Introduced at 2003 Oregon Brewers fest, unfiltered cola-hazed Schwarzbier-styled German black beer opens with spruced hop nose, pine malt musk and nutty dark chocolate-coffee variance. Smoked wood bitterness stays on tongue forever. Firm finish adds brusque black licorice swirl and ashy residual to the mocha mix.

Coarse brown-hued tan-headed German-styled ‘black beer’ mutates from sourly dried fig-prune frontage to chocolate-coffee-influenced finish, as dark fruited midst and laid-back mocha remnant beckon. Roasted barley-hop undercurrent sweetens the deal.

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.