Fort Collins The Kidd Lager (Schwarzbier)

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

Bottle poured a clear black with ruby highlights and a small lasting amber head. Aromas of coffee, roastiness and bitter chocolate. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of roasted malt, coffee, carmel and a hint of bitter chocolate with a smooth lingering bitter finish.

A black appearance with a fading beige head. A chocolate, marshmellow, and charcoal aroma. The flavor is somewhat sweet with some chocolate, caramel, coffee, and raisins. The finish is really smooooooth. Overall a good beer!

Bottle. Pours a very rich dark ruby with a small tan head. Nice roasty aroma, but a little gummy with something that reminds me of fruit salad and caramel. There is a light meaty scent in the mix as well. The flavor is really enjoyable. There is actually a strong smoky coffee presence and an underlying ashy quality that reminds me of a nice stout. Caramel comes out in a sticky fashion that makes it more identifiable as a schwarz, and it works pretty well. The finish lingers on a drying, smoked almond flavor. This is one of the bolder examples of this style I’ve come across and I really enjoy it.

Bottle from the_epeeist. Very well done. Cola-like, fizzy pour. Great bitter orange peel and coffee aroma, oaky and musty. Good complexity, both fruity and roasty. This goes down real easily and seems especially sessionable. A beer that seems like a blend of a pure, fruity summer lager and a porter. I wish I could get this stuff locally, it would be great for parties.

12 oz bottle. Pours very red mahogany with a creamy ecru head. The aroma is lots and lots of prunes, some roasty notes, some very subdued floral notes, and hints of smoke. The flavor is smoke, almost like mesquite. There are also some prickly hop notes, some caramel sweetness, and some roastiness that comes out in the finish. Some smoke wafts around in the aftertaste. Interesting.

Near black pour with tan head that lasts around the edges. Aroma is of chocolate, smoke and brown sugar. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, some chocolate, smoke isn’t as pronounced as in the aroma, but it’s in there towards the middle. Finish is roasted, bitter and some smoke. Nice finish.

Pours dark brown. Light is seen through glass. Small head. Aroma of smoke and chocolate. Taste is the same, with some caramel sweetness. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body. Finishes with some smoke and bitterness.
If I were giving someone their first smoked beer, it might be this one. (even though it’s not a ’smoked’ beer by style) The smoke is not overpowering, but it’s substantial. Quite well done.

Bottle from Capone’s. Deep brown pour with 1-finger tan head. Aroma of roasty, slightly rauchy malt, tart cherry, brown sugar, hops, molasses, tobacco...very unique aroma here. The flavor is very roasty chocolatey malty, with hops, brown sugar, nuts, and slight fine tobacco hints. Nicely rich, complex palate. This one is wonderful.