Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen - Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub

ccrida

Oregon

4/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served in a nonic pint at the Fishbowl Brewpub, Leavenworth's Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen is a murky chestnut with a small, light tan head that leaves decent lace.

Smell is neutral, with light toast and toffee slowly opening up as it warmed.

Taste is richer, toffee, some noble hop spice, with a very clean finish.

Mouthfeel is smooth, dry and light.

Drinkability is high, this is a tasty, nice fall flavor without being to sweet and cloying. Highly quaffable.

Serving type: on-tap

12-28-2009 23:44:17 | More by ccrida

MrVonzipper

California

3.98/5  rDev +21.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a dark pale brown with a short bubbly tan head. Short retention and no lacing.

At first to me it smelled like a handful of fresh black patent malt at your local home brew shop. A little oaky with some chocolate and a touch of bacon.

Flavor is good and balanced well. Not that there is alot to balance in this style. Not very bright and shiny flavor notes, just nice dark wheat-roasted malty goodness.

Very smooth, fresh and light bodied mouthfeel with low carbonation.

Overall this is a good dunkelweizen. Not spectacular, but it has pretty good flavor, seems fresh and is very easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

07-23-2011 04:17:33 | More by MrVonzipper

yemenmocha

Arizona

3.98/5  rDev +21.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bruised banana logo would have been more appropriate. Pours a hazy brown with smallish head. Nose is a big, fat bruised banana. Palate offers a nice mix of brownbready flavors and esters from the nice yeast, along with more bruised banana. Medium-light bodied. Easy drinking. Not bad for an American attempt at the style.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2012 02:45:25 | More by yemenmocha

cooch69

Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

This onne pours a medium brown with some amber and a pretty small head for a German style wheat ale. Head was pretty tight, maybe around one to one 1/2 fingers and it was pretty light tan.

Nose on this one has coke syrup, bready and wheaty malts, and even a slight bit of wild Musk perfume. There is also some dried banana chips in the backround that remind me of a fresh made trail mix.

Taste is clean and crisp and consists of chocolaty malts, spices, mainly cloves and there is a little bit of the boozy alcohol in the finish. There is also a bit of the coke syrupy taste that I had in the smell.

This is a pretty good Dunkelweizen. I hav'nt had much of this style in a while and this is a good way to get back into them.

Serving type: bottle

09-14-2011 06:03:22 | More by cooch69

kylehay2004

Florida

3.9/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: 2.5 finger head with some lacing. Very dark brown with some light getting through.

S: sweet caramel malt aroma with chocolate notes.

T: Sweet malt at the front end, milk chocolate in the middle and finishes with a roasted taste. Actually a nice flow and complex.

M: Moderate carbonation and medium bodied.

O: This beer is better than advertised. Its very drinkable and has a nice flow of flavors as it is enjoyed.

Serving type: bottle

09-04-2011 01:53:23 | More by kylehay2004

Cyberkedi

Georgia

3.73/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Malty aroma has a subtle fruity underpinning and a hint of cloves. It pours a dark, rather hazy mahogany with a decent, fine-bubbled, light tan head that leaves some good lacing. Flavor has a malty core and fruity, caramel and nutty notes. Smooth Texture has average body but a good amount of fizz.

Serving type: bottle

03-11-2012 02:09:36 | More by Cyberkedi

echoes

Washington

3.7/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Served in a bottle.

A: Pours a moderate bubbly, fizzy head that dissipates slowly and leaves almost no lacing. Color ranges from the top blackish-brown to light brown/red at the bottom. Excellent colors. Noticeable carbonation.

S: Roasted wheat and yeast. Smells decent. Not unpleasant by any stretch.

T: Tastes like a dark hefeweizen. Slightly bitter, maybe due to hops? (Based on the taste, dunkelbock also fits quite appropriately).

M: A little light. For a dark beer I would prefer a heavier mouthfeel. Smooth mouthfeel. A little bubbly (carbonation) is perceptible.

D: Goes down very easy. Could easily have another but there isn't enough to make me want to have more than one.

Not much to bring me back to it. I'd drink it again if offered but it isn't something I'd probably buy again. Overall I'd say this is decent but not exceptional or outstanding.

Serving type: bottle

10-21-2010 04:49:58 | More by echoes

superspak

Michigan

3.68/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle into weizen glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy reddish brown color with a nice 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some nice soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of ripe banana, caramel, biscuit, nuttiness, chocolate, molasses, toast, clove, roasted malt, earth, and light yeast spiciness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance. Taste of chocolate, banana, toast, caramel, biscuit, nuttiness, roasted malt, toffee, pepper, earth, and light yeast spiciness. Lingering notes of chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, banana, toast, nuttiness, and clove on the finish for a bit. Nice balance of flavors with decent complexity; though it does feel a bit on the watery side; no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy and slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice and interesting take on a dunkelweizen. Nice roasted flavors with decent balance of fruitiness; very smooth and easy to drink. Definitely enjoyed this.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2012 03:03:15 | More by superspak

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Served in an Ayinger weizen glass.

