Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel
Erdinger Weissbräu
- From:
- Erdinger Weissbräu
- Germany
- Style:
- Dunkelweizen
Ranked #26 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,858 - Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 12.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 733
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Tuesday at 09:58 PM
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2001
- Wants:
- 74
- Gots:
- 352
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
This wheat beer is calm and confident. Strong, dark and exceptionally harmonious. The first sip reveals a symphony of carefully selected dark wheat and barley malts. Together with their refined roasting aromas, they give this wheat beer its strong character. Lively carbonic acid plays on the tongue and ERDINGER’s traditional yeast adds its top-fermenting note. What makes this full-bodied specialty go down so easily? It’s the balance between malt notes with their touch of sweetness and a pleasantly refreshing finish that reverberates long on the palate.
Appearance - lustrous, deep dark-brown, creamy head
Aroma - roasted aromatic, dark chocolate, slightly fruity aromas (plum) in the background
Flavour - Rich malt flavour, subtle nutty flavour, delicate bitterness, well-balanced between slightly sweet and pleasantly fresh
Mouthfeel - exceptionally harmonious, full-bodied, smooth, with refreshing finish
ERDINGER Dunkel is a specially crafted present of our master brewers for owner Werner Brombach’s 50th birthday in 1989. The “boss” was so thrilled with the matured, aromatic speciality that he decided to put it on the market in 1990.
Brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law.
Appearance - lustrous, deep dark-brown, creamy head
Aroma - roasted aromatic, dark chocolate, slightly fruity aromas (plum) in the background
Flavour - Rich malt flavour, subtle nutty flavour, delicate bitterness, well-balanced between slightly sweet and pleasantly fresh
Mouthfeel - exceptionally harmonious, full-bodied, smooth, with refreshing finish
ERDINGER Dunkel is a specially crafted present of our master brewers for owner Werner Brombach’s 50th birthday in 1989. The “boss” was so thrilled with the matured, aromatic speciality that he decided to put it on the market in 1990.
Brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law.
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.22/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Blackish brown opaque pour with a large khaki head, sporadic line of lacing in every direction on the glass. Minor roast to the malts in the nose, with plum, date, chocolate, banana, and slight phenols. Taste has more roast, but otherwise much the same, the wheat on the finish is fruiter and ethereal on the palate. Feel is classic old world with light but clean presentation, a touch thin, but finish is spot on with the roast and wheat interaction
Tuesday at 09:58 PM
Reviewed by ZekeZ from California
3.67/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle date states 06-2025
Pour ||Dark Brown, Medium foam, settles quickly
Smell || Caramel, cocoa
Taste || Medium carbonation (more than Köstritzer Schwarzbier). Initial cocoa and wheat note. Texture-wise, it's not as creamy as the Köstritzer either... the cocoa and wheat note are followed immediately by the carbonation before going into a strong wheat finish. For comparison, the Köstritzer is smoother all the way through (carbonation-wise), and has an earthy + fruity note that reveals itself more because the carbonation doesn't play too heavily in the middle part of the body. The carbonation on this one stays on the tongue and is more aggressive. Hops have little impact on the taste, more of a bassline/supplement to the wheat, but faint / barely detectable.
Jan 28, 2026Pour ||Dark Brown, Medium foam, settles quickly
Smell || Caramel, cocoa
Taste || Medium carbonation (more than Köstritzer Schwarzbier). Initial cocoa and wheat note. Texture-wise, it's not as creamy as the Köstritzer either... the cocoa and wheat note are followed immediately by the carbonation before going into a strong wheat finish. For comparison, the Köstritzer is smoother all the way through (carbonation-wise), and has an earthy + fruity note that reveals itself more because the carbonation doesn't play too heavily in the middle part of the body. The carbonation on this one stays on the tongue and is more aggressive. Hops have little impact on the taste, more of a bassline/supplement to the wheat, but faint / barely detectable.
Reviewed by blueshawk69 from Kansas
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
(review from February 2021) Flavorful, well balanced and smooth dunkel with wonderfully caramelly, bready, malty taste and mouthcoating finish. Great palate heft, very quaffable.
