Fort Collins The Kidd Lager (Schwarzbier)

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

Bottle. Small beige fizzy head that mostly diminished along with poor lacing, visible carbonation, transparent, and a ruby hue. Nose was chocolate, smokey, coffee, and cocoa. The flavor was dry, malty, chocolate, smokey, and coffee. Tingly palate.

Taste and smell was of a smoke beer. Good clean flavor. Nice session beer would be great with ribs or pizza.

bottle via trade with kenb. Aroma: grainy malt, caramel, a touch of earth, and light smoke. Appearance: Deep chestnut brown in color and clear. Light beige head was full and frothy. Good lacing. Flavor: Sweet malt with some medium roastiness. Slight chocolate. Clean flavor. Palate: Medium-light bodied. Carbonation was a little high. Finish was dry. Overall: A solid beer. Good flavors overall and a nice clean and dry finish. Thanks Ken.

via trade with kenb - Pours a brown color with an off white film head. Very light lacing. Has a light roasted malt flavor. This beer is very smooth but a little dry. Has a roasted, earthy malt aroma. Light to medium. A very nice beer. I really like this style. Thanks Ken.

Brown-tinged ebony. Light-beige head quickly collapses but forms a thick collar which holds well. Intensely roasty nose of cocoa and coffee. Hints of licorice and deeply toasted bread. Unappealing mouthfeel. Loose, highly gassy carbonation and flimsily bodied. Char and pungent roast sting the palate with a zingy acidity, but the richly textured notes of chocolate and burnt cocoa arrive and lend balance. Malts evoke thoughts of chewy bread which pillar the grittier roast elements. Chocolate malt remains forceful and thickens the aridness while generating more velvety layers of espresso and smoky coffee toward the latter half. Finishes amply malty and chocolaty, yet slightly chalky, softly nuanced with bready malt and dry, acidic char. Has lots of potential as the malts are quite long, deep, and very complex, but the body greatly suffers due to the prominent acidity and obviously-forced carbonation. Just shy of excellent.

Bottle pours a clear and very deep mahogany with a nice creamy tan head. Nice sheets of lacing. Aroma is a dark roast, slightly sour porter like, but with the more smokey, almost beefy notes as well. Flavor is similar, but not so pronounced smokey as the aroma suggested. Late papery flavor and a very thin feel. Slight woody bitterness at the end. Soft carbonation and interesting decent over all. Thanks to Kenb for the trade.

12 oz bottle. Nice size tan head that dissipates rapidly and leaves an above average amount of lace. Deep brown color with a reddish tint.Very nice aroma of chocolate, coffee, caramel and vanilla. Nice lightly roasted taste again with notes of chocolate, coffee and caramel. Light to Medium body. Well balanced brew, finishes with a malty aftertaste with some lingering hoppiness. Well carbonated.Not bitter in the least. I really like thus brew. Almost tastes like a porter. Deduct a .2 as it could use a stronger finish

Almost jet black, just a touch of red when held up to the light. Dark tan head fades quickly. Roasty, toasty aroma. Somewhat roasty in the flavor as well. Coffee and toffee, touch of chocolate. No hops presense to speak of. A little roasty for a schwarz, more like a lager stout. The body is a little thin, but that’s to be expected for a beer this size.