Schwaben Bräu Das Schwarze

(Bottle 50cl.) Pours dark brown with a reddish hue and a nice beige head. Roasty aroma. Flavour is pilsner with a little black malt addition. Finish some liquorise. Light body but good drinkability

Not bad at all. Dark brown color with a big long lasting beige head. Smell of roasted malt, coffee. Taste is medium sweet of roasted malts, chocolate,cofee and some smoked. Aftertaste is almost bitter-sweet. Light body.

No 805
Rated: 17.08.2009
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours dark red to brown, strongly roasted body, body carbonation is rather gentle, head is brownish, cappuccino like, very nice in colour in deed, foamy to frothy, leaving gentle lacing, initially medium, slowly decreasing to small.
Aroma: Rusty, roasty, reminding me roasty white meat like the one of chicken, no fruity accents, strong black ashy roasted barley malt, classically simple according to its style, notes of coffee, dark dessert chockolate, some notes of cacao, no sweetness present.
Flavour: Salty and roasty to ashy front, later on nice notes of herbal - citrussy Pilsener like bitterness become present, very nice pure roasted barley grains displayed on palate plus strong bitter-tangy-astringent hoppy touches. Tastes in fact like sharply bitter dark version of the Classic German Pilsener without hint of sweetness.
Palate: Body is medium, texture is dry, carbonation on palate is moderate to low, finish feel is highly astringent, grainy, very clean, salty, slightly sour, mineral, complex and impressive.

500 ml bottle. Black colour, brown head that dissipates too quickly and leaves no lace, not what one expect for the style. Bad start. Smell is roasted, some coffee and a bit metallic. Taste is a little better, but very fainty, coffee, caramel, roasted. I was expecting much more from this one. At least is drinkable.

50cl bottle poured into a dimpled mug. Very dark amber with two fingers tan head. Aroma is a bit roasty. Flavor is roasty, nutty, a bit bitter. High carbonation. Bitter finish. Not bad, pretty drinkable.

Poured a very dark brown that’s almost red when held up to the sunlight. Beige head that disappeared too quickly for my liking and no lacing. Smell wasn’t very impressive but did have some roasted coffee to it. Flavor was pretty good with some bitter cocoa, smoke, and coffee. A little too watery for a great score. Drinkable.

bottle, bought to marinate the wild boar joint and try the rest. Clear darkish brown colour, large beige head. Watery, bitter with only the tiniest hints of caramel and bitter chocolate. No hints of malt. For my taste not even good to marinate the wild boar - used Lobkowicz dar beer instead.

(BBE 12/08) Near black colored with medium sized beige head. Aroma is roasted with slight cardboard, sweet caramel is also here. Medium bodied. Flavor is also roasted with more cardboard and grains, aftertaste dries with hops. Slightly watery beer.