Wild Wolf Brewing Company Strawberry Schwarzcake

Strawberry Schwarzcake

 

Wild Wolf Brewing Company in Nellysford, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production
Score
6.36
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 12
This is not your typical fruit beer and definitely not what you expect when you see its black color and tan head. This beer is extremely light in body with notes of chocolate and roasted malt and just a touch of strawberry flavor to balance the astringency; finishing clean and crisp. If you dislike fruit beer and dark beers – you need to give this beer a try!
 

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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, relatively quick-dying tan head that only shows a centimetre tall off-white head on top. Aroma of bunches of very fresh strawberries, light malt, a touch of toffee and earth and a dose of toasted malt - very nice aroma, perhaps one of the best fruit beers i've smelt in a while - all strawberries! Light to Medium-bodied; Good balance of roasted malt, a touch of coffee and cacao/chocolate and a bigger dose of strawberries with a big hit of sugars and toasted malt at the same time. Aftertaste shows some chocolate and coffee notes with a grassy and earthy finish along with a dash of grain and bitterness at the tail end. Overall, a very nice and incredibly balanced fruit beer with a good and very fresh strawberry flavour and only a dash of the more pungent and noticeable caramelised and toasted malt. Nice to sample and definitely worth a try, especially if you can find it, otherwise it may be worthwhile to try to find this one, if you can, as it is very good, especially for the style. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Springfield, Virginia on 15-December-2017 for US$5,49 sampled at home in Washington on 07-January-2018.

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2018 at 02:12


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

22oz bottle pours a muddy black with some creamy, cream colored head. Nose has dried strawberry, chocolate, malt, toast. Flavor has mild strawberry and bubblegum, chocolate, toast, malt. Dry finish. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2016 at 17:00


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Refrigerated brown bomber poured into glass. Clear medium brown with no lacing. Aroma is strawberry with some poop, medium/light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is cocoa and some strawberry.

Tried on 12 May 2016 at 18:50


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft at the source. Deep maroon color. Aroma of coffee groudns and light fruit. Taste has more roasty coffee and berries. Interesting combination.

Tried from Draft on 03 Sep 2014 at 07:40



6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On draft at the Mad Fox Maibock festival 2014. Pours a clear dark cola brown with a beige head. Somewhat dank aroma. Flavors of roasted chestnuts with a hint of strawberry. Soft carbonation. Mellow finish.

Tried from Draft on 03 May 2014 at 10:21


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Not necessarily great. Seems like an ok idea actually but that’s just because I don’t usually like Schwarzbiers. Pours dark brown with ok head and lacing. Some roast, some strawberry. On tap at DC Beer Festival.

Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2014 at 13:57


6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Faint strawberry nose, sort of artificial, with toast. Fizzy mahogany, thick tan head, good retention and lacing. Medium body, easy carbonation, astringent. Little strawberry presence, much to my relief. Drinks more like a standard schwarzbier, toasted barley. Respectable and fun.

Tried on 16 Nov 2013 at 19:47


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

World of Beer, Arlington tap: Pours black with a beige head. Aroma is mostly lightly roasted malts, grain, and a hint of strawberry. The beer tastes like a schwarbier entirely up to the finish when a hint of the strawberry starts to manifest it as a sort of nice bonus at the end. All things considered, this was done pretty well.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jul 2013 at 07:57


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Had this at the Summer NOVA BrewFest. Poured a dark brown color with a bit of translucency, with notes of strawberries, caramel notes. Flavor was actually light strawberries, a touch of chocolate, bitter notes. Pretty drinkable for such a hot summer day.

Tried on 28 Jun 2013 at 22:20