Peter Straubs Special Dark

Brewed by Straub Brewery
Style: American Dark Lager
St. Marys, Pennsylvania USA

Pours a golden amber with a quick to fade white head. Aromas of light toffee, caramel, some nut, touch of grain and hop. Flavors are mild of light caramel, hops, and grain. Watery. Sort of just plain bland. Sort of refreshing and crisp.

12oz bottle via trade with zathrus13, thanks jeff! pours a clear, light amber, with a thin, whispy, white head and decent lacing. aroma is decent with slight sweet, nutty malts, earthy hops, and dusty grain. flavor is very similar to Newcastle with dark, mildly roasted, nutty malts, some caramel sweetness, and a little hop presence. palate is highly carbonated and a touch watery. overall, certainly a step above BMC and not bad for a lawnmower beer.

12 ounce bottle thanks to Jeff. Pours a deep amber color with a medium white head- not exactly dark! A sweet grainy nose. Loads of sweet glue-like grains, caramel, light hops. Quaffable and decent. Watery.

Bottle. I was pretty impressed by this beer. A sort of a domestic twist on Newcastle Brown Ale. Way too sweet for a Dark Lager but charming leaving out conformity to the style.

Caramel colored and full of diacetyl. Sourness in taste as well. Nearly a drain pour , but I’m in a bar and might get kicked out if I took the pitcher to the bathroom.

Bottle. Pours slightly cloudy anber with a thin tan head. The nose is sweet malt and light earthy hops. The taste is pretty much the same with more sweet than hops coming though. Lighter bodied. Pretty unremarkable.

A prototype dark lager. Deep amber, with a light billowy head. heavy malt aroma, with little hop presence. Very malty, and a little raw and dusty in the flavor, but not to the level of unpleasantness.

Bottle. Pours amber/copper, with white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, and maybe a bit of fruit. Flavor is much the same. Bosy is a bit watery. An decent enough session beer.