On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, dewy peat moss absorbs molasses-daubed cocoa dusting and mild Christmastime ginger, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon spicing as recessive brown-leafed dark-roast hop astringency wavers thru gingerbread finish.
Tag Archives: dark lager
VON TRAPP TROSTEN
On tap at Jealous Monk, dewy dark lager with mildest smoked rauchbier influence provides wispy smoke bacon dash for Bakers chocolate, chicory coffee and ashen chestnut whims above cocoa-powdered carafa malting.
JACK’S ABBY CO-PILOT: LEOPOLD
Stylishly mish-mashed bronze-cleared semi-dark Czech lager unites spritzy lemon-dropped tartness with dry fungi-mossed dewiness, leafy hop astringency and sour cider riff over bland white breaded bottom.
VON TRAPP DUNKEL LAGER
DEFIANT / TWO VILLAINS THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT ROLL THE DICE
On tap at Growler & Gill, deviously offbeat hybridized one-off utilizes lightly brined squid-inked smoke peach adjunct to casually affect its doppelbock-like maple sugaring, brown ale-like chestnut/hazelnut snag and dark lagered fig-dried black malt dryness. Needs more pronounced squid-inked peach intensity.
TEXELS SKUUMKOPPE SPECIAALBIER
PORT CITY MUNICH DUNKEL
On tap at Ambulance, ‘traditional easy drinking’ dark lager retains mild toffee sugaring for dewy fungi soiling and toasted grain crisping.
BENNY DUNKEL DARK LAGER
Stylishly washed-out canned version of weary dunkel. Dry sherry, sour chocolate and barren nuttiness flicker above toasted grain base.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS NIGHT SCHOOL HOPPY BLACK LAGER
On tap at Ambulance, hybridized black lager combines black-malted dark chocolate roast with dankly resinous hop char. Minor soy, cocoa and day-old coffee illusions drift off. Serve to schwarzbier fans.
MOTHER EARTH DARK CLOUD MUNICH-STYLE DUNKEL LAGER
Old fashioned dark lager parades dark-roast chocolate malts across black rye breading, mossy peat dewiness and dried fig swig, recalling English-styled ESB with its underlying earthen brown tea bittering. Tertiary toffee, pecan and burnt toast reminders waver.
BROOKLYN INSULATED DARK LAGER
Decisive medium-bodied dark lager brings sweet tobacco-roasted carafa malting to smoky Blackstrap molasses bittering, dry hop-charred singe and cocoa-dried coffee slumber. Cola, hazelnut and walnut illusions swim alongside rice-browned mocha-like splendor in the midst.
STRANGEWAYS BOOM! CHOC-O-LOTTA CHOCOLATE LAGER
‘Luscious’ chocolate-roasted märzen lager aged over ‘gobs of cocoa nibs and vanilla beans’ imparts milk chocolate sweetness above Octoberfest-related dark roasted barley malting and leafy Noble hop astringency. Splendid dried cocoa finish may benefit from richer vanilla influence.