Sprecher Black Bavarian

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

Had after a tour of the brewpub. Coffee up front with a caramel finish - good stuff.

2008 bottle. Pours simply opaque...as black as they come, with quickly fading tan head. Faint aroma is caramel and dark malt with some chocolate cookie hints. Taste is good roasted malt, good coffee black, good hint of molasses, good rich caramel, but some kind of bad funky almost sour note in the background that really distracts throughout. Could just be the Schwarzbier style...not one I can say I’m a fan of just yet. Alot of good things going on in this one, just a little disappointing in the finish.

[2338-20090726] 16floz bottle. Sweet cherry wood and mild caramel floral aroma. Very dark red brown body with a quick foamy light brown head. Roasted wood malt flavour has hints of dark chocolate and is initially thin followed with a heavy roast and long finish. Full body. Very roasty, good.
(w/ jerc, manuchampions)

Pours black with a very cream, dense tan head that lingers after it’s poured. Aroma is slightly sour, lots of peat, caramel with a light chocolate, coffee and smoke note. Flavor starts off sweet with a chocolate kick but quickly moves to a bitter coffee/black patent kick, light dark fruit note toward the end with a very dry finish. Brew has a great mouth feel due to it being super smooth and well carbonated. Overall a fantastic brew and one I that you can drink any time.

On tap at blue palms. Pours with a kahki head over a brown body. Aroma of coffee, caramel and light smokey bacon. Taste is coffee, smoke, a bit bitter. Creamy bubbles.

2009-07-26. Black body with a modest foamy tan head that fades. (3+) Aroma has an unexpected sweet fruit touch. Light caramel and earthy malt touches. Flavour is sweeter than expected, light fruity overtones, sweet malt base that has a light tang in the finish. Smooth medium bodied palate is lightly carbonated. (3+) Bottle says the expiry date is 0709, so it may have more time beyond the few months in my cellar. I was expecting more of a bitter roasty schwarzbier, and it came off as more porter like. Decent, bit quirky, but pleasant overall. Bottle from HogTownHarry

Shiny black, airy brown layer of foam that lingers briefly. The rich rummy butter and smokey molasses nose of a warm sticky toffee pudding, sweet date notes around the edges. Coal smoke roast, pleasantly high frequency with only a faint caramel and raisin middle note. Toasted rye bread exhale with a little ashy cocoa finish. Distinctive, well-crafted beer.

The aroma is earthy, vegetable, wood, coffee. The appearance is black (duh!), an inky black, tan head. The flavor is roasted coffee, chocolate, vegetable/tomato, molasses. The finish is light earthy hops, and roastiness. Medium smooth mouthfeel. Decent beverage.