Kidd Black Lager (Schwarzbier)
Fort Collins Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.84
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This dark & intriguing Schwarzbier is brewed with Chocolate Malt and German Tettnang hops for a balanced, Crisp, Clean taste. Dark caramel in flavor with a finish reminiscent of a Smoking Gun.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours mahogany into a shaker. Off-white micro head with excellent retention leaves spot lacing as it recedes. Smoke and caramel aromas. Dry from front to back with a smoke backbone.
Tried
on 12 May 2008
at 08:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap at the brewpub - Pours brown with a good roast malt aroma. The flavor is of roast malt with some smokiness that adds a nice touch. Medium bodied and lightly hopped, it’s an easy drinking and rather tasty brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2008
at 13:32
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Chocolate milk hints at the lid pop. I was expecting a yellow lager! Nice dark pour but not as dark as most schwartz, I was thinking this was an american dark lager. Good roasty linger on the center of the tongue. On the stronger side though as far as taste goes. Not as oppressive as Rogue Black Brutal 2007 . Krušovice Černe or Shiner 97 are more enjoyable. Overall a decent dark beer with a burned wet campfire wood finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2008
at 19:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is very smoked with a meat and peat smell. Flavor is coffe and again with the smoke. Some dark chocolate and some roastyness comes through at the end but nothing to carry this one over the top. More of a smoked than a schwartz.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2007
at 19:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours a clear and very deep mahogany with a nice creamy tan head. Nice sheets of lacing. Aroma is a dark roast, slightly sour porter like, but with the more smokey, almost beefy notes as well. Flavor is similar, but not so pronounced smokey as the aroma suggested. Late papery flavor and a very thin feel. Slight woody bitterness at the end. Soft carbonation and interesting decent over all. Thanks to Kenb for the trade.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2006
at 20:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled
Hazy dark ruby color, small tan head. Chocolaty aroma in the roasted malty nose. Roasted, lots of milk chocolate and cocoa in the flavor. Coffee in the aftertaste. This is more like porter made with lager-yeast than a schwarzbier. Tasty.
Hazy dark ruby color, small tan head. Chocolaty aroma in the roasted malty nose. Roasted, lots of milk chocolate and cocoa in the flavor. Coffee in the aftertaste. This is more like porter made with lager-yeast than a schwarzbier. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2006
at 16:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled, thanks heemer77. Very dark amber colour (close to black). Strong chocolate, coffee and hay in aroma. Flavour is strong old coffee, with hints of chocolate and roast. Also some fruitish hoppy bitterness noteable. Quite full-bodied for being only 4.1%. Aftertaste is dominated by old coffee as well as dark chocolate. Lovely. The only minus is that the palate is a bit watery,,,
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2006
at 16:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Almost black with a glow of garnet where it lies thin in a tipped glass. Sweet malty aroma, toasted nuts and smoke. Roasty & smoky but the sweet malt underneath keeps this from ever becoming bitter. Plenty of body.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2006
at 14:27