Fort Collins The Kidd Lager (Schwarzbier)

Brewed by Fort Collins Brewery
Style: Schwarzbier
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Bottle. Dark clear mahogany under a thin light tan head. Roasted malt, coffee and bittersweet chocolate aroma. Coffee theme carries into the glass with more chocolate, some vanilla bean, and toffee. Roasted malt again in the mildly smoke tinged finish but the finish was otherwise lacking much character. Just an OK beer.

Black-ruby. Fast creamy head. Aroma: Smoked chocolate malt. Flavor: Roasted coffee, chocolate. Coffee finish. This could pass for a good Porter and for it’s type, I was impressed. I f Billy the Kid brewed this, I wat to be an Outlaw!

Aroma is a deep roasted malt scent. Color is a deep dark mahogany with a nice tight tan head and good carbonation. Taste is malty and roasted. Starting with a medium body it goes down with a smooth feel. Finish comes in bold with a roasted malt flavor then a mild bitterness. After taste has a slight smoke and the bitterness builds up a little. This is a very well done Schwarzbier, its not one of my favorite styles but its still a good brew.

not impressed at all. The aroma and the flavors just did not please me at all. Taste was just stale and i don’t even know really just did not like it at all! color was good.

12oz bottle. Pours a nice DARK brown/red, with a medium tan head and some noticable carbonation. Aroma is slightly smokey, with a bit of putrid meat Flavor is all malt (nuts and chocolate) and reminds of middle of the road porter. Palate is dry, thin and watery, wtih a bit of fizz. Overall a drinkable beer, but not one to put in the rotation. I’m betting this one tastes better off the tap.

Poured a dark brown borderline black colour with a medium sized tan head. Aroma was sweet, nutty, with soft roasted malts, coffee beans and raisins. Taste was semi-sweet, medium dry on the palate with a prevalent nutty flavor throughout the beer.

At the brewery. Pours a very dark red/brown with smallish tan head. Smells of smoked roasted malt, and coffee and a little bit of hops. Flavor is roasted malt and a light smoke, chocolate. Medium bodied but tastes really light. Personal favorite of FCBs.

Bottle. Pours a very deep reddish-brown with an average size somewhat-lasting frothy tan head. Aroma of smoky roasted malt, a little nutty and with some light hops. Flavour’s malty, lightly smoky along with nuts, some chocolate and a light bitter finish. Medium bodied. I didn’t know this was a Schwarzbier before I poured so this was a pleasant surprise and I enjoyed it -- well done.