Rogue Farms Dirtoir Black Lager

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Schwarzbier
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle at Fanø Slumber Party 2012. Pitch black – ok brown head. Chocolate, roasted, nice malty. ok light hoppy, light burned, nice fat body, high roasted, light smokey malts, Lovely.

Dark brown body with a dark brown head. Rich chocolatey aromas with earthy African sugars and malted milk. Has a nice earthy chocolatey character and lots of bitterness. Not really a schwarzbier per se, but a different and very taste take on a black lager.

Bottle from GBBF 2012. Black beer with big thick tan head. Authentic choccy schwarz aroma. After that things turn more American. Big huge everything afterwards. Aroma a bit like the Klosterbrau schwarz from Bamberg on draught. But the malts are thicker in the mouth here. More hops too. More bitter on the finish. Good thick malty bitter black lager. If anything it just doesn’t need so much bitterness. Good go at the style though. Very impressive. I find this very approachable. Choc is good, bitterness is good, but because it’s a lager it’s still light and agile. Big fan of this. Yep pretty damn good.

Name: Dirtoir Black Lager
Date: January 13, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: black, big brown head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: dry roasted malt aroma, touch of dark chocolate, light hops
Flavor: dry roasted flavor, dark chocolate bitterness, just a hint of sweetness, long bitter roasted finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

22oz bottle. Medium tan head atop black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, coffee/roast, bittersweet chocolate/cocoa. Taste is moderately sweet, coffee/roast, bittersweet chocolate, some burnt, grassy, light sourness. Smooth medium body, low carbonation.

Chopp. Black colour, small nice light brown head, good lacing. Roasted malt indeed in the sweet like aroma with chocolate, coffee and dark fruits. Good mouthfeel. So pleasant a roasted maltiness in the sweet flavour along with chocolate, dark fruits, licorice and a good roasty bitterness in the finish.

22oz bottle @Tampa Wkly Gathering @BT courtesy Ibrew2or3-pours a dissipating brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate/ashy, earthy hops. Medium body.

27th August 2012
Opaque dark brown - black beer. Small dark tan head. Palate is light and dry. Dry dark malt, little cream. However the malt is over roasted making for an unpleasant burned flavour. Finishes tangy and dry.

Bottle, bought @ Hop-head.dk.
Pours deep black with a nice, staying, frothy, beige head. Aroma has roasted malts, light grassy hops, mild coffee, dark chocolate. Medium carbonation, fine dry and light creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has liqourice, roasted malts, dark chocolate, light grassy. Good, lingering malty dryness. A very solid schwarzbier!

Fanø Summer Slumber Party - 2012. Black with a lasting tan head. Aroma of licorice and tar, hard roasted malts and a touch of ink. Dry and roasted flavour with ash and charcoal.