Rahr & Sons Ugly Pug

Brewed by Rahr & Sons Brewing
Style: Schwarzbier
Fort Worth, Texas USA

Date: 09/15/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear dark ruby red, whispy beige head, light sweet roasted aroma, thin body, nice mellow roasted flavor, creamy lager character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Draught at the brewery
Hazy dark brown color. Light aroma of roasted malt and wet cardboard. The flavor is weak, with the same mix.

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 01/10/2005 Amber coloured with a fruit aroma. Crisp dry finish.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with bu11zeye (thanks!). Poured a deeper reddish brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of roasted vegetables (reminded me of broccoli that was left on way too long), chcoloate, and light coffee. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, and light coffee.

(Draft at brewery) Pours a medium brown body with a large rocky beige head. Malty aroma. Flavor of malt, roastiness, and nuts.

Bottle courtesy of Walt. Pours a nice mahogany dark amber color with an appetizing rocky, pillowy light tan head. Earthy grainy and semisweet dark crystal malty aroma has a touch of German lager yeast. Starts very thin and watery with mild caramel sweetness and hoppy bitterness. Finishes with some lingering roasted malt. This needs about 50% more malt in it to give it the nice sweetness I enjoy in a schwarzbier. Just too thin and watered down, otherwise not bad.

Pours dark brown with a thin ring of white bubbles. Smells of coffee and dust. Taste is a weird combination of coffee and over the top lemons. Not balanced at all.

No head, still deep dark brown body. Chewy raisens and maple in the nose, with some smoked maple wood scents. Kind of flat tasting, pale, light, almost flavorless. Bland cardboard undertones of some mild, rubbery smoked malt flavors.