Samuel Adams Black Lager

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Schwarzbier
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle. Deep mahogany, tan head, clear. A clean roasted carmel malty aroma. Malty rich carmel and malt flavor. Not harsh and very lightly hopped. A nice effort.

Dark just about black body. Roasty caramel aroma. Flavor includes roasty malts and definite notes of coffee and chocolate. Nice and smooth and silky texture and very enjoyable. Nothing too complex here, just a good beer... and its from a macro too.

I’m assuming this is a remake of the Longshot brews from about nine years ago. Dark, near black chestnut color with a fluffy dark bone colored head. Roast malt, light coffee and dark chocolate aromas. Some hints of caramel. Quite dry and a touch sticky up front for my type of lager. Seem to be real thin and bubbly in the finish. Black malt with a touch of sulfur. Really not much else going on in this one.

Malty chocolate aroma and flavor. Hint of caramel. Nice looking pour with a dark tan head that dissipates too quickly. Palate is average and a little disappointing. Lacking in any really distinctive character, but a nice beer.

Bottle. Pours a DEEP DEEP mahogany with very thick dark tan creamy head that leaves some lace. Smells of roasty malts, caramel and vanilla with a hint of creamy coffee. Taste is sweet and roasty with a sour and slightly hoppy finish. Chocolate and coffee are present along with a nutty taste in the finish. Medium body. Aside from the mass-produced-beer sourness and unnecessarily high carbonation, this is a pretty solid beer from Sam Adams.

Nice dark black color,small tan head that faded slowly leaving just a hint of lace behind.The aroma was pretty decent.Malty and maybe even sorta sweet at times with a nice roasty side some very mild hops in the background along with a little caramel perhaps.The flavor wasn’t bad at all,Nice roasty flavor with a bit of chocolate and caramel and a sweet side that is nicely done.The hops are there but fairly faint.Over all a nice try for these guys since they don’t do alot of really outstanding brews.Well worth a try.

Got this on sale for 5.99 so decided to try it. I’m not normally a big fan of Sam Adams’ beers, but I found this to be, if not superior, at least drinkable. A rich toasty malt middle is its best feature. The finish is a little sticky sweet and seems to disappear. Mouthfeel is probably its worst feature. All-in-all a drinkable beer. Good job Mr. Adams.

UPDATED: APR 14, 2005 2005 bottle at Sunset Grille. Dark black pour, with some deep garnet-burgundy highlights on the edges, filtered and no sediment, per usual for the brewery, but somehow, not offensively clear. Small off-white head, mostly dissipating. Aroma of black malt, licorice, sweet caramel and light coffee. Flavor begins with an easygoing coffee-with-sugar in it sweetness, some lightly earthy notes, like licorice root or ginger. Cola and caramel notes really take over, and there is a decent maltiness to it. Medium bodied, not thin and watery. Ends on a lightly dry, hops and toasted grains flavor. Notes of milk chocolate, cream and coffee linger on pleasantly in the aftertaste. Extremely unnatural carbonation detracts from the mouthfeel, as it does with all of their beers, IMHO, but other than that, I’m very impressed with this one.

Not bad. I liked this one better then their CreamStout. Opaque dark mohegany color with a full creamy head. Aroma, not noticeable. Nice balance of flavors, not too bitter or not too sweet. Nice overriding toastyness. Mouth feel is a bit watery. Again, for the money (6.99/6) it’s anice beer.

Deep ruby red color with a thin white head. Smoked mossy aroma. Heavy mouthfeel. I like the aroma. Tough to describe the flavor, but I like it.