Garrison Black Lager

Brewed by Garrison Brewing Company
Style: Schwarzbier
Halifax, Canada

Very unique beer, dark brown with a small head. Carbonation is low, creamy mouthfeel, really smooth. Smoke, chocolate, licorice, warming alcohol and a little coffee. Phenomenal beer all around, thumbs up on this one.

Poured a dark brown color with a beige head. The aroma was of roasted malt, chocolate and mild smoke. The aroma blended well. The flavor was of roasted malt and less complex. Semi-dry finish with a mild bitterness.

Bottle, thanks to my friends Big Red and K. Pitch black, small foamy brown head -if that is a schwarzbier, I’ve never seen one that thick before - look substantial. Chocolaty sweet aroma -some molasses, hint of brown sugar and alcohol. Taste: Wow. Light tingly body (not expected upon viewing) yet silky smooth taste features tons of chocolate and lots of dark malt sweetness. Lots of hops come through, lots of alcohol, especially in finish. Porter+dunkel+Schwarzbier = this? Great combo, wonderfully balanced (somehow), complex. A stunning hybrid, Garrison is going to really really miss Greg Nash, beers like this are not easily duplicated.

Shared, thanks to joemcphee. Dark brown / black pour with some off-white head. Aroma is toasted / smoked malt, sweet caramel, and cola. Flavor is toasted / burnt malt, bitter chocolate and light roast. Pretty good beer.

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of dark bread and toasted, light herbs for the hops, light earth for the yeast, with cola, charcoal, alcohol and dark dried fruit in the background. Head is fizzy/bubbly, light brown, mostly diminishing and has fair lacing. Color is sparkling brown/black. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start, then finishes lightly acidic and moderately bittersweet. Palate is medium to full, watery/creamy and has a fizzy carbonation. It finshes lightly alcoholic. A very enjoyable beer, from the complex aroma to the heartiness of it’s mouthfeel and taste.

dark brown almost black, some decent beige head nose is coffee, sort of sweet, some smoke too. some hops but not alot, nutty, chocolate, coffee and some alcohol in the flavor, very drinkable could put back a couple.

Bottle 500ml
Appearance: Pours dark brown with medium thick dark top , plenty of carbonation below 4-br>Nose : Aromatic hops up front ,light nose , more murky malts shown over time .
Flavor/Palate : Medium full bodied with gentle smoky hints spread over palate. Rich yes soft grain hints with light hop ending. Light mocha with fruity subtitle. Slightly vinous ending but with out acidic bond. Alcohol well hidden. Mellow dark lager with stout like qualities , nothing like this crossed my mouth before , peculiar hybrid .

Fresh bottle shipped from the breer. 500 ml bottle with wax cover to be peeled by knife. Balck with dark head too. Mollasses and some roasted barley in aroma. Taste is lagerish creamy mouthfeel medium plus with a mix of the roast coffee, chocolate offset and sweetish caramel mollasses finish. High ABV for a shwartz.