Schwarzbier
Apex Brewing Company in Örebro, Örebro, Sweden 🇸🇪
Collab with: Stockholm (Sthlm) Brewing Co.Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular
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Score
6.80
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Brewed with layers on layers of dark malts and hopped in the kettle with Spalter Select. Then fermented cold with a clean lager strain. Lastly we let the beer slowly mature in stainless steel for little over six weeks before packaging. On the palate, the Schwarzbier has flavors of biscuits and caramel malts and it finishes nicely with hints of coffee, toffee, nuts and a soft roastiness. Prost!
Malz:
Pilsner, Munich Dark, Chocolate, Carafa Special III & Caramunich III
Hopfen:
Magnum, Spalter Select
Hefe:
Saflager W-34/70
Malz:
Pilsner, Munich Dark, Chocolate, Carafa Special III & Caramunich III
Hopfen:
Magnum, Spalter Select
Hefe:
Saflager W-34/70
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
25 October 2025. At “Gentse Biervereniging Kelderschatten” (Baracuna). Cheers to the whole crew!
Iron, coffee pad, brown bread. Sweetish brambleberry, brown bread, bitter coffee. Earthy hops, bit metallic, malty finish. Okay, bit too metallic.
Iron, coffee pad, brown bread. Sweetish brambleberry, brown bread, bitter coffee. Earthy hops, bit metallic, malty finish. Okay, bit too metallic.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 15:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gents Bier Festival 2023 - Very dark brown. Aroma has a touch of sweet coffee and malt syrup. Less so in the flavour, that's quite plain.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2023
at 17:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Short lived, light cream-coloured head over almost black cola-coloured beer. Smoked, beachwood fire, tarry. Smoked, again Rauchmalz flavours, but in a mild, delicate way. Bit of dry chocolate, lightly roasted nuts. Light body, light slickness, even bit sticky backthroat. Very good - no idea it would be smoked, and to me it's halfway between a Schwarz and a Rauchbier.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2023
at 08:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
19/VIII/23 - 44cl can @ Gents Bierfestival (Gent), BB: n/a (2023-480) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, gentle roast, some cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: a bit sourish start, good roast, malty, grains, a bit hoppy, bitter. Aftertaste: more roast, coffee, little malty, grains, bitter finish.
Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, gentle roast, some cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: a bit sourish start, good roast, malty, grains, a bit hoppy, bitter. Aftertaste: more roast, coffee, little malty, grains, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2023
at 18:00
7.5/10
Tried
on 27 Jun 2023
at 12:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at Goblet. Very dark brown body, tan head, thick, lasting fairly. Raisins and chocolate in the aroma, roasty and flowery too. Chocolate and raisins in the taste, light and dry, ending bitterish. Quite okay.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2023
at 09:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Black, big frothy light brown head. Smells toasty, bready. Light body, soft carbonation, chuggable. Taste has some malty sweetness, but is quite bitter in an ashy way. The roast could be toned down quite a bit, feels very harsh now. Ok, but not the best.
Tried
from Can
from Beerdome
on 14 Apr 2023
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg Haket 2023-03-07 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, bubbly carbonated, wee spy, licorice AP: dark brown, wee lid F: roasted malt, bubbly carbonated, wee spy, licorice
Tried
on 22 Mar 2023
at 19:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can @ Sweden. Pours black with a small creamy head. Chocolate, roast and ashes. Medium bodied. Dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2023
at 05:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Color: Very dark brown, almost black. Frothy beige head. Aroma: Roasted malt, subtle coffee and chocolate notes, floral hop background. Medium body, average carbonation. Moderate sweet and moderate to over moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2023
at 16:24