Koff Velvet

Brewed by Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg)
Style: Schwarzbier
Kerava, Finland

Stickier than a real Schwartz, and not as clean or crisp. Basically a bit sludgy and unsophisticated, but chock full of something vaguely related to malt and hops. One of the only beers to give me a "never again" following morning.

Bottle. very dark reddish color, almost opaque. Nice sticky light brown head, looks like whipped egg whites. Only aroma that I can catch is metallic. Also flavor is mild and watery with a hint of roasted malt.

Bottle. Clear dark red / brown color with a average good lacing light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, coffe. Flavor moderate sweet and light bitter with a short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate to heavy metalic. No my kind of schwartzbier !!

After tasting quite a few german scharzbier’s, I don’t really hold Velvet too high. It tastes quite metallic and watery. Not a bad one, but to speak the truth, I rarely buy this.

Medium dark beige coarse head; seemingly black body goes dark red at edges. Sweet, milky, toffeeish aroma with caramel and chocolate notes. Harmonic. Roasty, acidic taste with notes of chalk and smoke. Very thin-bodied. Dry, metallic-smoky aftertaste. Disappointing. The aroma is good, but the beer is just too thin. (0.5l bottle.)

The aroma is not that strong, but with a tint of malt. The colour is exactly the same as the bottle. A bit sour but quite fresh taste.

(Can BB 19/03/08) “Sinebrychoff Velvet” has a roasted malty, coffee and hoppy aroma with a hint of metalness. Black (reddish) colour, large, thick, brownish head with good lacing. Roasted (even burned) malty, coffee and slightly bitter flavour. Smooth, slightly dry, medium-bodied and softly carbonated palate with a hint of metalness. Kind of kid brother of Sinebrychoff Porter. A good brew from Sinebrychoff! 27/07/07 (original ratings 6/4/6/3/13 (bottle), 6/4/6/3/14)

Bottled. Darkk brown with a beige creamy head, lacings. The aroma is malty. The flavour is sweet and pleasantly malty, you can taste some coffee as well. It has a dry and chocolate like finish.