Lot's of yeasty banana in the aroma. Fresh, almost lemony flavor up front mixes with some of the banana that was in the aroma. Finishes a bit metallic and washed out. Moderately light body with a kind of fizzy mouthfeel. It's darker then a hefeweizen, but that's about it. Basically it's just an ok hefeweizen. The one thing this beer has going for it is value. It's roughly half the price of most beers in the supermarket (0.29 cents vs. 60) but tastes about 4/5's as good.

Serving type: bottle

09-17-2006 13:05:16 | More by HappyHourHero

Sigmund

Norway

3.55/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500 ml bottle, bought in Germany. Brewed in Oettinger’s brewery in Schwerin. ABV is 4.9%. Hazy brown colour (looks like muddy water), large off-white head. Typical dunkelweizen aroma of yeast, rye bread, cloves and banana. Slightly sour and lemony flavour, light bodied, thin mouthfeel, notes of bread and cloves. Drinkable, but there are better dunkelweizens around.

Serving type: bottle

08-29-2005 20:33:10 | More by Sigmund

WesWes

New York

3.85/5  rDev +24.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The beer pours a dark cloudy amber color with a 1/4" head that fades to lacing. The aroma is light, but sweet from wheat and crystal malts. The taste is sweet. It is true to style and resonates of wheat flavor. The mouthfeel is decent. It is a medium bodied beer that has enough carbonation. It has a mouthfeel that sticks with you. It is a fine Dunkel and a good drinker. Thank's to my friend Chris for bringing this home from Germany.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2003 13:51:02 | More by WesWes

schrist275

Florida

2/5  rDev -35.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A cloudy dark orange/brown in color. Extremely heavy in the yeast smell. The taste reminds me of burnt wheat/yeast/caramel cracker with a heavy and long lasting after taste. Recommend that this be had only by extreme lovers of dark hefe beers, which is not really my style.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2002 14:16:46 | More by schrist275