The Swarchzbier, also called Black Lager, is a medium to very dark colored German lager that balances roasted yet smooth malt flavors with moderate hop bitterness. The lighter body, dryness, and lack of a harsh, burnt, or heavy aftertaste helps make this beer quite drinkable. In comparison with a Munich Dunkel, it is usually darker in color, drier on the palate, lighter in body, and with a noticeable roasted malt edge to balance the malt base. It is also drier, less malty, with less hop character than a Czech Dark Lager.
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| Name | Ratings | Score | | |
| 1 | Les Trois Mousquetaires Centrale Scotch Whisky
Les Trois Mousquetaires [LTM]
Brossard, Quebec | 12 | 3.78 | Find |  |
| 2 | Sprecher Black Bavarian
Sprecher Brewing Company
Glendale, Wisconsin | 810 | 3.72 | Find | |
| 3 | Suarez Family Bones Shirt
Suarez Family Brewery
Livingston, New York | 29 | 3.67 | Find | |
| 4 | Heater Allen Schwarz
Heater Allen Brewing Co.
McMinnville, Oregon | 74 | 3.66 | Find | |
| 5 | Rieder Schwarzmann
Brauerei Ried
Ried, Austria | 64 | 3.66 | Find | |
| 6 | Schilling Rennsteig
Schilling Beer Co. and Resilience Ale Project
Littleton, New Hampshire | 21 | 3.65 | Find | |
| 7 | Great Raft Reasonably Corrupt Black Lager (Schwarzbier)
Great Raft Brewing
Shreveport, Louisiana | 59 | 3.63 | Find | |
| 8 | Cloudwater Schwarzbier
Cloudwater Brew Co
Manchester, England | 35 | 3.63 | Find | |
| 9 | Jack's Abby Heavy Trommel
Jack's Abby Brewing
Framingham, Massachusetts | 14 | 3.61 | Find | |
| 10 | 5e Baron Black
5e Baron Microbrasserie
Gatineau, Quebec | 11 | 3.58 | Find | |
| 11 | Shoreline Bavarian Bombshell
Shoreline Brewery
Michigan City, Indiana | 13 | 3.58 | Find | |
| 12 | Creature Comforts The Silent World
Creature Comforts Brewing Company
Athens, Georgia | 13 | 3.58 | Find | |
| 13 | The Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier
The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Farmville, North Carolina | 334 | 3.57 | Find | |
| 14 | Great Divide The Smoothness
Great Divide Brewing Company
Denver, Colorado | 21 | 3.57 | Find | |
| 15 | Short's Sustenance Black Beer
Short's Brewing Company
Bellaire, Michigan | 177 | 3.57 | Find | |
| 16 | Helsinge Schwarzbier
Helsinge Ångbryggeri
Söderhamn, Sweden | 13 | 3.56 | Find | |
| 17 | Three Floyds Das Kleine Schwarz Einhorn
Three Floyds Brewing Company
Munster, Indiana | 83 | 3.56 | Find | |
| 18 | Fonta Flora Oak Stand
Fonta Flora Brewery
Morganton, North Carolina | 13 | 3.56 | Find | |
| 19 | Cerebral Cryptic Message
Cerebral Brewing
Denver, Colorado | 15 | 3.56 | Find | |
| 20 | von Trapp Trosten Bier
von Trapp Brewing
Stowe, Vermont | 65 | 3.55 | Find | |
| 21 | Westbrook Dark Helmet
Westbrook Brewing
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina | 193 | 3.54 | Find | |
| 22 | Braybrooke Black Lager
Braybrooke Beer Co
Braybrooke, England | 11 | 3.54 | Find | |
| 23 | L'Ermitage Laboratoire d'Alchimie 3: Dark Lager Nelson Sauvin
L'Ermitage Nanobrasserie
Anderlecht (Brussels), Belgium | 18 | 3.54 | Find | |
| 24 | Inspirationsbräu Sonnenfinsternis
Inspirationsbräu Esslingen
Esslingen am Neckar, Germany | 13 | 3.53 | Find | |
| 25 | Hoppin' Frog Guru Of The Dark
Hoppin' Frog Brewery
Akron, Ohio | 16 | 3.53 | Find | |
