UPDATED: MAY 11, 2024 Kirchwerder 11/5 2025. 50 cl bottle from Rewe, Süderquerweg, Hamburg. Black label with a golden rim. Miniature golden soldier enjoying a beer. Pours clear dark mahogany with s big off-white head. Stable. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. Substantial lacing. Aroma is medium intense with a sweet, lightly toasted odor with a touch of brown sugar. Sourish notes. Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, almost flat texture. Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter with a light sweet undertone. Finish is rather dry. Schwarzbier a bit to the bitter side.

UPDATED: MAR 16, 2024 Bottle at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, nutty, light roast. Taste is the same, sweet, malt, roast, caramel, fruit, bitter, slight burnt bitter, quite nice.

UPDATED: OCT 13, 2023 50 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Trinkgut, Kleve. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Caramel and licorice aroma. Sweet taste with a low bitter finish. Decent schwarzbier

UPDATED: APR 29, 2023 Barwa ciemnobrązowa, z obfitą drobnopęcherzykową pianą. W aromacie niestety głównie nuty metaliczne. W smaku wytrawne, płytkie, wodniste, delikatnie karmelowe. W posmaku niska i krótka ziołowa goryczka.

UPDATED: APR 4, 2023 From Norma, around Dresden. Dark brown with ruby. Medium off-white head. Short lasting. Fizzy. Nutty, some dark chocolate. Not outstanding but highly drinkable.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2023 Bottle from a Getränkemarkt in Leipzig. The name sounds suspicious in today's overly PC culture but what can you say, it's a black colored beer. Ok actually dark brown as I pour it, moderate head. Slightly roasted nose with some malty hints, nothing astounding. Flavor is a wee bit nutty, slightly flat-tasting mineral maltiness. It's alright but I'm missing the hook.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2023 Das Feldschlößchen Schwarzer Steiger habe ich im Stammhaus Feldschlößchen vom Fass verkostet. Die dünne, gemischtporige und wenig standfeste Schaumkrone ist beige auf schwarzer, blickdichter Flüssigkeit. Die Nase meldet getreidige Kaffeearomen. Beim Antrunk ist der Kaffee auch führend, jedoch nicht dominant. Überdurchschnittliche Rezenz ist mit einem relativ schwachen Körper erkauft. Für ein Massenpublikum, das nur ein wenig Röstaromen zum Alkohol dazu möchte passend. Der Abstand zu Top Schwarzbieren ist jedoch gewaltig.

UPDATED: AUG 21, 2022 Bottle in Germany. Almost ruby dark-brown pour with a tan head; good retention. Aroma is very faint; hardly any at all. Taste is soft sweet, mild bitter, but very general. OK carbo. The good thing is that this beer is not too sweet, the problem is that it has hardly any specific or characteristic. A rather useless beer that one could hardly call a schwarz....

UPDATED: JUN 28, 2022 Brownisch color and a small white head. Lite body, malty, roasty, hints of burnt caramel.

UPDATED: JUN 20, 2021 Dark copper/light brown body with light ruby shades and a minimal, but persistent off-white head. Aroma is coffee, nutty. taste is grassy over a nice malty, roasty and nutty background. Mild herbal finish. Low body, average carbonation, thin texture.