Budweiser Budvar Dark is a retro-beer. This is because it has been designed to come as close as possible to how all Bohemian and Bavarian lagers tasted before bottom fermented golden lager stole the show in the mid nineteenth century. Now, thanks to Budweiser Budvar, the Darkside is moving centre stage again.
Enjoying the same brewing cycle as Original, Dark gets its delicious roasted flavour from being brewed from three types of malt; Munich, Caramel and Roasted.
Andrew –
Maliciously malty and packed to the brim with smooth caramel, coffee and roasted notes without being too heavy. Coupled with its dry finish, this is an extremely well-balanced brew,
Christopher Leno –
A rather smooth and clean tasting dark lager. I’ve had a few different dark lagers before and this was what I would pretty much expect. A fairly decent beer.
Chris H –
A superior quality Dunkel. A creamy, velvet-like caramel malt driven taste. Very easy drinking.
Amanda Vinson –
Pleasingly dark and roasty with a hint of locorice sweetness.
Chris Meechan –
An excellent dark lager similar to a German Dunkel. It pours with a large creamy head and has a predominantly malty flavour with notes of roasty coffee.
Eddie –
nice roasty dark lager
Gareth Roberts –
One of my favourites of the Czech Dark lagers
Stephen Mappley –
I was a little underwhelmed by this one which I was judging compared to the mighty Dark Kozel. Needed a bit more roasty warmth in the taste,. It would work so much better in a Czech bar than at home because whilst it isn’t bland, there are better Dunkels out there.
Andy Nichols –
A very easy drinking, smooth dark lager. White head, soft carbonation. Smooth to the end. Decent.
Kristoffer Burnage –
Good value, clean and crisp dark lager
mark burman –
have had before some time ago remember that it was good, so when i tried it again was eager to see if my memory was right it was dry malty mouth drying very fine example
Stujago –
Pleasantly surprised by this dark beer. Lots of flavour. Has a gorgeous head on pouring. Nice sweet, malty, smokey, roasted tones. Competes with the German dunkels I’ve tried.
WF –
Similar to a German dunkel but you can tell it’s not one of those. Hints of chocolate and coffee but not overly malty or burnt tasting. It’s definitely a dark beer, you can hardly see through the glass. Pours with a creamy head. Better than average but not outstanding.
Gavin Harrison –
A classic dark lager. If you’re expecting something that tastes like a lager but is simply a few shades darker, forget it. This is something else, an old-fashioned beer with lots of malty smokiness. Forget all about the L-word and enjoy a taste of the past that’s deservedly having a revival.
ANDY F –
Bready, biscuit. A bit toasty easy drinking Lager