Krušovice Černe

Brewed by Královský pivovar Krušovice (Heineken)
Style: Schwarzbier
Krusovice, Czech Republic

cerne bohmisches schwarzbier. lightly roasted flavor with a hoppy lager. flavor is weak. watery texture. hoppy aroma with a hint of roasted malts. black in color with a small creamy tan head.

[Bottled] Black with a beige head. Rather, metallic aroma with notes of vegetables. Sugary and burnt flavour. Pretty ok to be a low alcohol schwarzbier.
Earlier Rating: 4/7/2003 Total Score: 3.5
Smells from tar, smoke and some chokolate. A bit thinner taste with a hint of tar. Really fresh with only some sweetness.

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a nicely-lacing tan head. Aroma of grainy nutty German malts and some lightly floral noble hops. Body starts lightly sweet with some grainy earthy character and a thinner, bittersweet finish with a lightly roasted maltiness. Fairly well-balanced, authentic and drinkable.

Pour is a very dark red when held up to light with a nice sized tan head. Aroma is burnt smokyness and is nice when taking that first whiff. Flavor is where this one loses everything. Very watery and thin. So much so you get nothing, im sure there are hops and malts in here somewhere but damn if I can find them. Looks good and smells good but downhill after that.

Draught at Restaurace U Lisku in Prague, May 2006. Dark red brown color, beige head. Malty and burnt scent. Sweet and a bit burnt taste. Medium bitterness, perhaps a bit higher than a "normal" dark lager. Medium to big body. Refreshing feel in the aftertaste. A very nice dark lager taht I try to drink when available on tap in Prague.
Earlier Rating: 4/22/2006 Total Score: 3.3
A "Böhmischen Schwarzbier" specially brewed by Královsky Pivovar for the Swedish market.
A beer sold in a Swedish store other than "Systembolaget" may have max 3.5% alcohol in it.
Bottle from a local supermarket (Hemköp).
Verk dark red, beautiful ruby. Big lasting brown head. Roasted fresh scent. A bit thin mouthfeel. Sort of acid taste, probably from the soft water combined with dark malts. Also burnt and roasted taste. Slightly roasted after taste.

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Draught at a pizza place in Zizkov in Prague
Clear dark reddish brown color, big fluffy tan head. Butterscotch taste, also dry and malty roasted. Acidic, sweet, butterscotch scent. Medium mouthfeel. Rather low bitterness.
7/4/7/3/14=3.5

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(Draught in Plzen)
On June 27, 2008)
Clear dark reddish brown color, fluffy tan head. Sweet malty scent. Sweet, malty and a bit roasted taste. Moussy mouthfeel, low bitterness.
6/4/6/3/12=3.1

This was a nice beer -- at 3.8, it’s a lighter weight dunkel, but still it’s nice to drink and full of a refreshing coffee aroma. Nice beer.

Black beer, 500ml bottle Pours with an uneven (big bubbles on the top, small on the bottom) however beautiful light-light brown head. Strong aroma of dark sugar and burnt barney. Body light though oily, floating on the tongue. Bittersweet taste of surprisingly few flawors, mostly malt but not as burnt as the aroma suggested.

Very dark chcolate brown with a fizzy but well formed head. Some lager notes on the nose, very faint roasted malts, and just a fraction metallic. Very similar in the mouth; the roast picks up a notch but still very much in the subtle mould, probably not inappropriate for the style. Drank at the end of the shelf life, and could have suffered a little as a result.