Fort Collins The Kidd Lager (Schwarzbier)

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

Bottled, thanks heemer77. Very dark amber colour (close to black). Strong chocolate, coffee and hay in aroma. Flavour is strong old coffee, with hints of chocolate and roast. Also some fruitish hoppy bitterness noteable. Quite full-bodied for being only 4.1%. Aftertaste is dominated by old coffee as well as dark chocolate. Lovely. The only minus is that the palate is a bit watery,,,

Name: Kidd Lager Schwarzbier
Date: 02/20/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark ruby red, wispy tan head, drops of lace, sweet malt aroma with chocolate and roasted malts plus light hops, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, touch of caramel sweetness, light bitterness, chocolate gets richer but drier and picks up a bit of chalk as a result,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle) Small beige head atop clear red-black body, nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, roast, caramel/toffee, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, roast, chocolate, some earthy, caramel. Soft, light body, light acidity.

Bottled
Hazy dark ruby color, small tan head. Chocolaty aroma in the roasted malty nose. Roasted, lots of milk chocolate and cocoa in the flavor. Coffee in the aftertaste. This is more like porter made with lager-yeast than a schwarzbier. Tasty.

Clear ruby-brown. Gentle lasting light brown cover doesn’t want to lace despite my invitations. Pretty sweet nose. It attacks with a pepsi note, bubblegummy in nature, but shows its skills when it switches to floury dryness, more conventional coffee undertones and heavy toasted, almost roasted bread balancing the melting pot. Chewy grassy hops cut through the honey reminiscent sweetness on the tongue with aptitude. Well executed sour bite kisses the mouthful goodbye and leaves a soft flavour cutting bitterness cleanse the palate. Light bodied, soft carbonation. Pretty good for what it is.

Bottle... Pours very dark and sits black in my glass with a small, creamy, khaki head. Great retention. The nose is of chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla. Big-time smoke emerges as the beer warms. Medium-bodied with a gritty mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Well-balanced with some nice, burnt, bitter flavors that blend nicely with moderately sweet chocolate malts. Lengthy, cinnamon, lightly sweet finish. Props to pesican for providing one of the better schwarzbiers I’ve tasted!

(Bottle) Pours a black body with a spare light brown head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, and nuts. Flavor of roasted malt and coffee.

Pours a rich dark brown with a thin off-white head. Aroma has lots of sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate with a hint of smoke and lager yeast. Body starts with a nice malty sweetness and a touch of noble hops smoothing out toward the clean, lightly dry and smoky finish. A very nice, extremely drinkable and enjoyable schwarzbier.