3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20light aroma lightly roasty, creamy light dry finish drinkable, definitely a schwarzbier...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap 4 oz. sample at Judge's Bench in Ellicott City, MD.
Solid opaque black with an off-white head and very good lacing.
Aroma of toasted biscuit malt, smokey caramel and a little coffee.
Taste of caramel, sweet dark malt, peat, cocoa, toast and banana with other light fruits. A very interesting and enjoyable combination of light smokiness with gentle sweetness.
Light body and medium/low carbonation.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Craft. Pours dark black with brown head. Nosi is roasty pumpernickel bready malt, mild hops, fruit, cacao. Tastes very rich and complex, with an up-front dark malty and cacaoey flavor, then the fruity notes and hops hitting, but the malt always takes the forefront. This one is delicious, and there is no clashing going on like sometimes happens with black IPAs.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at the Barcade, New York, NY.
Black colour with small tan head.
Mild malty aroma with liquorice and sweetness.
Mild malt, mild liquorice and mild hops in flavour.
Hmm... dunno... drinkable but easy. Schwarzbier is more describing than Kölsch (or even Black Kölsch?). Very drinkable.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at pinnochios. Pours pitch black with a nice tan head. Aroma is roast and toast with a little coffee? Taste is slightly smoked with done coffee bitterness. Good yet unexpected Considering the name.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured black with a thin head. Aroma has chocolate and some burnt malts. Flavor is mostly chocolate roasted malts. A slight touch of hops to add to the bitterness from the burnt flavors. German tasting, but not like a kolsch. Not bad!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with a thin mocha head. Aroma is roasty with burnt notes, a bit of coffee and chocolate. Flavor is follows suit...dominated by burnt notes...nice bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium and silky with a roasty coffee finish. Nothing like a Kolsch but damn tasty!
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