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Here’s the second beer from the 2012 Samuel Adams Longshot series that I’ve tried: Longshot A Dark Night in Munich lager. The other two beers included in the sampler being Derf’s Secret Alt and Five Crown Imperial Stout, the two bottles of A Dark Night in Munich are the most drinkable beers to be sure at 5.9% alcohol by volume.
A Dark Night in Munich is the winning entry of Corey Martin, Texas homebrewer who hit the big time in the 2011 Longshot contest. Congratulations, Corey for joing a select few that can claim to be a Longshot winner!
Here’s how the neck label describes the beer:
Corey has been working on his Munich Dunkel for some time and the result is this amber, medium-bodied brew. With a nice malty backbone, this lager has roasty, slightly spicy notes and a traditional doughy character from the yeast. It is well worth the time he took to perfect it.
I just love the soft malty goodness of a Munich Dunkel lager. You don’t see a lot of them here in the USA these days. A few craft brewers make them, and a few German examples can be found (I like Spaten Munchen Dunkel and Dinckelacker Dark for quality and availability).
Longshot A Dark Night in Munich
pours to a beautifully bright brown color with a moderate sized head of
creamy tan foam and a wonderfully nutty malty nose. Taking a sip, the beer
has an absolutely luscious malt palate, as a good dunkel should: it’s nutty
malty and chocolaty, almost bock-like in fact. The key here is that the beer
is a bit smoother in body than a bock, and while nutty is not as toasty. It
has a little more chocolate, but all in all its close. You definitely get
Munich malt melanoidins here.
This is an impressive beer, less chewy than a bock I think as a Munich dunkel should be, but not quite as smooth. A beer I would certainly buy again, if I ever get the chance.
And remember, try a new beer today, and drink outside the box.
*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.
(B)=Bottled
(D)=Draft
