Karl Strauss Blacks Beach Extra Dark

Brewed by Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Style: Schwarzbier
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Tap at La Jolla. Dark brown, light tan head. Aroma is malty, buttery, toffee and light chocolate. Flavor follows suit with lots of toffee, some butter and chocolate and light coffee notes. Good stuff.

Urge. Black with fizzy eggshell head. Nose light roasted malt and high sweetness. Very light nose. Taste light flat malty smack with only a hint of sweet. Not a lot there but is good for the style.

A roasty chocolate malt aroma. Definite sweetenss comes through in the nose. The beer is black with a tan head. It looks a little muddy and crude as well. Flavor is intensely roasty, nutty, and chocolatey. It finishes pretty crisp with a lingering coffee flavor.

Draft at the Carlsbad location. A black beer with a red shine under a tan head. The aroma is very malty combined with notes of bread and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with a light acidic edge from the roasted malt, since it is rather roated, and has a dry, bitter, and roasted finish. 28 IBU’s. MIne was stated at 4.4% ABV.

Name: Black’s Beach Extra Dark
Date: 11/30/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear dark red, frothy beige head, lots of lace, light sweet chocolate malt aroma with fresh citrus hops, sweet chocolate and carmel flavor with a good amount of citrus hops, lots of flavor

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

A very dark brown color with tan head just clinging to the glass. A sweetish aroma with whiskey and malts. Oaty flavor with malts, caramel and a hint of caramel.

On tap at KnB. Pours black with a nice head. Smells smokey, tastes smokey. Toasty maltiness. Very light and easy to drink.

Sampled at the Carlsbad location on 11/30/06: Pours a mostly opaque with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Toasty grainy malty aroma has some light fruit notes and a lager yeast profile. Body starts effervescent and lightly sweet with some dark caramel and a touch of raisins toward a bready dark German malty finish. Pretty true to style.

On tap at Universal. Abit of hoppiness for the style with this one, good balance, nice drinking beer, dark fruit, but very easy drinking.

From the tap poured dark brown black with a fair amount of head. Nice malty flavor with a quick finish.