Whirra Negra

Brewed by Cerveceria Whirra
Style: Dunkel
El Calafate, Argentina

Dark black beer with a lacing thick moka head. Light sulfuric dough aroma. In moputh, light chocolate with roasted coffee notes, and light bodied. The best of the 3 offerings. On tap May 2006.

Okay, firstly this is not negra (black) by any stretch of the imagination. The brewer uses 10% roast malt, to create something barely even pale amber in colour. I think he should think about giving it a name change. Secondly, it was really poorly presented, over carbed in a huge way, it was about 25% head, despite his rather elaborate 2 mug and spatula pouring technique. However, all that aside, it tasted really nice, heaps of caramel malt flavours, smokey and toasty with a nice hop balance.