Plank Dunkler Weizenbock

Darker, top-fermented Weizenbock. Distinctive, full-bodied, round and sweet with an aromatic malty character.

Gold Medal winner at the 2004 World Beer Cup. Exported as Plank Bavarian Dunkler Weizenbock.

3.5

268 reviews

Laaber, Germany

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3.7 Dark pour. Sweet favor of spice and vanilla with barley and rye palate. Easy carbonation

3.5 Clove, stewed prunes, spice cake nose. Mahogany, medium tan head, little retention. Tart raisin, brief molasses, plum. Medium body, moderate carbonation. A bit too tart for my taste.

3.9 Daaaark brown pour, healthy tan head. Nose is light yeast and charred grain. Middle is bubblegum yeast, chocolate malt, hearty wheat, herbal essence. Finish is fruity.

3.9 Pours hazy mahogany with two finger, tan head. Aroma is caramel, banana, bready malt and roast. Taste is caramel and light fig, moving to banana bread, roast and light noble hops. Finish is caramel banana bread with some fig. Excellent weizenbock.

3.9 $4.20 pint can, WW. Murky brown with a tan head. Banana, wheat, roasted malt, light smoke nose. Cocoa, wheat, banana, roasted malt, light smoke. Quite nice.

3.6 Flaska. Mörkare brun öl med inslag av rött. Beige kvardröjande skum. Doft och smak av rostad malt, karamell, jästkryddighet, choklad och torkad frukt.

4.1 Smooth soft creamy beginning. Easy to drink with lots of nice creamy dark malts, harmonising fantastic with the herbal clove yeast aroma. Very nice smooth finish, very soft, lots of creamy yeast with a subtle Weizen sweetness. Well-balanced, great.

3.4 Highly carbonated rocky beige head stayed on a mahogany coloured finely carbonated body. Spice, demerara & coca cola aroma. Medium bodied, spritely over the tongue with clean back. Malt, yeast, brown sugar, peach & banana tastes.

2.3 So, jetzt steht der dunkle Weizenbock von Plank vor mir. Tiefdunkelbraun, trüb mit toller Schaumkrone. Der Geruch ist ganz am Anfang verführerisch lecker, dann aber, warum?, muffig alkoholisch. Der Antrunk erfrischend, vormals mild, recht dunkelmalzig und auch alkoholisch. Letzteres verbleibt dann im Magenraum mit einer gewissen Bittere. Schade, daß hier die alkoholische Note so dominant den Geschmack tilgt.

3.5 500ml bottle (Stone's, Helsinki) (7:4:7:4:13=3.5) Sweet toffee banana aroma. Tart lemon juice in the taste is offputting. Tart berries everywhere, blackcurrant. Some more traditional weizenbock aspects too. Surprisingly drinkable for the strength - the tartness lightens it. This is wrong, but it works.

3.6 Bottle. Cloudy dark brown color, yellowish foam. Aroma: banana and caramel, light smoke, light acidity, yeast, a little dried fruit. Taste: sour, caramel, banana, fruit, yeast.

3.2 Bottle from Getränkefeinkost - hazy nut brown color, white head. taste is yeasty, dark malts, soy sauce. low sweetness. bit acidic. okay, but nothing special.

3.7 Bottle from Merchants. Aroma is apples, wheat, floral, very fruity, figs, slight booze, nice. Appearance is brownish, light tan head, hazy. Taste is wheat, spice, figs, fruity, woody, good. Mouthfeel is medium body, medium carbonation, dry figs and wheat aftertaste. Overall, solidly good.

3.7 From 2014. Brown with almost no head. Dried figs soy sauce maybe eggs brown sugar. Full bodied sweetness with lots of malt. However not spicy and very smooth and drinkable. Good.

3.8 Bottle from Bierhuis Rotterdam, Helsinki. Pours murky dark brown with a little white head. The aroma features sweet wheaty maltiness, caramel, spiciness and dark fruitiness with a touch of banana. Taste is medium sweet, malty and fruity. High estery fruit profile, plenty of wheaty maltiness as well. The palate is medium to full bodied, smooth and low in carbonation. Good fruity and wheaty dark weizenbock.

