12 ounce bottle from Beer Run.Very dark brown, medium creamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of smoked ham and caramel. Taste is caramel, smoke, tea. Medium bodied, well balanced. Nice.

Bottle from City Hops. Pours clear dark brown with reddish tint against the light, large spongy beige head, dark bread-toffee aroma, medium carbonation, bitter roasted malt/cocoa nibs taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Very good.

Enjoying at von Trapp bakery right now. Dark brown, looking like cola with a big creamy, light mocha-coloured head, great retention and loads of lacing. Roasted malt nose with hints of coffee, chocolate, molasses, dark fruits and liquorice, all well-blended together. Flavours of dark malts with nicely balanced dryness in the finish from the hops. More dark fruits well-balanced in there. Smooth mouthfeel from the slightly thicker body than most of this style. Really nice!

12 oz. bottle. Dark brown / black with thin white head. Aroma shows coffee, caramel, burnt grain.

Flavor is spot on for the style. Molasses / caramel base that gives some mild sweetness. Mild nuances of chocolate. The finish has a burnt grain and very light smoky hint. Traces of yeast. The carbonation is moderate with a chalky / smoky grain texture. Easy to drink. This is rather nice.

Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Pancake head with medium retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Dark chocolate and caramel aromas. Dry with chocolate covered caramel upfront turning to mildly smoky roasted nuts and espresso in the medium length finish.

This was poured into a pilsener glass.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one and a half foamy off-white to tan head. Light foamy lacing stuck around the sides of the glass nicely.
The smell started with a delicate amount of sweet milk chocolate sliding into a graceful smokiness. Light roasty edges balance it out.
The taste was semi-sweet and roasty initially bringing in the smoke to balance. Light bready/yeastiness flows nicely into the grand scheme of things.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium with a nice score of level maltiness sliding over my tongue.
Overall, really nice schwarzbier ranging close to the \"rauchbier\" style.

Trapp Family Lodge: Pours a black color with a beige head. Aroma is all smoky, roasty, and chocolatey. Taste is much on the same level. I liked the smoke flavors, but they were certainly not dominant. Roasted malt and chocolate made definite appearances. Well-balanced throughout. This was easily the best beer I got from the sampler.

From tap at American Flatbread. Dark roasted malty and slight breadish aroma. Dark roasted malty and breadish. Lingering dark malty and bitter. Roasted malty finish.