Creamy molasses-sugared coffee ice cream opening fades badly to abrasive nutty sourness. Resinous hop-oiled nut-roasted astringency picks up oats-toasted cocoa chalking, mild chocolate-seeded mellowing, and phenol dried fruiting. Ho-hum.

Unconventional winter lager better classified as first rate schwarzbier since expectant seasonal spicing lacks penetration. Barley-roasted cocoa-powdered mocha indulgence counters ashy walnut bittering and dry hop-charred astringency to earthen peat bottom. Stove-burnt coffee, chocolate seed, smoked molasses, and fig-date illusions politely sour smooth medium-bodied contrariety.

Smooth jet black schwarzbier with egg-shelled cherry wood head recalls finer Baltic porters. Brown-sugared cocoa-dried Baker’s chocolate frontage receives subtle peat-smoked peanut-shelled walnut, cola nut, and Brazil nut bittering to offset sweet toffee, caramel, and cookie dough sweetness. Oily coffee souring, mild espresso dirge, and peat-smoked mineral-grained soy nuance add depth to a creamier, more assertive black lager than usual ill-defined rivals.

Murky cocoa-soured astringency, lousy compost waft, and nasty vegetal spell ruin dried prune-fig souring as well as Muscat wine appeal. Mired in nebulous day-old black bread funk, this warbled German-styled brew seems unbalanced, spreading inconclusive black grape, fennel, and pumpernickel illusions across rotted bock-like variance to phenol finish.

Dry roasted coffee sourness entangles chocolate milkshake sweetness contrasting mildly bitter cocoa-powdered prune-fig conflux and faded pecan-chestnut roast of interesting mahogany-hued Canadian Schwarzbier. Moderate caramel creaminess tantalizes smoked hickory recess and cola nut egress.

Rosy amber-hued dunkel (dark) lager matches dry rye frontage and toasted barley slot to punctual date-raisin conflux. Simmering cocoa-caramel creaminess usurps orange-cherry-quince sway clanging sweet honey nut contour.

Earthen maroon-hued dark-lagered Schwarzbier retains hop-charred baker’s chocolate malting to dry burnt coffee finish. Ashen hickory and charcoal embers deplete cocoa-powdered fig-date souring. Off-putting cooked vegetable backdrop corrupts underlying toffee-vanilla-anise sweetness and walnut-cola nut astringency.

Caliginous mahogany hue, pungent mocha aroma, and rich malted grain insistence may mislead some to believe this is a heady brew. Instead, it’s soft on palate to black licorice-enhanced hop-backed finish. Reminiscent of Sapporo Black Stout by leaning towards moderate side without sacrificing dark beer tendencies.

Pour slowly heavily hopped maroon-hued dark lager so obtrusive carbonation doesn’t smother freeze-dried coffee palate, bitter cocoa flourish, and roasted barley depth. Oily phenol finish turns softly sweet when warmed. Brewery defunct: 2005.

Lighter than classified, German ‘black lager’ does have a dark complexion but its unrealized earthy grain presence goes cardboard in no time flat. Hidden behind carbolic hops and honeyed barley lies creamy mocha-chocolate thrift. Too weak to fight.

Oddball Bavarian-styled black (a.k.a. dark) wheat ale benefits from peculiar chocolate-covered banana opening and hop-roasted smoked malt buttress, but suffers a bit from harsh nutty astringency. Creamy milk chocolate-y center makes up ground, but leathery tobacco quilt smothers preferred vanilla sweetness and powdered cocoa souring.

Soothingly creamed barley-roasted Bavarian dark lager finds relaxing middle ground between musty molded breading and sugary brown chocolate spicing. Sharp hop bittering contrasts ancillary vanilla, cocoa and walnut illusions, mellowing syrupy caramel malt backdrop.