Schwaben Bräu Das Schwarze

Brewed by Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu (InBev)
Style: Schwarzbier
Stuttgart, Germany

Overall a weak offering from Schwabenbraeu. Thin, bready, not as sweet as most Schwarzbiere.

Bottle: Dark licorice color, nice retentive white head, nice lacing. Nose of nice robust chocolate and fig. Lagered, very underastringent, thin body, lightly metallic, subtle roast and char. Flavor is lacking, not too exciting past the nose. Thin finish. Thanks BuckeyeBoy.

Flip top bottle pours out a very dark brown topped with a small tan head. Ilight roast aroma and tast. i didn’t have high hopes for this on eand it lived up to them. O WELL Thanks Dirk for carring this one back for me.

Bottle: Nice brown pour with a smaller beige head. Smells a little malty, bready, and sweet. Tastes of roasted malt, bread, and some bitters. Crisp finish and lingering bitters. Thanks BuckeyeBoy.

Bottle pours a dark brown, clear with a small tn head. Light roasted malts and sme brown sugar. Flavor was dark roasted woody and bitter. This anf fizzy. Thanks to buckeyeboy for this one

Black beer, amber highlights, with beige head and coffee-caramel aroma. Somewhat hoppy for a schwarz, which are usually lots of style with very little substance. Dark malts and caramel in the flavor. Light in the mouth, managing thin without being watery. Welcomed bitter finish.

BB 28.06.07      Cola colored, rather flat. An off-white head doesn’t last long except for a skinny film. We were told to serve this close to room temperature, but that still did little to bring out the aromatics... light, dry roastiness, mild worty notes, a touch of sourness and metal and some mild coffee. Thinly flavored also with roasted malts leading the way to mild licorice and a light sourness. Wholly unimpressive. A world-reknowned beer reviewer lists this as one of his "top 500 beers in the world", and I begin to question his credibility.

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Bottle. Light brown fluffy high head. Clear dark red body. Dry and peppey roasted malt aroma. Peppery flavor seeming to have a lot of carbonation. Not swee berries as expected, actually I find it relatively bitter although with a thin body.