Sweet-scented creamy-headed tawny Bavarian knockoff brings spiced-hop bittering to acrid lemon zest. Dirty grain finish disintegrates caramel malt underling and distant maple illusion. Decent choice for novices ready to appreciate gentle German-styled brew, but too inefficient for the rest.

Rich malt-grained coffee roast inundates minimal-headed mahogany porter. Relaxing burgundy luster dabs coffee bean finish. Magically, there’s plenty of mocha creaminess sans expectant hop bitterness.

Rich Brazilian features dark mocha essence, chewy caramel malt center, and bittersweet dried fruit midst for pleasant light porter vigor. Bitter chocolate resin infiltrates barley-oats-toasted floral bouquet in the distance.

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.