Schmucker Schwarz Bier

Brewed by Privat-Brauerei Schmucker
Style: Schwarzbier
Mossautal, Hessen, Germany

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear orangey brown with a fine beige head. Roasted almost coffeeish - aroma. Medium body, sweet rosted malts and some dark chocolate. Surprisingly no real bitterness. 041009

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium red brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee, light soapy. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20091004]

Date: 06/02/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark brown, wispy dirty white head, drops of lace, sweet chocolate aroma with light earthy hops, good chocolate flavor, nice caramel sweetness, light balancing hops, long light bitter finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Pours a transparent copper amber with a lightly-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet earthy dark caramel malt with a touch of noble hops. Body starts slightly sweet and with mild hints of toasted caramel and light butterscotch. Finishes thin with more light caramel flavor. Fairly true to style.

Bottle: Deep amber coloured, very small, lacing foamy layer; moderate dark malty nose with a distinctive toasted-malty touch; light bodied, mainly dry bitter (-malty) flavour; malty, toasted-malty bitterness, almost a bit coffeeish, in the short finish. A decent, but not a great Schwarzbier.......

(bottle) Clear reddish brown colour with a short, slightly off-white foamy head. Sweet malty, shy roasted aroma with light notes of caramel. Medium to light sweet flavour, rather slim bodied with a medium carbonation. Slightly papery taste with hints of roasted malt and traces of caramel and dried fruits; dry, light-bitter and malty finish. Mediocre brew, which is lacking the profound attributes of a real Schwarzbier.

Drinking from a vottle of Odenwalder Schwarz Beer: This poured a deep mahogany body with a thick tan head that did some sparse lacing. The aroma is sweet with roasted malt. A bit thin, but it delivers some nice roasted flavors and a malty sweetness that’s held in check by a light earthy bitterness. Not complex, but sessionable.

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Chestnut color with a light tan head. Coffee and burnt malt aroma. Weak sweet coffee front followed by a dry black malt bitterness. Really not a lot more to this one.