Alhambra Negra

Brewed by Grupo Cervezas Alhambra (Grupo Mahou-San Miguel - Carlsberg)
Style: Dunkel
Granada and Cordoba, Spain

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

<b>11-Sep-08</b> <i>(330-ml bottle: Purchased 09-Feb-08 for $1.69 at Ledger’s Liquors in Berkeley, CA)</i> This is a malty beer, but it certainly lacks richness and depth, and the overall flavor doesn’t inspire thoughts of quality ingredients. The entry is uninteresting, mixing toasty bread and graininess, but it manages to finish with a touch of smoky roast. Medium-bodied and pleasantly dry on the palate. The nose is bready and papery, far less malty than the flavor. Dark-brown in color with ruby highlight and signs of good clarity at the edges. A small, light-tan head settles to a thin layer and bubbly ring, leaving a fair amount of spotty and stringy lacing. Not a bad beer, but not interesting.

33 cl bottle at the Meson Sabika in Naperville, IL 1/22/12 Not bad with tapas.

Clean dark lager lacking in the flavor department. Pours dark mahogany with a wispy tan head. Some lace. Aroma shows light earthy malt and a hint of grassy hops. Nice looking but lacks substance. Still, a decent beer with light dishes.

0.33 bottle.Aroma of dark roasted malts, light alcoholic scent. Nice almost black liquid topped with an average brown head. Taste is sweet with a distant bitterness appearing somewhere on the way, yet in general way too soft. Light body and thin texture, average carbonation and short finish. One cannot call it a bad beer but an overkill in wateriness seems to be the main flaw of this beer impairing its taste and palate.

Bottle.Dark almost black colour with medium beige head.Aroma is rosted and malty with taste of brown bread,caramel and and dry fruits,nice medium body and light oily finish.

Pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma is dark malts with some chocolate. Taste is chocolate, dark caramel malt, some hints of roasted malt, and a sweet finish. Light body. Nothing special.

At a Sacramento restaurant this pours a dark brown with a tan head and sticking lacing. Nose of lightly roasted malts with some floral hops. Medium body and light mouthfeel. Flavor of roasted malts with chocolate and coffee, with a floral hop finish. Very nice dinner beer with Italian food.

Bottle 33cl. Black beer with beige head, persistent with good lacing. Aroma is toasted malt, butter, coconut, bread. Flavour toasted malt with sweet hints, light fruity. On palate results dense, medium body, oily feel, flat carbonation.

Bottle @ Minneapolis Beer Fest. Fairly dark pour, some caramel malt on nose and taste. Not too bad - not great, but drinkable.