Randers Sort

Brewed by Randers Bryghus
Style: Schwarzbier
Randers, Denmark

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Draught at EBF 2008. From tap as Randers Sort. Black coloured beer with cremy white brown little head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt and coffee notes. Sweet, coffee, roasted, chocolate, hint of licorice. Medium body, bit sandy. More like a porter than a schwarzbier. Some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Draught at EBF. Almost black, firm brown head. Dry chocolatey aroma, roasted malts. Burned malty flavor with cocoa and little hops. Light to medium bodied, average carbonation. Quite nice chocolatey schwarz.

50 cl bottle. Very dark brown with small mostly diminishing light brown head. Flavour is roasted malt, caramel and hops.

bread, caramel, roasty, black, brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, salty, medium body, creamy, bitter, long finish.

Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, sweet dried fruit, hint of smoke. Taste is sweet raosted malt, caramel, dreid fruit, coffee, light smoke. Medium body, soft carbonation. 100511

Stikprøve 15 cl. Kuld sort hælde med et lille brunt hoved. Sød aroma af malt og kaffenoter af røg. Flavor sweet light, and ligt dry finish

Found two versions with different labels and barcodes, one titled Bryg No. 008a, the other Bryg No. 008b. Rating them simultaneous:

Bryg No. 008a – 7 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 12
Bottle. 5.5%. No best before date. Pours black with a diminishing khaki head. Sweetish roasted aroma, stout-like. Flavour is sweetish and roasted, with a light berry-like tartness. Bitter, roasted coffee finish with a sweet note. Coffee bitterness lingering as well as a tart note. Overall decent. 23.03.13.

Bryg No. 008b – 6 / 3 / 6 / 3 / 11
Bottle. 5.5%. Best before 10.13. Pours black with a diminishing khaki head, a bit darker than the 008a and more fluffy. Sweetish roasted aroma, slightly tart and with a metallic note. Tart, sweet roasted flavour with a light greasy overtone. Finish is dry and roasted with lingering notes of coffee and grass. Overall okay, if a bit cloying. 23.03.13.

Overall, although pretty similar, the 008a is a bit better than the 008b; more balanced and just a bit better aroma and flavour, and also more on the stout-side, although both seems closer to a stout than a schwarzbier. The 008b has more sweetness to it and a slightly greasy palate, which makes it a bit cloying.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty bready caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some bready hints and some weak hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty bready caramel finish.

Bottle. High creamy and lasting light brown head. Very dark, almost black, red brown body. Roasted malt aroma with smoky notes as well as as coffee. Mild and creamy coffee smoke flavor. Not as sweet as feared. Low carbonation. Long aftertaste.

Unclear deep brown colur. Roasty caramel and roasty malt in aroma with some dark fruits. Pleasant mouthfeel. The flavour has a good roasty maltiness and caramel with some dark fruits and a good bitterness.