Krušovice Černe

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Rated 5/18/07: Odd Schwarzbier, I’m still deciding if I enjoyed this overall or not. Thick dark brown pour with a foamy off-white head and a thick coating of lacing. Aroma is uneventful and very faint at first but warms up to an awkward sweetness, nothing else to note. Rich mouthfeel that fades fast, it’s decent. Flavor is a hodge podge of interesting tastes. Lightly smoked meats coupled with mild sugar, white rice, and a cardboard taste. Bottled less than a year ago, I can’t imagine this is too old to be spoiled but being an import anything is possible. Eh, initially it perked my interest but soon became simply blah.

Pours with a dark brown body topped by a thin head with some lacing. It slightly sweet and malty with a very slight roasty bitterness. Not much flavor to it at all. Light to medium bodied, watery and smooth.

Dark brown color with a medium head. Aroma of maple syrup and sweet malts. Great taste of chocolate and grains. A little bitterness on the finish.

Very nice deep red look with a dense light brown head. Aroma reminds me of rhubarb and home made elderberry lemonade, fresh and fruity with destinct notes of roasted malts. The roastyness is alot more present in the flavor, but it different, smooth, and leaves a nice bitter taste of dry wood. A little thin bodied, which makes it somewhat watery, but i dont think its boring, just fresh. Good one.

A nice schwarz from the Czechs. Not bad and until now the best from there. But I’ll know that there are some better in that country. I’ll find them one day, but until then thisone is the best with notes of watery maltyness, roast, caramel, coffechocs and corn.

500ml bottle - Pours dark brown with a sweet chocolate and roast malt aroma and a medium sized, fading head. It has a sweet, roast flavor with maybe a little of the chocolate note coming through. It’s smooth and goes down easy. This medium bodied brew is good but not great.

Chicago Trip. Monday 12:30. On tap at Piece, I believe. Very dark brown. Lasting head. Malty aroma. Nice and sweet. Only 3.8% wow! Could drink a lot of this.

Draft. Dark brown beer with a big tan head. Toffee/malt aroma. Toffee, malt flavor that ends a bit weak. Easy drinking. LIngering malt. Medium-light body.