Xingu Black Beer

Aroma: caramel, floral, raisin, Appearance: black, clear, brown head Taste: medium sweetness, lightly bitter, Palate: medium body, creamy, average carbonation, abrupt finish Decent

Colour clear dark brown, good but loose foamy tan head, diminishes slowly, thin layer remains, good lacing. Sweet malty aroma, roasted, cocoa, dark fruit, sugar syrup. Flavour medium to heavy sweet, tropical fruits, sugary. Fruity sweet and slightly bitter finish. Ddifficult to categorize, kind of light fruit beer, though a bit thin on the whole nice enough for me.

12 ounce bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy very dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, molasses, raisin, plum, fig, light char, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and light-moderate dark fruit notes; with solid strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, molasses, raisin, plum, fig, light char, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Minimal roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, molasses, raisin, plum, fig light char, and roast/yeast earthiness. Nice complexity and robustness of dark/roasted malt and light-moderate dark fruit notes; with no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.6%. Overall this is a nice Schwarzbier style. All around good complexity and robustness of dark/roasted malt and light-moderate dark fruit flavors; and very smooth to drink. A fair bit fruity in the nose and taste, but not by an overwhelming amount. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Aroma: Roasted caramel. Flavour: Pretty sweet with notes of caramel, a slight dry bitter finish. Colour: Dark reddish brown with an offwhite head.

Bottle from Morrisons. Dark almost black beer with a thin tan head. Aroma has a bit of malt, the taste less so but with a spritzy lime taste.

Duft av rosin, krydder og litt lakris. Dyp sort farge. tyn hinne skum, ring langs kant. God smak av vørter, krydder, rosin og en anelse lakris.

Clear, near-opaque black beer with a thin head. Aroma is sweet, lightly chocolatey malt. In the flavour the chocolatey malt is matched by a twist of fruit. There’s not much body to it and it’s every so slightly on the watery side but it’s a perfectly drinkable beer all the same.