3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had from bottle at Stuffed Sandwich on July 25th, 2003 - Day 25 of Blake's Beer Month™
After looking through the multitude of beers available at the Stuffed Sandwich, I asked Sam for a Xingu - he told me I had to try this beer first - no reasoning, just to try it. Oddly enough, this was my first Black Beer - didn't really know what to expect - and was pleasantly surprised. The beer pours black (duh) with no clarity and a small amount of carbonation. The head is light brown with good lacing. The aroma was faint - yeasty, malty, but faint. The flavor was lagerish - a bit dull - nothing too special. The beer was easy to drink and was just what you would expect from a black lager - lager-like taste with a completely black appearance. On with the Xingu!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Had this on draught. Dark pout, light head faded quick. Mild taste of caramel and a slight roast. Super easy to drink. Not much aroma. Great session beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl. bottle @ home. Pours pitch black wth a small tan head. Roasted malts in the aroma, Roasted malts in the taste. along with some coffee. This was my first offical schwarzbier and I enjoyed it.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
cereal, nuts, coffee, basement aromas, leather, smoke, bubblegum, butterscotch, sparkling, brown, brown foam, frothy, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium sourness, medium body, soft carbonation, long finish,
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown, close to black colour, fluffy tan head. Sweet malt aroma, caramel, light toast. Sweet malt flavour, some caramel. Sweet malty finish. Malt heavy beer. Not bad, though a bit one-dimensional imho.
(From 50cL bottle @ home)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
The aroma is light toated malts, roast. The appearance is a cola brown color. The flavor is chocolate, toasted malts, roast. The finish is a noble hop bittering. Medium in body. Decent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 25, 2012 Köstritzer 0,5l bottle. Pours almost black, impenetrable against light, clear with creamy big beige head with lacing. Aromas sweet malts, little caramel, cooked vegetables. Palate is sweet grains, roasted malts. Texture medium bodies, little thin watery, sticky with smooth carbonation. After taste light bitter dryness with short finish. It needs a bit thicker body for a style but still enjoyable balanced beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A dark brown, almost black coloured beer with an off-white head. The aroma is roasted malty with notes of dried fruits, coffee. The taste is bittersweet with coffee, dark chocolate. Medium body, rather thin texture. It’s a good beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Dark brown color with fine tan head. Roasted aroma.Taste is malty and roased.
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