Gordon Biersch Schwarzbier

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Schwarzbier
San Jose, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Its dark brown color is definitely more appealing than their other selections. It has a mild coffee taste. Good after taste.

black, mahogany border, full sparse offwhite head, dissipates, little lacing. aroma roast malt, coffee, strong. no sweetness, bitter maltiness, little coffee flavor, sour bite, bad aftertaste. light body, low carbonation.

On tap at Gordon Biersch. Pours a very dark brown with a nice bit of foamy head. Smells of roasts, malts and grains. Tastes much the same with hints of chocolate, burnt grain, malts and a nice smooth, dry, roasted finished. Very easy to drink, although fairly simple and forgettable.

I don’t usually go for the black beers but I liked this one. I thought the head retention was adequate and the maltiness of the aroma was enticing. The body isn’t too heavy. The palate is very creamy and pleasantly bitter.

Sweet finish, malty flavor deep rich dark amber color. Frothy head lasts about 5 minutes. Rasin and coffee hints. g

not a bad representation of the style, not the best I have had either. I had iton Tap at Las Vegas location. Arona was good -coffee, slight chocolate, mildly smokey. Color was a nice dark chocolate brown with a good tan colored head. The flavor was ok, coffee and bitter chocolate domintated with a nice creaminess, with hints of toast and tobacco, fairly typical for the style. Over all it was quite drinkable, but pretty much an average schwarbier on the whole

Had this on tap at the brewery restaurant in Palo Alto with their double chocolate fudge cake. It was terrific combination that I highly recommend to anyone lucky enough to visit one of the restaurants. Poured an impenetable black with a fluffy off-white head that lasted forever and left a rich set of lace rings on the glass to mark my every sip and gulp. Smells of roasted coffee and dark chocolate. Tastes the same, light carbonation and smooth creamy texture, washed my heavy cake down better than milk. More sweet than bitter. I consider this schwarzbier superior to my last bottle of Köstritzer.

Tastes of roasted malt and chocolate, with a hint of coffee. Just the slightest bit sweet. Light in body.

Sampled on draft sa GB in San Diego. Nice dark color and bitter flavor , yet appealing to the palate