On tap at Seven Lakes Station, stylishly robust Czech-styled dark lager matches coffee-burnt brown breading with mild cocoa powdering as herbal Saaz hops provide slight earthen mustiness.
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DESTINATION UNKNOWN BLACKWATER BAY SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Ambulance, dry Black patent-malted dark chocolate roast fades quickly as murky licorice-stained toffee sweetness and distant Brazil nut/ walnut illusions flutter. Better than OK.
YOUNG VETERANS DEATH BY POWERPOINT BLACK LAGER
On tap at 3 Knots Taphouse – Onancock, dried cocoa onrush picks up cola, walnut and Brazil nuttiness plus black tea earthiness and ashen hop char to contrast less distinct black licorice stash.
SCHILLING RENNSTEIG SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Taphouse 15 and bettering most nebulous German dark lagers (schwarzbiers) currently on US market, well-designed moderation spreads dry coffee-stained Baker’s chocolate sustenance atop fresh baked rye breading, picking up mild candied toffee sweetness to contrast herb-tinged earthen truffle backend.
BAY STATE VELVET REVOLUCE BLACK LAGER
Brisk carbolic thrust prickles sour-milked burnt coffee bittering before mossy fungi cellar funk and mildewed fig desiccation nudge weedy brown-leafed hop foliage of musky black-malted lager.
GRIMM LITHOS SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, unsweetened cocoa nibs and carob-powdered nuttiness consume medium-bodied black lager. At the midst, dry black patent malt bittering brings day-old coffee remnant as mild Noble hop char singes leathery dried fruited swipe.
EAST ROCK BLACK LAGER
Lightly smoked dark chocolate bittering enjoins freeze-dried coffee sourness and distant earthen mossing for silken black-malted schwarzbier. Stylishly OK.
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On tap at Growler & Gill, heavy coconut-chocolate infusion and milk-sugared vanilla sweetness embellish off-beat hybridized schwarzbier. Usually a tediously nebulous black lager style never as worthily profound as a permier porter-stout, Singlecut’s heightened schwarz proves to be one step ahead of the dull pack in terms of distinct flavor profiling. Its coconut-chocolate-vanilla aspirations invite lovely gingerbread, sarsaparilla, cinnamon and toffee illusions to join the malt-roasted party. “A unique spin” on a German black beer. In the can, sweet coconut-chocolate enclave receives dryer Black Patent malt bittering, coffee-dried nut char and cocoa powdered chalking.
FIDDLEHEAD SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Ambulance (and named after a popular children’s picture book), dewy fig-spiced black lager malting provides fine initial impression for scaled-up German-styled schwarzbier. Bittersweet chocolate-seeded toffee spell quickly conquered by latent coffee-roasted burnt breading. Much neglected black lager category well served by this rangy moderate-medium body.
CATSKILL NIGHTSHINE BLACK LAGER
On tap at A Better Place, seamless schwarzbier utilizes dehusked black malts to set up chalky black chocolate malting and ashen cocoa-dried bittering for nutty hop char. Blackened mocha richness gains latent black grape, black currant and Blackstrap molasses illusions.
ASBURY PARK SMOKED BLACK LAGER
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, beechwood-smoked barley roast deepens dark chocolate malting, black licorice licks and candied toffee nicety. Peppery citrus nip fills the backend.
RAHR & SONS UGLY PUG BLACK LAGER
On tap at Brick House Tavern – Plano, eager-to-please schwarzbier leaves rich dark-roasted mocha trail. Black patent-malted chocolate and coffee tones enjoin earthen peat dewiness and ancillary fig-date snips as its burnt toast spine develops firmness.