Crescent City Black Forest

Brewed by Crescent City Brewery
Style: Dunkel
New Orleans, Louisiana USA

I sampled this beer on tap at the brewpub in New Orleans. The beer had a dark brown color with an amber hue and a moderate, creamy off-white head that had modest retention and cling. The beer had some grainy and grassy hops aroma with a bit of caramel malt too. A somewhat bitter hoppy beer with mild sweetness too. It was a bit watery and thinner with lower carbonation and a dry finish.

sample at brewpub, NOLA. pours hazy amber, thin beige head. aroma of roasted malts, light bready nose. taste, malty, bready, low carbonation watery finish with some bitterness. Light roasted and hints of coffee / caramel come add a little twist to this beer.

On tap at the brewpub. Redish amber pour with a thick light tan head. Nose of fruit and spices with good malts as well. Flavor is sweet malts with caramel, honey and spicy hops. Nice.

Mahogany in color with a moderate off white head that leaves a bit of spotty lacing down the glass. Aroma is mild sweet roast malt. Dry malty flavor with little hops presence. Medium bodied with a dry lingering aftertaste.

On tap at brewpub in New Orleans. Pours a mahogany red color with a thick tan-white head. Aroma is light with notes of malt, fresh fruit, nuts and spice. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of sour wheat, grass, yeast, and hints of caramel and honey. Generally light to medium body with a sour malty finish. Not really that good.

Draft at Brewery. Dark brown beer with a small tan head. Full aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Same in the flavor with some hops also.

On tap at the brewhouse. Stronger malt in the nose than the Red Stallion with some cherries. Flavor is strong citrus hops and caramel. Pretty good contrast of flavors. Good brew.

on tap-pours an off white ring for a head and copper color. Aroma is mild, somewhat sweet medium malt. Taste is somewhat sweet medium malt, secondary spice hops (Hallertau?) light body plus a bit.