Samson Černý Tmavé Výčepní (Dark)

500ml bottle from Tesco, Plzen. Very deep ruby colour with thin beige head. Charcoal aroma and then this dark plum/cherry sweetish fruit in moouth. If I was given this as a mild, I’d say it’s a tad sweet. OK for drinking, but just a tad too sweet.

500 ml bottle. Pours reddish-brown, lingering tan head. Smells of some dark malts, but also some corn sugar, although somehow this isn’t too bad. At least there’s no skunk for a green-bottled import (but the native version is in a brown bottle? Curse those Heinekens!). I’m tasting this after some honey-roast peanuts, so I’m picking up plenty of sweetness. Very grainy taste up front, but not as corny as the smell suggested. Fizz is more along the lines of a thick cola. In fact, the taste reminds me of the non-alcoholic kvas sodas in Russian neighborhood grocers. Other raters mention rye bread, and that’s in kvas, alright. Not a great dunkel, but more character and spunk than most American "dark" beers, and interesting in itself. Available at <a href=/Place/illinois/willowbrook/binny’s-beverage-depot-willowbrook/2069.htm>Binny’s.of Willowbrook.

Absolutely terrific. There’s something really unusual going on here in the flavor profile, and it’s kind of hard to describe. Moderate thickness for a dunkel. Pretty sweet. Moderate fizz. A weird hoppy flavor - sort of herbal. I love this one.

In the bottle from Beertopia. Pours brown with a resilient beige creamy head. This has a mild roasted aroma that covers up an initial slight skunkiness. The flavor is nicely caramel and creamy chocolate. Very passable beer when considering that it costs only $2.79 for a 0.5L bottle.

brown with beige small head. roasted caramel syrup malt. watery and light. a bit flat