North By Northwest Blackjack Ale

Brewed by North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery
Style: Schwarzbier
Austin, Texas USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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UPDATED: FEB 25, 2013 Black color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, vanilla, bourbon, and some char. Taste of roast, vanilla, bourbon, and wood. On the thinner side.

Not to shabby. I would say this is fairly good introductory dark beer for anyone interested in getting into darker beers. Love the subtle hints of jack daniels. Though I would say, and it might be that I had this beer at noon, the beer had a tad flat taste to it, though still has some flavor. Though not much color just looking at it, has a lovely brown, orange red coloring in the light. Overall pretty good.

Woah this is nice. Woody and roastyaroma. Taste is less of bourbon barrel with caramel and vanilla. Like a sessionablebourbon barrel beer,huh? Anyways really nice and smoky beer.

sample at GABF on 9/30/11. brown pour with a thin tan head. light bourbon nose with some vanilla, nuts and roasted malts. medium body with light oak, bourbon, vanilla, light spices and nuts.

GABF 2011
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a small off-white head
Aroma: Vanilla, bourbon and toasted malts
Taste: Toasted malts, vanilla and woody with a dry finish
Nice and tasty, I’d love to get a bottle of this. Added to my wants list!

On tap at GABF 2011. Quite an unusual brew. Pours a deep brown color with a small grey head. The aroma is rich vanilla, some toffee and toasted malts. The flavor is full of traditional Schwarzbier notes; nutty, toasted malts, some chocolates, but there is a large bourbon and especially vanilla note. Not boozy or hot. Nice.

on tap-pours a tan head and dark copper color. Aroma is roasty medium malt, scotch/wood. Taste is soft bourbon/vanilla/wood, roasty medium malt-caramel, some spice hops. Medium body.

Very dark brown with a foamy head. Sweet cocoa malt and woody vanilla. Much more interesting than the regular Okanogan ale.

on tap at nxnw. Pours black with frothy gray head. Aroma is very oaky, with notes of burnt vanilla, chocolate, and roast. Flavor has a malty profile of rich cocoa, with alot of oak and some sweet, warm tones of whiskey. This brew picked up more oak and less bourbon / vanilla tones from the barrell than is usual for barrell aged beers, although it is still distinctly there. My favorite from nxnw so far.

I was expecting a more pronounced sweet broubon flavor and was suprisingly disappointed in the beer. On the other hand the Batch 1000 was world class