Sprecher Black Bavarian

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Schwarzbier
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

(Bottle) Pours an opaque brown color with a small, fizzy tan head. Solid aroma of roasted coffee and light cocoa. Flavor includes light burnt caramel and hazelnut as well. Moderate bitterness imparts a dry finish. Rich mouthfeel, yet extremely drinkable. A pleasant surprise from Sprecher!

pours black (no shit) with minimal head. aromas are coffee ground, burnt caramel, smoke, and a light creaminess. taste is very roasted with slight toffeeness. mid taste the beer develops a certain tangy-ness along with mild sweetness and smoothness hard to describe. finish is tart and smoky with a little mineral note. very good stuff.

Wonderful aroma, Malt, a nice rich coffee, and earthy undertones. Appearance did it for me, I’m a sucker for a thick dark beer with a nice tan head. Overall a great beer, definitely one I’ll be drinking more of.

Bottle. Pours deep, dark, rich, oily brown with the faintest amber highlights. Great nose: roasted malt, smoked (almost burnt) wood, peat, roasted coffee.... very nice. Full and rich on the palate. A little weaker flavor than expected given the intense complexity of the nose. Still quite nice though. Full bodied and rich with the roasted malt shining through.

Bottle in Milwaukee. I thought this was an excellent schwarzbier. Probably a little fuller in malt flavor than the Kulmbacher schwarzbier-- wh ich I also liked. Definitely rich and full in taste and body-- would like to try sometime on tap.

4/23/2007: Sprecher Black Bavarian pours out a milk chocolate brown color. The beer looks pretty clear on the pour, but opaque in the glass. The head is average in size and is foamy, somewhat puffy in texture, and mocha in color. I leaves layer-like lacing and the residual crown looks like coffee does when the cream is first poured in... The aroma contains dark roasted malts, deep caramel, and maybe some complex fruit characteristics. The flavor is roasted malt and dark chocolate (Dutch cocoa) with some slight charcoal hints. The finish has a roasty cocoa flavor. Overall the beer has an equaling bitterness that balances this beer nicely. The body is nearly full and the texture/mouthfeel is creamy and amazingly smooth (tiny carbonation bubbles). Specher Black Bavarian is super easy to drink with great roastiness and complexity in the flavor. It would be quite easy to drink the entire 4-pack of this in one sitting! 16 oz bottle (33962 FL 070721159) from Jungle Jim’s; 5.8% ABV.

Chicago Trip. Friday 20:00. On tap at Hop Leaf. A beer to take to the dining room. Lasting thin dark head. Black beer. Dark malt spice aroma with a hint of molasses. Big prune taste with dusty malt and ashes. A contrast to the light beer used to boil the mussels.

12 oz. Dark, sweet, mild/smooth roast, easy. Perfect example of style. Beer of the month club offering.