El Bolson Negra Extra

Brewed by Cerveceria Artesanal El Bolson
Style: Dunkel
El Bolson, Argentina

Bottle at Cruzat. Pours an opaque dark brown color with a slight head. Well-carbonated, with a light-to-medium body, dark malt flavor with chocolate notes, slight hop bitterness, hint of coffee and very clean overall. Nice.

Thanks to El Gordo for this taster!--Poured a deep dark brown with a thin taupe head. Coffee, bitter nutty chocolate sour aroma. Too sour for its own good. Acidic, bitter all the way through. Mildly sweet, but overall too acidic and sour. Aged too long. Hmmm...

Bottle conditioned, very dark brown with a thin tan head. A strong bitter coffee aroma. A good bitter coffee flavour as well, with a delicious bitterness. Very good.

Appearance: dark brown with red touches. Medium head, beige color, medium consistence, persistent. Aroma: sweetness of toasty malts, candy, sweet chocolate and toffee. Slightly smoked. Flavor: Sweet and similar to aroma. Toasty malts, candy, grain coffee, chocolate and toffee. I remember the liquor of cacao. Sweet start – toasty and smoked end. Only in the finish I’m feeling a low presence de hop. The sweetness hidden your alcoholic level Palate: Great body and oily texture. Low carbonation. Advisable, a of the best beers of “Cervecería Artesanal el Bolson”. (sorry for my english)

Bottle. Dark Brown body-hue. Hazy clarity. Good mostly lasting head. Strong aroma of roasted malt and chocolate and also some honey! Moderate bitterness with tastes of roasted malt. honey and some chocolate to it. Bit sweet in the so nice long finish. Great dark brew! The bottle I had said 6,2% alc.

I liked this one. Obviously I am quite the authority on Argentinian beers these days (equal #4 rater on the site!) so my liking it must mean a lot to the El Bolson people. Pours like a soft drink with that fizzing noise as it hits the glass. Just like iced coffee, only with a bit of rum and chocolate. Smells better than it tastes - whilst it’s sweet it’s never too sweet. No hop at all. Thin as thin body. Doesn’t have any of the weird Belgian type stuff that all the others had. Nice.

A very malty sweet schwarzbier w/o the smoke added to their Ahumada Negra brew. Same beer base, I suspect, just one has smoke added. Very nice. I could drink this all day! Rich and sweet yet not all that thick.

Dark brown color. Nose is thick with malt and notes of honey. Alcohol is present as well with just a touch of hops. Body is also sweet and malty with a touch of honey. Lightly alcoholic and finishes sweet and thin. Overall not too bad.