3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Dark brown, some headage. Smells like a chocolate brown ale - which is what it is. Very pleasant German brown. Labelled a Schwarzbier. And a Dunkel. I wish it had been a Schwarz, cos I haven’t had many. Dryer than a standard bland Dunkel, quite a full flavour, but balanced sweetness too. Good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lightly sweet, toffee and dark fruit nose. Lightly sweet taste, lightly bitter with light toffee, some herbs, a hint of golden fruit and raisins. Nicely done.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Quack-Duck thanks a lot. A clear dark beer with head that goes quickly. Nose is on chocolate and brown bread. Aroma is nice on dark chocolate, toasted and even roasted notes. The texture is creamy, and bread like, this beer is very nice near to porter body, more interesting and creamy than for usual Schwartzbier.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle in Germany on ski trip. Dark caramel with thin head. Sweet,honey and malty nose. Taste is hoppy, with dark roasty malts, nuts and toasty. Watery in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark brown with a large cream foam. Aromas are malty with mollasses and chocolate. Sweet and lightly roasted. Some herbal notes. Flavours are sweet chocolate and weetabix malts with raisins. Quite vinous. Lightly herbal on the finish. Addictive.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Shenandoah Throwdown, 2011. Clear brown pour with a slight red tint. Toasted grain aroma with notes of chocolate, straw and grass. Dry toasted grain. Chocolaty and lightly sweet. Bitter hop finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A chestnut colored beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, and some bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, bread, malt, and some butterscotch, leading to a bitter and bready finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle. Copper-glinting chestnut with a plump beige foam. Aroma rich and attractive with plummy, sticky liquorice, muscovado sugar and malt loaf tones. Soft, caramel-draped maltiness with dark stone fruit, Nutella-spread toasted black bread and chewy but still juicy prune-like impressions. Pipette of Bovril. Fine malty brew.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle (BeerAngel.de) - shared with Mirjukka - thanks!
Deep brown, off-white head. Stodgy malt aroma, some roast. Decent husks - fairly sweet, but not sticky. Husky and roasty finish. Hops gently pop up occasionally and provide some tingle in the mouth. Pleasantly dry. More dunkel than schwarz. And a good dunkel, at that.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had this during the 2011 Shenandoah Throwdown. Pours a clear ruby to cola brown with a thin beige head. Roasnt, dark graininess, chocolate. Big cocoa. Sweet malt and cocoa. Toast, chocolate, cocoa, roast grain.
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