Krušovice Černe

Brewed by Královský pivovar Krušovice (Heineken)
Style: Schwarzbier
Krusovice, Czech Republic

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Bottle Jonpol says you should try. Wow over sweet aroma and flavor. Some grains to it a harly palatable but I drank it so have to score at that. Raw beer is a mix between a malt liquer and a brandy. UCK.

Bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with a 3 finger dense tan head that leaves nice lacing. The nose is vegetal – with a tomato juice-like aroma, caramel malt and spice. The taste is spice, malt and light ashy cocoa. Medium bodied. Not very good.

Big bottle into a snifter. Dark in flavor, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, though very refreshing for a Schwarz.

When I was still living up in Jacksonville, I happened to stumble upon a gem of a beer which, unfortunately, I have been unable to acquire further down south here in Vero Beach. The Kostritzer Schwarz Beer was delightfully dark, light, and delicious. Sounds contrary, but only after one has quaffed a Schwarz beer can they understand. Thankfully, I have found another comparable Schwarz Beer from Krusovice in Krusovice, Czech Republic. Having quaffed quite a few since finding this gem of a beer here in my home-town, I am delighted to finally be able to share my love for a largely unknown beer style.

She pours a solid dark brown black into my glass, allowing a touch of light to shine through and illuminate her beautiful visage. Dark amber highlights shimmer along the bottom of her depths while a soft tan head hovers carefree. A gentle crackling of lace decorates her glass showcase while her nose wraps me in her soothing embrace. Brown sugars caramelized atop toasted pumpernickel and rye raisin bread bursting with warm, juicy, succulent dark raisins lead into dried licorice root, burnt toast, and charcoal. Not to be outdone, farm-fresh apples give her dry, toasty, slightly burnt profile a juicy, fruity crunch. As our lips meat, I surrender to her exquisitely balanced Schwarz palate. Dry and parched, her first impressions are all about caramelized brown sugars, toasted raisin breads, and a finishing flourish of licorice root and more burnt toast. A hint of dry brown spice lingers in my breath with a sprinkling of aromatic cinnamon. Lemon nips and nibbles in the middle while her orchards full of crunchy, juicy apples are a free-flowing undercurrent of refreshment. Her palate is sensual ecstasy, and I am pleased to say that she fills that lonesome hole in my heart that the Kostritzer Schwarz Beer left.

A fine Czech Schwarz beer, and with their Pilsner sitting pretty in my fridge awaiting her moment in literary glory, I have little doubt after enjoying their Schwarz Beer that Krusovice will not let me down. Available in 16.9oz bottles at a very reasonable price, there is no reason not to bring home a few bottles and discover why, in many countries, these dark session beers are favorites of both the ladies and the gents.

(Bottle 0,5l) Clear black color. Medium brown head. Coffee aroma. Coffee taste. Medium bitter, light sweet. Bitter end. Unexpectedly good.

Dark pour hin head smoky coffee malt aroma with a slight coppery chocolaye taste. On tap at deluxe.

UPDATED: JUL 27, 2009 Bought in Germany, apparently no artificial sweeteners in this version? A dark brown colour with a stable off-white head. Fine roasted malt, nougat aroma. The flavour gives a dark chocolate and nutty impression. This leaves a rather unpleasant "sticky" aftertaste, although it’s fairly dry. Unfortunately watery and light-flavoured.

Reddish-brown pour with light tan head. Sweet caramel malt aroma. Crisp flavor-little sweetness, somewhat dry, roasted malt flavor at the end. I did not care to read that artificial sweetners were part of the ingrediants. Lacing occured.