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

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Bottled. Sampled at Plain Kitchen, Göteborg. Dark brown colour, very dark. Ugly white, cottony head with small bubbles. Very nice aroma - malty with a chocolatey, slight caramelly, ozon-like appearance. Flavour is almost nothing: tiny tiny notes of choclate and licorice. Ia it mûnchener malt that gives the spitzy feeling in flavour? There is a little bitterness.

Pour from a 12 oz bottle. Dark, clear brew with a tan head. Glowers a deep deep brown / red when held up to the sun. Aroma of roasted malt, teaberry, a little grass. Taste is a lightly sweet / roasted malt at the start that transitions to a solidly roasted malt finsih. A little alcohol in the finish. Good character and complexity and very tasty.

Aroma is dark malts and a mild nuttiness. The flavor is similar to the aroma. Kind of thin and not strong in flavor but a decent enough dunkel.

Bottle - small foamy head, very dark brown color, roasted malt aroma and flavor

Hazy, very dark amber with no head (even on the pour) or lace. Disappointing. Thin caramel that hides under buzzy carbonation, no growth, no bittering, watered down. Better not.

Bottle. Black with a medium head. Some maltiness and a stout like texture. Pleasant but still pretty ordinary.

Can 330ml.

[ Trade by Fin&Loz ]. Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, roasted, light cereal. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, light roasted and metalic. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20120217]

From notes. First reviewed 12/13/2010. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Alhambra Negra has a dark brown color with a ruby tint in the shallow part of the glass. Clear and a little watery in the edge of the glass. Big carbonated bubbles hug the side of the glass, and a small off-white head forms but fades quite rapidly and leaves no lace on the glass. Slightly metallic caramel and roasted malt aroma. The taste starts with a light molasses sweetness, but there is a contrived, manufactured, extract flavor to the taste. Slightly roasted coffee, and a bit of chocolate malt. Hmm, this could have had a crisper mouthfeel. Just comes across with a medium carbonation and a little bit watery. After a few moments of deliberation, I cannot think of any reason to go out and buy this. Any bar or store that has this will have better beers available.

barnyard, spruce, cereal, woody, rotten eggs, smoke, brown, cloudy, white foam, light sweetness, very bitter, medium body, sticky, lively, astringent,

Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning 2012, Ulfborg. Pours dark brown with a small off white head. Paperbag, metal and grain. A bit of syrup. Thin body.

Clear reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Watery. 170212