Fort Collins The Kidd Lager (Schwarzbier)

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

Pours translucent black with a small tan head. Smoke and chocolate nose. Rather thin, malty flavor with some acrid bad coffee taste. Watery mouthfeel. I guess I don’t like Scharzbier much.

Pours clear dark-brown, black in the glass with some light getting in around the edges of the glass. Has a one-finger tan head, good lacing. The smoke and coffee aromas are very strong, with some chocolate and apple in the background. Light, well carbonated body. Flavors of smoke and apple, with some bread and citrus flavors. Well balanced and drinkable.

12oz bottle, mixed 12pk lunchbox. Pours crisp black color, white head. Rich aroma of roasted malts, some chocolate, some wood, and a bit of spicy hops. Flavor is a burnt bready malt. Burnt grains coat the palate. Very nice roast. Hint of smoke, like a scotch ale. Very smooth with light coffee. Very good offering from Fort Collins Brewery. Very flavorful.

Appearance: Pours a midnight amber letting almost no light through. There wasn’t much of a head, leaving only a gathering of white suds on top. Aroma: Spicy malt, bready malt, and roasted malt. Taste: Sweet molasses bread, smokey peaty malt, a tad bit of fruitiness is found as well. Mouthfeel: Thick and fizzy. Overall: A very tasty Black Lager that borders on Porter and Scottish Ale territory.

12 oz bottle, but I only got about 6 thanks to my dog knocking it over. Stupid dog. Too bad, because I like this beer! Clear and near black with a thin beige head. Nice chocolate nose, very roasty and smoky, some light earth. Good lacing. Very roasty and burnt malt flavors, dry woody smoke, caramel and an earthy zing. A damn fine brew.

Bottle. Pours deep ruby brown with a beige head. Roasted malt aroma, a hint of smoke, some light sweet caramel and coffee. The flavor has roasted malts, a stronger coffee presence than the aroma, and a little bit of smoke. Unfortunately, the body is on the thin side, which held this back from being a really top notch schwarz. Still very good though.

Pours a deep brown reddish color with a small off white head that leaves attractive lacing. The aroma is of sweet malts, chocolate, and a nice hint of smoke. Tastes of decent bitter smoke, the sweet malts are nicely present coupled with some faint bitter dark chocolate. The rather thin mouthfeel caught me off gaurd due to the big flavor. A pretty good beer and definitely worth a try.

Bottle from unclemike. Pours a deep reddish brown with a one finger tan head that results in spotty lacing. The nose is smoke and roasted malt. The taste is smoked malt, toasted nuts and faint dark chocolate. Medium bodied. Decent Schwarzbier – thanks Mike.