Koff Velvet

Formerly brewed at Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg)
Style: Schwarzbier
Kerava, Finland

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Bottle. Dark, ruby red pour, topped by a dense, beige head. Roasted, slightly coffee-bitter aroma, with some fruits, unfortunately it vanishes rather quickly. The flavor has some bitterness, a weak coffee note, and some grainyness, leading to a quite subdued finish with coffee and some hoppy bitterness. Medium body. Quite nice, pleasant and quaffable, but not too interesting. (0708015)

Can. Pours a deep brown almost black colour. Sweet roasty maltiness in the aroma along with some chocolate and coffee. The flavour is sweet with roasted caramel and malt, some chocolate, coffee and bitter hops. Roasty sweet finish. Thank Pat!

Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma roasted, malt. Flavour is roasted, coffee, malt, hint of hop. Ordinary beer.

Black color, thick head. Soft, but thin aroma. Some metallic notes. Dark, easy flavor. Coal-like bitterish ending.

50cl can - "Sinebrychoff Velvet" - no mention of KOFF - but a similar label design to the photo.dark brown opaque body, with a frothy coffee coloured head; burnt toast aroma, with perhaps some coffee notes (unless it’s an eye-nose trick); thin and dry in the mouth with roasted malt and smoke; a lingering meatiness. An impressive beer.

0,5 l can. Dark beer, firm off-white head. Rather watery, but a fine tone of toast and liquorice. A stronger version could probably be a great beer.

Black, huge beige head. Faintly sweet aroma. Mild, pleasant malty flavour. Notes of roasted malt and smoke. Watery palate.

Canned. Dark brown color. Small foamy head. Aroma is sweet malty. There is some burned toast flavor with minor hoppiness. Too sweet for my taste. Almost no aftertaste. Watery, almost adequate beer.