Pours a murky bog of brown with a light frothy head. Smells of malts and wheat stretch out to grab the nose, but they do not overstay their welcomes. Those malts and wheat return when the tongue gets involved, with the wheat appropriately making up the majority of the flavor profile. Not too much complexity, though a very faint hint of smoke signal can be detected somewhere in the wheaty static. Lighter than most dunkels that I've had, the taste doesn't hang around too long, but that does make for a pretty drinkable brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2010 01:26:20 | More by TMoney2591

harrymel

Washington

3.53/5  rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottled 11/2010
Poured to NB globe.

A: Pours a chocolate beer with little head development. Thin film of tiny bubbles, which are light graham in color.

S: Chocolate malts, dark grains. Hollow grainy. Little/no hop nose. Slightly creamy scent.

T: Yum! I was surprised by the nice toastiness of this beer. I admittedly had low expectations, which likely fosters my admiration, but this beer is nice. Light cocoa, malts, milky flavor. Touch of a metallic finish on this. As I take more his off this, I like it less. Has a bit of a burnt flavor as it warms. Almost a sour flavor in here.

M: Decent medium body with medium/low carbonation provides a effervescence I didn't anticipate. Nice.

D: Very drinkable. Again, I was surprised by this beer, and would be happy to recommend to others.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2011 17:52:12 | More by harrymel

UnderPressure

South Carolina

3.53/5  rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A dark amber/medium brown beer with a foamy off-white head.

Dark roasted malt and some wheat and yeast in the aroma.

A nice, sweet malt flavor up front. Slightly metallic. Some hop flavor. Mild bitterness.

A medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Soft carbonation.

Pretty good beer. Nothing crazy outrageous. Something I could drink all night.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2012 19:59:41 | More by UnderPressure

beertunes

Washington

3.5/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into 10oz glass. Poured a slightly cloudy, barely translucent brown with less than an inch of tan head that dissipated quickly leaving minimal lacing.

A soft wheat aroma is supported by a nice roasty finish. The refreshing wheat flavors coat the tongue, with just a touch of roastiness and hops on the finish.

The body is good, light and full with out being sticky. Drinkability is very good, a great beer for these last few days of summer. Worth trying if you see it and perhaps worth some effort to seek out.

Serving type: bottle

09-18-2009 20:31:47 | More by beertunes

Nerudamann

Oregon

3.5/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a bottle into a Pilsener glass, as I have no Weizen glass.

Look - pretty close to jet black with about two fingers worth of frothy dark tan-colored foam that dissipates slowly.

Smell - a bit clove-like, but the malt smell is still there, just not as present.

Taste and Mouthfeel - pretty good deep weizen like taste. Not much of a fruity taste, but there is a bit of a depth there. Bitterness is quite low, but not quite sweet either. There is a hint of bitterness in the aftertaste. Texture is pretty creamy, and the mouthfeel itself it pretty smooth.

Overall - not a bad brew at all, but not terribly complex either. Fun for drinking, but not for thinking.

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2011 03:41:03 | More by Nerudamann

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.45/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

This beer pours a dark cherry-wood colour, with one finger of soapy, bubbly light beige head, which leaves some random specks of lace around the glass as it rapidly makes its exit. It smells of thin roasted biscuit and caramel malt, and mild earthy, musty hops. The taste is lightly-roasted malt, and earthy, somewhat leafy hops - nothing else to signify any weizen heritage. The carbonation is moderate, the body on the light side of medium, heft-wise, and it finishes mostly dry and crisp, the malt acting a bit clingy.

Hmmm...a mild, in alcohol and flavour both, dunkelweizen. Still, it has enough basic elements to not write off entirely. I wouldn't refuse this if offered.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2010 22:29:42 | More by biboergosum

RJLarse

Washington

3.45/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I bought a six-pack of Boulder Bend Dunkel in a grocery store. Poured in to a weizen glass.

Pours a nut brown color, semi translucent, with a small off-whit head.

Smell is a roasted malt aroma with the candy scents, caramel.

Taste is a roasted nutty flavor, with some caramel notes.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied.

Overall a drinkable dunkel but probably not a great one.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 00:48:16 | More by RJLarse

Bookseeb

Washington

3.43/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance pours a dark amber with minimal head and lace. Smell of grainy sweet malty caramel. taste has a sweet smokey maltiness, with light hops and a note of chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel is light, fair bodied, but almost watered down with good carbonation. Not bad of a brew, but could use a bit more balance.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2010 01:01:35 | More by Bookseeb

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a very dark brown color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, a touch of yeast detected. Taste is also somewhat mild, some banana, a bit more hops than usual for this style, some mild spice. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is decent but mild for the style.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2012 16:10:00 | More by tone77

JerzDevl2000

New Jersey

3.4/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Picked this up at Total Wine in West Orange over the weekend since I had never seen this beer or anything from Fish Brewing Company, for that matter. Even though this poured pretty dark and cloudy, it could have been a bit more full. This wasn't a bad selection and for this time of the year, this would be a great session beer since I could hardly taste or feel the alcohol in it!

