A deep red-brown beer with a thick brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate, and a citrusy hop note. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel at first, before notes of citrus and hints of chocolate joins in, leading to a dry and quite bitter end from a combination of roasted malt and hops. But the body is a bit thin, as You often find in Schwarzbiers. I find it like an American interpretaion of a Schwarzbier, and quite nice.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Transparently black, average head. Aroma of resiny hops, metal and rec currant. The clean, hard crystal malt character gives a shiny metallic surface, but no depth. The pleasant hop character provides some interesting flavours and a soothing finishwith restrained bitterness. A decent beer with an awful bogus commercial description. This is extremely American in style, and I have no idea what they are talking about to when they are referring to it as a Bavarian style beer. Black Forest isn’t even in Bavaria.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, reddish chestnut brown with a small, off-white head. Fruity, berry-like nose. Medium-bodied with roasted malts and some burned caramel accents. Some malt astringency. Decent - but I believe the Germans would laugh at this to be considered a Schwarz. 080507

Light palate and body for the style. Caramel accent, touch of smokiness. A better mass-produced schwarzbier is Kootenay Black Lager, from Labatts, to say nothing of PUP Jouluolut from Finland.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours deep brown and golden deep amber with a small lacing tan head. Mild roasted malty aroma, light liqourice and hoppy fruity. Sweet and fruity flavour with a light breadish roasted malt note. Lingering fruity hops finish, quite distinct and slight liqourice flavoured too. Not the classic schwarz bier yet a pleasant interpretation of the style.