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Cerebral Brewing in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Rotating|
Score
7.36
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Black Lager hopped with Sterling, and Saaz. Notes of Baking Chocolate, French Roast Coffee, and Sarsparilla, Tobacco.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours almost black with a beige head. Roasted malt aroma. Taste is roasted malt, dark bread,dark chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cerebral Brewing
on 06 Nov 2025
at 20:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can from Tavour. Near black pour, half finger of foamy beige head. Roasty aroma, bitter, burnt toast. Taste is mostly roasty, light sweetness and notes of dark chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel with a trace of lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2025
at 04:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can from Tavour. Barely translucent dark brown color. Frothy tan head. Subtle roasty malt aroma. Flavor is bittersweet chocolate, roasted malt, coffee and dark caramel. Immensely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2024
at 04:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Man these guys are good, 2nd Cerebral beer tonight, and I love a good schwarzbier and this is a good schwarzbier. Nicely profiled with a gentle coffee note. Semi-sweet overall. Bitter chocolate, light coffee, bready, light caramel or toffee notes.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2024
at 00:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can shared with jcos, 1/28/24. Dark brown color, medium brown head. Roasty, grains, licorice. Some dark chocolate and earth as well. Touch of toffee. Pretty interesting stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2024
at 01:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. can. Pours black, with a small, foamy, tan head. The nose is butter toffee, light peat, roasted chesnuts, pine sap. Sweet and malty, with a good, roasty bitterness. Medium to heavy body, with a syrupy, chewy palate. Pretty bold and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2022
at 14:32
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2021
at 20:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10 ounce at the brewery - it's been a minute since I've had a schwarzbier this good - almost forgot what they were like - super dry, but still richly malty - crisp but still full and round - nicely balanced bitterness and roast - touches of smoke around the edges - damn is Cerebral ain't hitting their stride these days.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2021
at 19:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
American take on the style. Clean, but round and a bit bitter. Not perfect, but good. Freshcraft denver
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2020
at 01:19