 Beaver (474), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Apr 30, 2008
12 oz bottle. Pours brown with a creamy off white head that retains and laces the glass.
The aroma is sweet sugary caramel and dark fruits
The flavor is is yeasty with some chocolate malt and some fruit. It has some acidic plastic and metallic bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly watery.
Overall, it kind of reminds me of Jolly Pumpkin’s Bam Noire, but not as good.
AndrewKScott (328), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Pours pretty much black with tan head. Smokey, malty aroma with a bit of musty sourness. Flavor is a bit smokey, a bit chocolatey and a tad burnt, with a little bit of sour fruit.I like the dry finish. Pretty good, I’d recommend trying it.
jeremyd365 (81), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Aug 10, 2008 My first altbier. Poured a very dark, chocolatey brown with a thick tan head. Smells strongly of a pleasant maltiness with perhaps some sort of slight smokiness or chocolatey. The flavor is a great combination of chocolate and malt. It’s moderately carbonated and medium-bodied. A quite enjoyable beer that I would definitely recommend--and I would now also like to try it on tap!
jcr (828), Jasper, Indiana, USA
Aug 4, 2008 Bottle. Black, translucent body with huge off-white head that lasts. The aroma is peaty with notes of roasted and burnt malts and smoke with a hint of sulphur. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter and moderately acidic. Finish is tart and dry. Medium body and watery texture. Lively carbonation. The tart finish throws me. Just not that enjoyable.
rudolf (1554), Buffalo, New York, USA
Jun 12, 2008 Goodbar Beer Club. Essentially black body, off-white head. Nose is astringent malt up front, kind of burnt doppelbock fruitiness. Flavor is chocolate burnt malt, light fruit, really nice dark malts, caramels, toffees. Like a great schwarzbier with a bit more intensity. Well done!
gbdub (24), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
May 24, 2008 At the Corner Brewery. Dark brown/black with thick medium tan head that leaves some lacing. Aroma is roasty malt, hard to detect much else. Medium sweet, roasty flavor with lingering coffee. Medium bodied with a light sourness in there. In some ways reminds me of Arbor’s Espresso Love, but with a much better, drier finish.
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