DuClaw Blackout

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Schwarzbier
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

7/16/08 - Draft sample at Bowie location. Black/brown with red hues and a rimming, eggshell head. Nose is sweet caramel and chocolate. Taste is much the same with good mouth feel. Best offering the location had.

pours dark brown black. aromas of molasses, brown sugar, port, chocolate, nut. Flavor is heavy roasted malt, chocolate, mocha, coffee, nut, light smoke. Almost scotch ale-like, but much thinner. not bad!

UPDATED: MAY 29, 2008 It has a very stouty aroma that is pleasant, and it looks like a porter, perhaps lighter than a stout. I was a bit, er, past my prime when I tried this so I’m going from unreliable memory here. There was a nutty flavour in this one, pleasantly nutty, like roasted sunflower seeds. It added a salty taste to the beer which I really liked. This beer had excellent drinkability but the body was a bit thin, though that only added to the drinkability. A very nice and soft ale.

(growler, thanks wickedpete) Clear dark brown body with small off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, roast, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, roast, cocoa, light caramel, smoke. Medium body, smooth, easy drinking.

Brownish black, off white creamy head. Nose held soft notes of mild coffee and milk chocolate. Warming brings out faint bready leather notes. Roasty chocolate and bready grains mingle with light coffee flavors from start to finish. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. A well done rendition that’s easily sessionable...

Growler, shared by wickedpete. Thanks Pete! Nose was roasty and slightly hoppy with a bit of fruit. Had the makings of a good schwarzbier, but I found the body to be a little on the watery side. Good cocoa, roasted malt, slightly smokey flavors.

Rating # 1450. Draft @ Bowie location. Pours a dark, chocolate-brown color; solid khaki-colored head with fine-bubbled lacing. Pleasant amounts of roasted malts and coffee in the aroma; a touch of toasted grains. Medium mouthfeel: roasted malts, dark chocolate, and well-roasted coffee upfront (following the nose); very drinkable, straightforward schwarzbier; relaxed carbonation overall. Medium finish, showing cocoa and chocolate and basic cereal.

Deep dark brown with hints of red. Toasted malt aroma. Peat, toasted malt, with a pleasant bitter finish. Carbonation is good but it was a bit thin. A very good beer.