Dec 28, 2025
Reviewed by Mikehicks100 from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A decent beer If you like dunkel beers. You can taste the roast. Nice and dark. Easy to drink. Smooth and satisfying but not as good as I thought it may be. Definitely give it a try though.
Dec 27, 2025
Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
3.92/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A pint can, into a beer glass. An opaque dark amber/mahogany color. An abundant dense beige head initially, settles into a wide collar and leaves some splotches of lacing. A little maltier than the hops bitterness is to balance. Fairly smooth, soft caramel wheat malt, hints of vanilla. Light bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
A delicious dunkle with an enjoyable flavor profile and soft, subtle caramel aftertaste.
Dec 14, 2025A delicious dunkle with an enjoyable flavor profile and soft, subtle caramel aftertaste.
Reviewed by Caspase from England
2.93/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.93/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
500mL bottle. BBE 07/2026.
Appearance: 3.5. Like an espresso. Thick dense head, small amount of lacing.
Smell: 3. Roasted malts, esters/aldehydes, alcohol.
Taste: 3.25. Sweet vailla and light mild malty coffee, no hops. Slight hint of smoke in the background.
Feel: 2. Watery and light, despite appearances.
Overall: 2.5. Rather disappointing. Has none of the refreshing and estery floral aspects of a normal weissbier, and is missing the dark malt presence and body of a dark beer.
Nov 14, 2025Appearance: 3.5. Like an espresso. Thick dense head, small amount of lacing.
Smell: 3. Roasted malts, esters/aldehydes, alcohol.
Taste: 3.25. Sweet vailla and light mild malty coffee, no hops. Slight hint of smoke in the background.
Feel: 2. Watery and light, despite appearances.
Overall: 2.5. Rather disappointing. Has none of the refreshing and estery floral aspects of a normal weissbier, and is missing the dark malt presence and body of a dark beer.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a dark, clear brown color; near opaque in the glass; huge head, dense and spongy, long-lasting. Delicately sweet nose; dark malts with soft touches of mocha and light brown sugar. Balanced malted flavor; quiet notes of dark roasted grain; delicately charred sugar; hazelnuts; low-key bitterness. Medium body; smooth and slick; light stickiness.
This very pleasant and easy drinking German dunkel weissbier hits all the right notes. It is balanced and nicely complex.
ABV: 5.3%; pouring temperature: 41.3 °F; canning info: PRD: 09.01.2025 BBD: 09.02.2026
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)
Oct 31, 2025This very pleasant and easy drinking German dunkel weissbier hits all the right notes. It is balanced and nicely complex.
ABV: 5.3%; pouring temperature: 41.3 °F; canning info: PRD: 09.01.2025 BBD: 09.02.2026
Source: local purchase (Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer & Spirits)
Rated by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania
4.77/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +26.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Fantastic German Dunkelweisen.
Oct 17, 2025
Reviewed by ZAP from Minnesota
4.11/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
L-Dark brown color with a beautiful frothy tan head..
S-Mineral notes...bread...brown sugar...
T-Caramel bread....lacks traditional Dunkel Weisse phenols and esters but is very tasty....almost drinks like a regular dunkel..maybe if I strain I get a little banana?
F-Perfect...rounded, smooth spot on carbonation.
O-Top notch beer but not what I expect for the style...love it though..rating per style..I should probably go lower but the finished beer is great despite it not really fitting the style that closely. Drinks more like a regular dunkel.
Oct 12, 2025S-Mineral notes...bread...brown sugar...
T-Caramel bread....lacks traditional Dunkel Weisse phenols and esters but is very tasty....almost drinks like a regular dunkel..maybe if I strain I get a little banana?
F-Perfect...rounded, smooth spot on carbonation.
O-Top notch beer but not what I expect for the style...love it though..rating per style..I should probably go lower but the finished beer is great despite it not really fitting the style that closely. Drinks more like a regular dunkel.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
At my lady Pamela's house; bottled and slightly chilled, 500mL in a weizen glass. From the LCBO in nearby Amherstburg. My second beer from the Erding, Germany brewery, and for 2025. Best before March 2026. With Gracie the cat...
Sep 11, 2025
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