Water Street Black Lager

Brewed by Water Street Brewery
Style: Schwarzbier
Delafield, Wisconsin USA

Or a dry stout. Draught at the Milwaukee location. Black. Dry with grain, and moderately roasted. Thin palate, it needs more body, but it is smooth.

On tap at the Delafield location. Poured deep brown with a well-retained, creamy beige head. The aroma picked up soft chocolate and bready notes upfront with a little earth and faint floral hoppage around.. quite enjoyable. The flavor found toasty chocolate, coffee, and lesser molasses surrounded by earthy accents.. hints of smoke on the back.. tasty and well-balanced. Light-bodied with great use of malts in here.. higher carbonation moved it well across the palate.. dry and well-balanced. This was a great surprise!

On Tap in Milwaukee. this beer poured black with a small white head that went away. very tasty combination of chocolate and roasted nuts.

On tap at the Delafield location. Poured a deeper brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of roast, nuts, and chocolate. Tastes of nuts, roast, chocolate, and caramel.

On tap at Water Street Brewery in Milwaukee. Blacks with a thin tan head. Aroma of light dark malt, caramel, roasted malt and bread. Taste of dark malt, roasted malts, caramel, and light molasses. Body is over carbonated and finishes chewy and astringent.

Draught at the brewpub (Downtown Milwaukee location). Clear brown color with thin white head that left no lace. Smelled of brown sugar and milk chocolate. Flavor was similar with a light roasty accent. Unfortunately there was a strange industrial cleaner-like bitterness. Watery mouth feel. Not well done.

translucent brown w/ hints of red. Thick creamy tan head that wouldnt’ lace. Very light aroma touches of soap, lemon, and grain. Palate is nearly water, Flavor is lemon pledge meets miller light meats bag o year old feed garin.. Just bad.

Dark brown color with a small thin isle of beige bubbles atop. Caramel and creamed corn aromas. Not quite as bad as it sounds. More different than anything else. After the first taste, sweet weak coffee comes to mind. THere is a mild caramel flavor that over toward the end. Seems like a strong brown ale.