Dark
Wernesgrüner Brauerei in Steinberg, Saxony, Germany 🇩🇪
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular|
Score
6.23
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Brewed for export market.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml can from Aldi. Pours a crystal clear root beer color with ruby highlights and a khaki head with very good retention. Good lacing. Faint dark malt aroma. Smooth and clean dark malt flavor. I'd call this a mellow dark lager versus a true Schwarzbier. Very easy drinking. Medium-light body and medium-light carbonation. Zero bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2025
at 00:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pour is a black with a small mocha head. Aroma is a little ashy malt with a little chocolate. Flavor is some bakers chocolate with some ashy malt. Maybe a bit thin in the only knock. Decent and for $7 a four pack of pounders well worth a pick up.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2025
at 22:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark amber pour. Thin foam around the rim. Malt flavor with hint of pecan notes. Nice and full.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2025
at 20:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pounder from Aldi: Tinny soil, German malt aroma. Cola brown, medium yellow head. Soil, hay, nail polish . Light body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2025
at 19:31
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Canned (from Alko). Deep brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is rye bread, some roasted malts and mild wooden tones. Flavour is tar, some grains, roast and mild rye bread. Watery and some slight metallic elements as it warms up.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2023
at 19:18
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Pours clear, deep brown-red with a frothy beige head. Aroma of caramel, cola....a hint of soap. Taste is slightly roasted caramel malt, cola. A little on the watery side, but not bad..... A small amount of earthy/leafy bitter. A decent one to pick up at a bargain price when Aldi's offers it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2019
at 21:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Chocolate, barley malt, and hay aroma. Dark chestnut brown with giant tan head. Moderately sweet chocolate, grainy malt, and mildly bitter hay and ash flavor. Good body. A pleasant surprise from Aldi US.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2018
at 00:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Smell - weak, roast, caramel. Foam - thin, but not watery, soft, large in mouth, medium general, some roast and caramel notes.creamy brown white color. Appearance - dark, clear, red mahagony brown. Taste - roast, caramel, little to no bitterness, some toasty weak bitter aftertaste. Drinkable, not bad.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2018
at 20:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smell of rye bread. Cola colour, brown head. Aroma of rye bread, roasted malt. Some tar and mämmi as well. Bitter, medium sweet. Flat carbon. Decent but boring.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2018
at 19:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Unclear deep brown. Beautiful off-white head. Aroma: toast, dried fruit, brown bread. Light body. Taste: medium dry. Bready, toasty, just a hint of coffee. And cardboard. Low bitterness. I would classify it as a weak to mediocre Dunkel.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2018
at 21:05