Black Lager
Balter Brewing in Currumbin, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Special|
Score
6.98
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Like a biker ballerina, this beer looks tough as nails but is light on its feet with all the right moves. Surprisingly smooth to sip, its subtle chocolate and espresso notes finish with a pop of cherry and shimmy of molasses-all from rice, barley and hops. Proof you can wear black and still be the life of the party.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pint on tap at The Brick Factory, Hobart. Very dark cola-brown beer with a thin layer of crema on top. Patchy lacing. Coffee nose, hint of dark fruit perhaps. Fizzy, medium bodied. Finish has dark chocolate and very late lingering cherry. Interesting beer, definitely a lager but with a subtly complex flavour profile. Also....I got a FREE beanie!
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2026
at 10:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Nutty, roasty nose with dark chocolate, light fruit, citrus. Woody roasted flavor, dark chocolate and caramel, touch of licorice, citrus. Solid.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2025
at 03:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
I thought I’d already rated this… picked up at the brewery last August when visiting Currumbin.
Balter black lager 5.4%
Great roasty dark lager with chocolate bun malt notes. I felt it was a dry light easy drinking well-balanced schwarzbier.
Balter black lager 5.4%
Great roasty dark lager with chocolate bun malt notes. I felt it was a dry light easy drinking well-balanced schwarzbier.
Tried
from Can
at
Balter Brewing - Taproom
on 31 Oct 2025
at 07:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
What's with all these Japanese-influenced black lagers in Australia all of a sudden? Has there been an evening class? Can. Almost black, light tan head that's soon a coat. Aroma of coffee, powdery roast, bread. Quite sweet with dark roasted coffee to balance. Modest bitterness. OK, perhaps a little meek.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2025
at 12:02