Iron Hill Czech Dark Lager (Schwarz)

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Schwarzbier
Newark, Delaware USA

On tap at the Lancaster location, labeled as Schwarzbier. Great musty grain aroma, raw wort, and dusty grain mill. If any more sour, it would smell like canvas. Roasty and toasty. Light floral hops. Dark brown-black clear with thin light tan lacing head. Medium watery body with medium-heavy carbonation. Starts dry with bitter roasted grain, some dusty malt and light chocolate character. Mild-medium bitter finish and roasted chocolate malt after. Nice Schwarzbier - good bitterness in the after.

On draft at the NW location. Pours a clear mahogany with a medium white head. Aroma of malt and candied sugar. Taste of watery candied sugar and malt.

Decent brew. Dark brown color with ruby highlights. No head. Aroma of roasted malts, and some hops. Flavor of roasted malts, hops, and chocolate.

Poured a clear amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, caramel malts, roast, and toast. Taste of caramel, roasted malts, nuts, light citrus, and a dry finish.

On tap at North Wales. Poured a deep and dark amberish/orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, toasted caramel, and some citrus. Tastes of roast, chocolate, some toasted nuttiness, and caramel.

Poured a deep, dark brown color body with a smal white/offwhite head. Aroma was mild carmel and sweet toasted malts. Flavor was sweet smoked peet with some mild roast and a little carmel. Almost like a scotch lager.

Deep chestnut brown with a lovely chocolate, caramel malty aroma. Light roasty, sweet candi chocolate flavor with some interesting depp roast muskiness.

Tap @ Media. Pours a dark brown with red coming through when held to the light. Smaller off white head that eventually went away to nothing. Aroma of sweet malts, light smoke and toasty malts. Flavor was sweet and roasty, some smoke, malty, grainy, molasses and some bitter chocolate.