The Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Schwarzbier
Farmville, North Carolina USA

( 12oz bottle thanks to blutt59) Pours dark brown with good lacing. Nose of smoke, roasted malt. Taste is smoky, charcoal, and meat.

12 oz bottle. Dark brown with a spongy beige head. Nose is coffee, sour plum and cocoa. Medium light with an acidic tang. Taste is coffee, malted milk balls and lime. Bitter, burnt sugar finish.

Tap at GABF ’09.
Pours a deep brown with a nose of slight peat and smokey grass. Flavor is a watered-down smoked peat. Average mouthfeel. Too watery; add some ooomph.

Draft at Brick Store Pub. Pours clear and very dark brown/black with a thin, light tan, pocked head. The aroma has light caramel and light dark chocolate notes with some graininess and some malt sweetness. The flavor features a decent bit of roast up front with light sweetness and light grainy pilsner malt character. There are chocolate and molasses notes at mid-palate along with a soft grainy quality. The finish is full of chocolate and roast with some fruity, vinous malt. The mouthfeel is brisk and medium-bodied with strong suds. Overall, a great session beer. A bit more roast than expected but still nice and "black pilsner"y.

A tall dense head of tan floats over this very dark, almost opaque brew that has just a touch of garnet at the edges. Dry dusty cocoa powder malt aroma. Some chocolate in the flavor, slightly bitter, smooth. Medium body.

12 oz bottle courtesy of TheEpeeist. Thanks, Chris! Pours a very dark pour, near black opaque with brownish lighter edges, a bubbly light brown head, fizzes, stays decent, laces ok. Aromas are roasty malts off the bat, char, chocolate, and a touch of creamy inviting sweetness. A touch of fruitiness, but largely a roasty treat. Initial is a lighter bodied, roasty brew. Light bodied, good roast and coffee, a bit of ashy char, dark chocolate, a bit of chalkiness. The roast is good, leaving moderate bitterness on the back of the palate and finish. Light sweetness, coffee and roast stick abd make the majority presence felt. This is a quality very roasty schwarz, albeit possibly a bit overdone.. But with flavors and a light body like that, I really can’t say much bad about it. Earthiness and coffee and roasted malts linger for long, light smokey ash. Very nice.

Sample at GABF 2009. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of nuts, smoke, roast, chocolate. Flavor is about the same. Medium boy, malty finish.

Bottle: Poured a dark black with a faint tan head. The aroma was roasted malts and a light smoke. The flavor was lightly smoked malts, roasted nuts, and dark chocolate. Definitely had a porter like feel. Overall, another VERY tasty beer.