Egerer Konig Wilhelm Ur-Weisse Dunkel

Review Date 10/14/2016 Updated  By John Staradumsky

  Style: Dunkelweizen   Brewery: Egerer   Country: Germany   State: N/A   $ Per OZ: $.15 (B)   ABV: 5%

For Christmas of 2015, my wife bought me a really cool present: BeerAdvent Calendar 2015 from Kalea. In truth, my wife got me a lot of nice presents (she’s the best wife ever), but the nice thing about the Beer Advent Calendar is you get it early. You have to, since it’s comprised of 24 different imported German beers in a box with little doors that you open, one per day from December 1^st through December 24^th. All of the beers are listed on the side of the carton, however, so be careful not to look and spoil the daily surprises!

I love German beer more than beer from any other country on Earth, so this was definitely right up my alley. My one criticism of the calendar is there are no bocks or doppelbocks (not fair!), but otherwise it’s just an amazing way to sample 24 German beers I’ve never seen before. I got mine a Costco here in Georgia and paid $59.95 for the box. That might sound steep, but when you distribute that price over 24 different half liter cans, it only works out to $2.50 per can. Not a bad deal at all looked at that way.

Today is Day 18 of the German Beer Advent Calendar-only another 6-pack to go! Day 18 brings with it yet another beer from Brauerei Egerer: Konig Wilhelm Ur-Weisse Dunkel. By now, I'm resigned to the fact that the rest of the case is going to be a rebranding of an existing Egerer beer. Indeed, this beer seems the same as the Egerer Winter Weisse I got on Day 15.

Then too, I suppose with 75% of my Beer Calendar consumed, I can now comment on value for price paid. While I would have liked more variety from different German brewers, I think the price I paid was fair and I have enjoyed all the beers included. I will indeed be on the lookout for this sampler again in 2016.

Egerer Konig Wilhelm Ur-Weisse Dunkel has an alcohol strength of 5% by volume, it's Reinheitsgebot compliant, and like all the beers in this sampler it was packaged on 7/04/15 and suggested as best by 09/01/16. I drank mine on August 14th.

Konig Wilhem Ur-Weisse Dunkel pours to a dark brownish color with a thick fluffy head of foam and a distinctly nutty, Munich-malty nose. Taking a sip, the beer has tart crackery wheat up front quickly followed by nutty, toasty darker malt notes. Chocolate chip cookies are here, but the beer is not at all sweet so perhaps chocolate chip cookies made without sugar. A light suggestion of molasses, cloves, bananas, and a very tart quenching finish make this beer a very fine dunkelweizen indeed. Don't forget to swirl the yeast and pour into your glass!