Černá Hora Black Hill

Brewed by Pivovar Černá Hora (Pivovary Lobkowicz)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Černá Hora, Czech Republic

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle bought in Riga. Amber colour. String herby, ginger, medicine and juniper aroma. Very strong herby juniper and indeed liquorice, ginger, spiced flavour.

330ml bottle (Poseidon, Helsinki) Reddy orange, tiny head. Smells a bit like candle wax, with a sweet accompaniament of ginger. Taste is relatively disappointing, somewhat thin and plasticky. Quite spicy though, but it doesn’t have the beery body to carry all the spice and the sweetness - and yes, it is too sweet. Can’t identify the predominant spice (it looks like no-one can!), but it’s a bit christmassy, and I think cardamom and Anna thinks nutmeg.

Bottle (333ml): Clear, copper coloured, smaller off-white foamy layer, dominating aromas of german Lebkuchen (a kind of ginger-bread, spiced with cinnamon, cardamom and all-spice) or of a horrible Glühwein, some hardly detectable malt in the background; moderate sweet flavour with a very light bitterness, medium bodied, a bit sticky; sweet-spicy finish with a moderate bitterness in the aftertaste. This brew s*cks, an awfully spiced beer, suitable for the lousy german Christmas fairs.........

bottle. Amber colour, large head, perfumy aroma. Sweetish and malty body, lots of flavours to be detected here: vanilla, honey, cardamom, ginger... Quite interesting beer, not too sweet, wel rounded by a hoppy bitterness in the finish.

Bottled@Hostina, Helsinki. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is a lot of juniper with some mild hints of wood. Flavour is juniper, wood and quite much grass. Really pleasant. Long junipery aftertaste.

UPDATED: JUL 3, 2008 Bottle. [thank you motelpogo]. Slightly pale orange brown with a thin film head. Aroma is very special. Lots of herbs. Basil, cardemum... more. It smells like walking into a perfume/soap shop. Flavour is slightly bitter, dry and herbal. Not a particularly pleasant experience. Interesting, but not very good. 7/2/6/2/5 = 2.2
Rerate from bottle in Brno:
Pours the same pale orange, but maintains a fine, frothy offwhite head. Aroma still resembles a soap shop, there are clear peppermint notes that I didn’t pick up before. Flavour is okay, some clear medicine notes - though the peppery edge is well executed. Better than my first rating. 7/3/6/3/12 = 3.1

Prague-07. Nothing special here. Had amber colour with aroma of cut grass, nutmeg and flowers. Taste was too sweet with spicy notes.

Bottled, pasteurised, 300ml from Pivovarsky Klub. Mid amber with white head. Highly perfumed, soapy beer, like a lemon washing up liqued. Some apricot on the finish. Not very pleasant.

Bottle (from Dum). Herby spicy nose. Hints of liquoricey Becherovka and too much ginger. Ginger carries through to finish and is joined by some light caramelly malts. A bit thin and spicy nature dominates.

This is a pleasant spiced beer that reminds me of Viking Juleol. Nutmeg, coriander, cinnamon, and while still cold; eucalyptus. Thin and light; almost refreshing.