Louny Tmavý Ležák (Premium Black Label) 12°

Brewed by Pivovar Louny (Heineken)
Style: Schwarzbier
Louny, Czech Republic

Bottle. Frothy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Heavy malty roasted caramellic aroma. Moderate sweet and bitter flavor. Moderate bitter average finish. Strong caramellic notes. Oily palate. Nice.

Bottle. Clear brownish colour with a medium off white head. Rich malty aroma and taste with notes of caramel and chocalte. on the sweet side.

Rated:30.03.2007, rated with chmurarz
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Head is off- brown, quickly decreasing. Ruby, deep amber to brown body, aroma of smoked malts and wood plank. Flavour is sweet, spicy, caramel, very little bitterness or smoke, mild beverage with texture of tee with carbonation of flat coke. Smooth and low to medium bodied.

Kein gelungenes Schwarzbier. Es sieht schon gut aus, aber ist mir zu süß und zu malzig. Kann sich mit den Top-Schwarzen wie dem Köstritzer nicht messen.

Picked this up randomly at Pivni Galerie, Prague. Pours a ruby black with miniscule slight off white head. Nose somewhat like McChouffe, spicy and yeasty, nutmeg, minor chocolate and roast tones; however this beer seriously falls flat on the palate, with a body like flat cola and a taste to match: rather thin and syrupy.Initial coppery oxidization, burned brown sugar. Mild acetyl alcohol taste towards the finish. Not a great pick.

Not sure how I ended up drinking a Czech beer in my short stay in Berlin. Chalk it up to not enough German. Dark caramel brown, nice cap of tan foam. Rustic bread and perked coffee aroma. Over-sweet chocolate flavor. Not nearly enough roast to back it up, and it ends up sticky and flabby.

Oh, this wasn’t up to my expectations. Dark brown, off white head. Caramel flavor but it was just too damn sweet. Sticky palate. Look...it’s not a great flavor and it tastes like a cup of coffee into which someone put 6 sugars. (on tap at Berlin restaurant...Restaurant Zur Gerichtslaube, Poststrasse 28).

Bottle, from Edeka, Harrislee. Pours a deep red burgundy, bordering on black. There is a staying small creamy beige head. Aroma has roasted malts, with a background of slight fruityness. Mouthfeel is a little thin. So is the taste. Very roasted and sugary sweet. Seems a little unbalanced between the two. The sweetness seems a little artificial.