Krušovice Černe

Bottle. Pours very dark with a medium tan head. Aroma is malt and coffee. Flavor is heavy on the malt and coffee with a hint of licorice. Not sweet at all, and no bitterness from either the roast malt or hops. But I guess that’s true to the variety. The flavor and mouthfeel are a bit thin, but then it makes for a very nice, drinkable dark. Could probably drink this all night.

Tap at Bishops Arms, Göteborg 10 C, 2009-06-05 AP: dark with promosing creamy head AR: Coffe F: Hollowt - free falling, not nice! Tested again in Czeck Republic on tap - much better from 2 to 3!

1/2 liter bottle at redlight redlight. Pours dark brown but still translucent. A little thin. Smells like raw cacao with hints of black liquorice. Woody, just a tad roasty, nothing but dark malts. The flavor definitely leaves something to be desired. Not much going on. Really much too thin.

Can. Huge head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, hops, notes of caramel and coffee.

On tap at a local pub. Krusovice Dark is a popular "schwarzbier" in Germany. Pitch black, impenetrable colour, medium soapy off-white head with plenty of lacing. Medium body, low carbonation from the cask, creamy mouthfeel. Aroma of licorice and malt, little else. Taste of bitter chocolate and coffee and a tad of "coal", with a dry, medium bitter finish and a lingering, mildly bitter after taste. Fairly straightforward "schwarzbier", therefore sessionable and quite smooth if not terribly characterful. I can think of a number of more complex, more interesting stouts from England and Ireland!

On tap at a bar in Prague - pours very dark brown/black, with a thick head. Malty, coffee flavour. Very nice.

On tap. Very dark brown/reddish color. Big thick head. Very malty, coffee/caramel taste. Low carbonation. Very drinkable.

Very dark color, smooth caramel taste. One of my favourite chech beers. Very drinkable.