As to be expected, this poured brown and cloudy and also as to be expected, this had a strong roasted mouthfeel to it with notes of pumpernickel and burnt malt to it. The carbonation and booze were a bit underwhelming and the mouthfeel was watery too. I wished this had more of a wheat presence in it but I just had to take it for what it was worth, which reminded me of a soda in more than one way.

If you like session beers, look no further as a six-pack of this could easily be enjoyed in a few sittings. This wasn't bad so much as it was just "eh...". No banana, not much of a body, and lack of carbonation and head all combine to make this unmemorable but for anyone who wants a low-cost version of this style that's accessible by nearly all, this would be a sufficient choice.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2012 18:48:00 | More by JerzDevl2000

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.38/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

355ml bottle poured into pint glass 28/6/12

A dark brown with lots of haze and bubbles, just a pinky of mocha foam but its dense and retains very well leaving several rings of lace before falling

S coco powder, bruised banana, and some cold coffee, pretty straight forward

T more chocolate then the nose and just a little sour dark fruits that brings it down a little, everything I smell is still there but the bruised banana

M medium bodied but quite creamy from the bubbles and there's some coco lingering

O OK beer but a little sourness I could live without, almost like there's a slight infection but it is very slight if the case

A hard sell at 18$ a 6er here in Alberta, I doubt I'd try this one again with all the other options available too me

Serving type: bottle

06-29-2012 03:53:14 | More by wordemupg

froghop

Washington

3.35/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

pours a hazy deep dark brown, above average carbonation, a thin beige head, and some lacing.

smell is of caramel, biscuit, a touch of cocoa, and roasted malts.

taste is of some wheat, some chocolate in the back, sour malt, and roastiness, ends a little dry.

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2009 21:43:29 | More by froghop

mactrail

California

3.35/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Looks nice in the snifter with brown-tinged amber color and decent lacing. Pleasant enough, but very light weight and with very little weizen flavor. Some caramel notes, but not much malt and certainly not sweet. Hoppy bitterness without any aromatic elements. Bitter aftertaste not pleasant. Kind of medicinal.

I wouldn't call it a Dunkelweizen. Maybe an American Amber flavored with some wheat. It's not actually bad, and as a quaff, it's acceptable.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2011 05:30:53 | More by mactrail

djeucalyptus

Oregon

3.3/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

pours a rich leathery caramel hue... a swirled pour produces a decently cloudy, wheaty amberish brown hue. an impressive two-finger almost billows out of my weizen glass, then slowly fades to a thin froth that stays til the bottom, leaving bits of lacing.

aroma of earth, dark malt, hints of pear and apricot. a touch of peat. almost rye-ish? interesting, although not quite what I was expecting.

taste follows aroma pretty closely, with lots of bread, malt, dough, hints of fruit and a bit more malt. a touch of sourness. kind of straightforwardly uninteresting.

mouth is amply carbonated, moderate body that works for the style. slightly bitter in the finish.

all in all, drinkable but not earthshattering. which is how i feel most of Leavenworth's stuff has turned out. I'd drink it again if it was on sale, but kind of unmemorable... and there are a lot of better dunkelweizens out there.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2011 07:28:52 | More by djeucalyptus

ninaturner

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Very dark brown, unfiltered, good head retention.

Aroma: The caramel comes through as well as small hints of banana and cloves.

Taste: Tastes of roasted chocolate malts; small hints of clove; bittering hops at the end.

Mouthfeel: Good mouthfeel--similar to other dunkels.

Drinkable: Not as drinkable as other dunkels, but good.

Overall: This is a decent dunkelweizen, but I think it could be improved if the clove and banana flavors came through more in the beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2012 23:04:56 | More by ninaturner

woemad

Washington

3.2/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle purchased at Pilgrim's in Coeur d'Alene for $1.49. According to the notch on the label, this was bottled in August.

Poured a dark, cola-ish color with a creamy tan head of about an inch's worth in height. Said head took several minutes to drop. Streaks of lace were left behind.

Caramel sweetness in the nose. Toasted, earthy grain scent in the background.

Mildly sweet, with a very mild toasted biscuit flavor. Very slight dry note at the swallow. No weizen characteristics. I agree with others that have described this as more like a Munich dunkel lager.

Medium bodied, with a slightly prickly mouthfeel.

Doesn't seem much like a dunkelweizen at all. It's certainly easy to drink. If this were sold as a Dunkel lager, I'd give it better marks.

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2010 01:05:23 | More by woemad

clayrock81

Virginia

3.2/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Popured a light brown with one-finger head that sticks around glass on top of a rather mild, almost airy, sweet malt aroma although there are citric hefe notes as well. Light body, the lgiht citric/hefe characters are there, although no spice or wheat twang is really prevelant, and there is very minimal sweetness...like touches of toffee more than caramel or chocolate. Nice blend and balance so I don't mind sipping on it and there's touch of fruits and a dry malt base in the finish, but overall it's just too bland to be anything other than a half-decent beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2012 18:54:39 | More by clayrock81