Dinkel Acker Cd-Pils - Dinkelacker-Schwabenbraeu AG

kunzbrew

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer pours a light straw color with a white fluffy head that stays for the duration leaving a a sexy lace behind. The smell of hops is strong at first. The first sip is strong hop flavor also which is quite nice. The malt is light as it should be being a Pilsner. This is my first German Pils and it was not to bad but it is not my cup of tea.

Cheers

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2003 20:50:14 | More by kunzbrew

Morris729

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a very clear light straw color with lots of tiny bubbles racing up the glass and with a light and bubbly white head. Nose is grass and fresh grains and is also a bit herbal. Taste is oily and bitter hops with only a hint of malt in the background. An average brew but nothing special.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2003 12:51:01 | More by Morris729

Brent

Kentucky

3.48/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

I particularly liked the body to this beer, which had a nice malty heft for a pils style. Poured an impressive cloud-white head - quite spritzy. Herbal and grainy aroma. Flavor was a bit heavy for the style, with a little raw alcohol wafting about. Finished tangy-bitter, with a lingering thickness.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2002 15:30:41 | More by Brent

ADR

Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Clear gold straw color, lighter than many, with a crystal white 1/4 inch head in a Pilsner glass. Intricate lace. Grassy aroma, a little yeast, a little nutty hop. Very crisp, beginning to end, an epitome of Pilsner style to my tastes. Maintains tight mild malt and crisp saaz-like hop in locked tandom, with a dry, somewhat grainy, and bitter close. No skunk to this bottle. Pretty refreshing. A Pilsner is a Pilsner to me, but this one keeps its Ps and Qs together. Thanks to my buddy Dave Szy for the beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2002 10:16:37 | More by ADR

marc77

California

3.2/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Brilliantly clear light golden hue. Well retained porcelain white head. Mildly husky grain, soft sweetness and mercaptans in aroma from lightstruck hops. Crisp, assertive, above the norm bitterness dominates the flavor profile. Understated bready malt presence. Very well attenuated and carbonated with a refreshing, almost spritzy mouthfeel. Hint of floral hop flavor is overshadowed by lingering sulfur. Finishes pleasantly bitter w/ a dart of sweetness, but otherwise very dry. Dinkel Cd-Pils is a refreshingly bitter & clean pilsner, but ths sulfur in aroma and flavor prevented anything other the hop bitterness to fully surface. Potentially a very good pilsner if not lightstruck. The curse of the green bottle strikes again.

Serving type: bottle

12-18-2002 10:26:10 | More by marc77

Gusler

Arizona

3.05/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

The beer pours a sunny gold color with a prestigious creamy white head and tons of fine lace to obscure the glass. Dominated by malt and the start a touch sweet, top is skimpy in feel. Finish is sparsely hopped, moderately carbonated and the aftertaste malt dry, can only call it average as it has little to offer to me.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2002 08:15:54 | More by Gusler

Jason

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz green bottle with no freshness date.

Appearance: The initial head as very nice though it dissipated to a patch white lace, good bubble action. Clarity is on par for what a lager is supposed to look like as well as the pale golden colour.

Smell: Grassy herbal hop … a bit oily, touch of husky grain and that is about it.

Taste: High bitterness from the hops, slightly astringent. Grain in the back almost plays second fiddle to the hops, finishes with a huskiness as it slowly dries and the bitterness fades.

Mouthfeel: Ample crispness, light to medium bodied and a bit slick on the tongue.

Drinkability & Notes: Overly bitter and not just from the hop as the bitterness is intensified by the huskiness of the grain. After a few that is about it for me as I had to switch to something else. A good change up brew from the rest of the pack just not stellar in my eyes.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2002 17:50:17 | More by Jason

RBorsato

Virginia

3.98/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Straw yellow to light gold with a full white lasting head. Grainy aroma and light earthy and grassy hop aroma. Slight graininess and grassy hop character. Crisp, dry and bitter. Medium bodied and creamy with good carbonation throughout with a crisp dry finish.

Very clean and refreshing with nice balance. Certainly one you wouldn't want to turn down.

Per B.O.M. club notes: Hallertau hops. 5% ABV

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2002 12:44:58 | More by RBorsato

Dogbrick

Ohio

2.42/5  rDev -31.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Tasted at the Barrelhouse Brewing Company Microbrew Fest on November 9. Gold color with little head. Slight hops aroma. Clean flavor with a slightly dry finish. Kind of boring.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2002 15:28:56 | More by Dogbrick

Pegasus

Texas

3.85/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Light golden color with a large snow-white head that retains well. Thick, sticky lace rings the glass. Lots of tiny bubbles rise in streams along the glass walls, along with an occasional large one. Very skunky aroma when first poured, though this soon dissipated. Slightly sweet malt aroma with distinct noble hops. Very smooth taste with good mouthfeel begins with sweet malt, midway through the taste crisp lemon hops asset themselves. Finishes with a slightly metallic bitterness. A truly fine Pilsener.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2002 18:35:12 | More by Pegasus

Rifrafboy

Minnesota

3.73/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

First of all, let me say this is one of my favorite German Pilsners. It pours a pleasant light straw, with a nice white head when ice cold. Taste is above average for German "green bottles". You get a nice mouth feel, with the high carbonation and moderate to strong hoppiness blending well. It goes down smooth, with a slight hint of skunk, and leaves a clean alcohol twang. A refreshing, light beer which is superior to Beck's or St. Pauly Girl.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2002 10:26:24 | More by Rifrafboy

inebrius

Michigan

4.45/5  rDev +26.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

I've been avoiding the Dinkel for some time now. Sitting on a shelf of beer in those creepy green bottles next to the Ales. But I finally gave in. And so glad I did. If the majority of so-called Pilseners tasted like this the world would be a better place.

Pours a wan gold under a sticky, creamy head. The whiffer detects recently sparged malted barley grains under freshly mown grass. Hop bitterness rides a long board over modest waves of malt while hop flavor and aroma are just casual observers. Bubbly, not harsh, and frightfully poundable.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2002 06:50:16 | More by inebrius

ElGuapo

New Jersey

3.38/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

light smooth pilsner that is a bit dry in the finale. drinkable all year round, but it is especially refreshing for the summer. not fantastic, but i'd recommend it

Serving type: bottle

07-09-2002 20:04:38 | More by ElGuapo

WilliamPhilaPa

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a golden color with a huge white head that dies pretty quickly and leaves a thin layer….very nice how the tiny bubbles dance to the top of the glass in unison. On the nose is a nice saaz hop aroma combined with a slightly lemony smell / bite, exact same on the palate, the two are balanced so well, nice display of bitterness, grainy, slight pepperiness, overall crisp, I really dig this brew... In the long, lingering, semi-dry finish the slight lemon taste hangs around as well as a tiny bit of spiciness... overall a very enjoyable / refreshing Pilsner!

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2002 15:21:29 | More by WilliamPhilaPa