3.6 (Bottle, 0.5 l - BB 02.03.2018, at Ølhus Stockholm, 20170421) The beer poured dark brown and nearly clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had spiciness, caramel, molasses and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were spiciness, banana, sweetness, malts, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste had clove, malts and bitterness. A nice sweet weizenbock.

3.7 BOTTLE 50 CL. Hazy dark mahogany, bug beige head. Smells of dried bitter cherries and clove, winey notes. Not very malty and not hot at all. Chewy mouthfeel, moderately sweet and vinous rich taste - dried cherries, almonds and cloves, fermenting plums along with some acetone. Surprisingly, it is less sweet than Helles variety, and more sophisticated too. Very good.

3.5 Botttle. Pours dark brown, medium tan head. Aroma of bread, dark fruit, sweet licorice. Medium-high sweetness. Medium-full body, texture is on the creamy side with some stickiness. Finishes lightly sweet, a little metallic.

4.1 Hazy. Amber colour. Huge off-white head. Average retention. Spicy yeast on nose. Caramel. Light banana. Nuts. Medium body. Oily. Vinous taste. Banana, clove. Caramel, toast. Very smooth. Low bitterness. Delicious. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone

3.6 Bottle from CBB. Aroma: Initially, bubblegum, banana, yeast, hint of mollasses, coffee. After 20 minutes: wheat, sour toasted rye bread, green banana (with touch of lemon perhaps). Palate: Full-bodied. Flavor: Coffee, green, tart banana, bread and yeast. After 20 minutes: Sour green banana, dark toasted rye bread, light coffee note. Finishes clean with slightly sour dark bread.

3.8 0.5 l bottle from ’Biermuda’, best before May 2016. Cloudy, dark brown with a huge, creamy, stable, tan head. Sweetish, yeasty-spicy and minimally fruity aroma of banana, clove, nuts and some dark ripe fruits. Sweetish, yeasty-spicy and slightly fruity taste of banana, lots of clove, nuts, bread, chocolate and some dark ripe fruits, followed by a medium long, slightly bitter, yeasty-spicy and lightly warming-alcoholic finish. Medium to full body, effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Moreish and satisfying, great stuff!

3.6 Draught at Pigalle. Rich banana cake with a caramel edge, plum, clove, peppery notes, gentle sweet finish. Solid stuff, full-bodied and smooth, probably one of their best I guess.

3.6 Keg at spitfire. Pours deep ruby, nose is banana, roasted malts, taste is banana sweets, dry little fizzy.

2.8 Keg at the spitfire... Light amber.. Thin white lacing... Dry grassy floral. Nose... Soft fruits.. Dry grainy fruits

3.6 Flasche 50cl. Dunkel, stark, heftig. Ein Brett, alkoholisch indiziertes Hefe- und Weizenaroma. A bisserl zu heftig für meinen Geschmack, kommt nicht an die Harmonie vom Gruppenführer Aventinus heran. Trotzdem gefällig.

3.6 Pours hazy, dark brown. Really hazy, leaving even somewhat dirty impression. There is a bit of foam too. Cloves and banana in the aroma - and also in the taste. Sweet and warming. Light sourness from wheat. Nice and enjoyable.

3.9 Dark brown pour with ruby hints and watery off white head. Aroma is dark brown sugar and caramel malt with some dried fruits. Flavor is brown sugar, some coffee, over sweet malt almost cloying finish. Medium body with good carbonation. Almost harsh flavor a touch of abv warmth.

3.7 Tap at World Craft Beer Tasting 2014. A tub full of banana puree, spiced up with grass. Muddy brown/amber color, creamy off-white head, and good lace. Bubblegummy sweet initial, medium-strength fruitiness in mid, some mild tartness and spice in mid, and a solid malty finish. Medium body. Refreshing aroma. Good stuff.

3.9 Bottle. Deep brown in colour, with a decent, off-white head. Rich, boozy, brown sugar and dark fruit aroma. Deep, almost vinous, flavours with berry fruits, toasted malts and a warming finish. Unusual and very enjoyable.

3.4 Murky dark brown with a pinkish head. Aroma of malt, caramel and fruits. Sweet flavor with caramel, toasted malt, lots of fruity esters and a bit of bubblegum.