Brewery: Wurzburger Horbrau, Wurzburg, Germany
Brewery Description: There isn’t one really, just the usual “traditional German Dunkel Weiss”
Brew Style: Dunkelweizen, 4.9% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Stein, Weizen
The Ugly Truth: Oh good lord this is good. I drank this right after having to write the review of Golden Pheasant and it managed to wash away the pain caused by having to remember what shite that beer was. So JE pours a great reddish brown color with a very solid head to it. The head was notable in the fact that it never went away during the time I was drinking. Even at the bottom of the glass there was still a head on the beer which I don’t think I’ve ever really seen in another beer. The aroma was great, with a good hit of a malty yeast smell to it. The taste itself was incredibly smooth and just had that characteristic dunkel taste to it. The dunkel taste is actually hard to describe, its this slightly roasted, somewhat sweet taste that when you have it, you know its a dunkel. Of the people I know who read this, I think Dave Bonner would know what I’m talking about and could probably explain it better than I. The body is medium to heavy and just has a great feel to it. There’s no strong aftertaste that I found, but more a lingering of the flavors in the beer. Though I suppose that is kind of what defines “aftertaste”. In the overall, fantastic beer. Buy it, try it and you won’t be disappointed.
Verdict: If you hit 9 out of 10 bottlecaps, Julius Echter will get “dunked” in a vat of beer….Jesus that was sad, I’m either losing my edge or I need to find beers with funnier titles.
This post was pre-screened for potentially racist comments, since according to one individual, I am a racist. Hopefully there are none but I invoked Jesus’ name in a potentially blasphemous manner in the post, so it follows that I must hate Christians.
When are you publishing your beer book?
I want to buy an autographed copy when you do.
In the meantime I was wondering if it was possible to compile some kindof comparison chart (like a fancy color graph or something) just so we could see by a quick glance what’s cool and not so cool.
Have you tried the Dogfish head brews? I’m gonna dig through the site and see if you have. If not… I recommend the:
60 minute IPA for causual dinner drinking
and the
90 minute IPA for extreme hammerage.
The Shelter Pale Ale they make is good too.
More Beer!
Hahaha! Oh God a book? No, nothing like that planned yet. There at one point was some discussion of t-shirts with the 10 bottlecaps ratings on the back but thats on hold for now. We might be able to pull together some kind of chart or quick reference guide, I’ll have to talk to Colin and Carl and see if they have any ideas.
As for Dog’s Head, I haven’t yet but I will try to find it and buy it for sometime in the next few weeks.
As a reminder, March 30th marks the one year anniversary of the Beer Roster and if I can get things worked out, I have something special planned as a I obtained a bottle of what is possibly my favorite beer of all time, as a beer not had for 3 years since its not sold in NC. So stay tuned!
Thanks for the good comments, especially in light of recent ones
Make it a good review Rem, I won’t be able to read until sometime the following week due to the move (I won’t have phones or cable for 3-4 days starting on the 30th in the AM).
I’ll vouch for the Dog’s Head, and will flat out say that the timeframes in the individual names are dead on. I had a 90 min in about 30. Wow. The IPA taste is fantastic, though.
Cool, I go see if I can find some then.
As for the review, if all goes well it will be glorious and may become the new format for the reviews. Get your internet hooked up fast.