Steam Punk (Dunkelwiezenbrau)
Longwood Brewpub & Restaurant

Steam Punk (Dunkelwiezenbrau)Steam Punk (Dunkelwiezenbrau)
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From:
Longwood Brewpub & Restaurant
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Dunkelweizen
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.49 | pDev: 12.03%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
23
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 27, 2021
Added:
Dec 25, 2005
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
As the name suggests this is a Dark Wheat Beer. Traditionally a German “Wheat Ale” this light bodied, crisp flavored cold Ale has become one of Vancouver Islands favorite brews. This beer has a refreshing graininess in the flavor profile with the addition of 35% White Wheat.
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Rated: 3.67 by Roejogan from Canada (BC)

Dec 27, 2021
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Rated by souvenirs from Canada (BC)

3.62/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
568 ml can from the BCL at Kingsgate Mall.
Mar 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.61 by IPAnicked from Canada (BC)

Feb 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.6 by Eric_Standard from Canada (BC)

Oct 10, 2017
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.79/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Longwood Brewpub 'Steampunk Dunkelweizen' @ 5.0% , served on tap at Stein & Dine'15 , a 650 ml bottle & a 473 ml can
A-pour is a dark brown from the tap/bottle/can to a very dark brown in the glass with a small beige head leaving a spotty lace along the stein
S-white wheat
T-nice taste overall , bit waterty on the swallow
MF-ok carbonation , medium mouthfeel
Ov-ok dunkelweizen , seems to be Victoria's favourite Longwood beer
prost LampertLand
Oct 30, 2016
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Reviewed by JonCorbett from Canada (BC)

3.64/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a bomber bottle.

Appearance: Pours a burnt red ochre brown with a victorian lace coloured head made up of small and medium sized carbonation bubbles, dissipates rather quickly and settles into a very nice ring and light surface remnants.

Aromatics: I get a few scents - but most prominent is an odd nutty citrus that I just can’t seem to describe. Has a decent combination of fresh bread mixed with a toasted bread scent. I do get really faint malty notes, but they are far from sweet caramely as I would normally expect.

Taste: Never had a dunkel before, so this was an experience. My first sips were burnt sour. An almost lemony zing mixed with fresh cut wheat and grass. It is unique being so dark I was expecting something creamier and subtle. But it has earthy coffee character with a little cacao bitterness so that there is little to no aftertaste as it finishes.

Feel: medium-light body, not as crisp as I was expecting and the carbonation does almost disappear. It has a very abrupt finish (not quite dry) but it is nice given its somewhat fast paced taste.

Overall: Not sure if it’s my cup of tea. I do enjoy its colour and I love sour beers (even though I’m not sure if this is common to Dunkels). But it seemed a little too much wheat and not enough malt. I’m going to go middle of the road on this one until I have a few more Dunkels under my belt, and maybe I will revisit this one in the future.
Aug 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by YamagamiTravis from Canada (BC)

Nov 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.03 by Kenfoley from Canada (BC)

Nov 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by chickenm from Canada (BC)

Nov 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.45 by Kenmac19 from Canada (BC)

Oct 12, 2015
 
Rated: 2.21 by rab53 from Washington

Sep 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Apr 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.72 by joeymrr from New Mexico

Oct 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Aug 04, 2014
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington

3.56/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a tall 568 mL can into a weizen glass. This beer appears to now be called Steam Punk Dunkel.

Appearance: rich amber-brown hue with a little haze and a pretty strong effervescence (though this is hard to discern through the darkness). Head is two fingers of frothy light-tan foam. I find it quite attractive!

Smell: quite malty with toast, biscuit and chocolate. Not a whole lot in the way of wheat or classic weizen esters, but the chocolate is nice.

Taste: a bit milder than the aroma. Toasty and chocolatey but without so much biscuit (thankfully); this is kind of like an amber porter, in that it doesn't have a lot of weizen character. Still, it's not at all a bad beer.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess. Appropriate enough for the style.

Overall: this is a relatively quaffable beer; I quite like the chocolate, although I would prefer some more estery weizen yeast character.
Jun 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by cbnz from Canada (BC)

Dec 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by KStark from Canada (BC)

Aug 19, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by CWVegas from Nevada

Aug 13, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Apr 08, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by KalanM from Canada (BC)

Nov 29, 2012
Steam Punk (Dunkelwiezenbrau) from Longwood Brewpub & Restaurant
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 23 ratings