Black Bavarian
Sprecher Brewing Company in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular|
Score
7.05
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Our signature beer, Black Bavarian, is renowned for its drinkability. This light to medium-bodied Schwarzbier (black beer) features superb malt and hop complexity. Beneath the creamy tan head, within the lager’s smooth mouthfeel lie flavors and aromas suggesting dark roasted coffee, caramel and bittersweet chocolate. Masterful hopping makes Black Bavarian both lighter and drier than expected. It has a pleasingly long finish. The kind that lingers just enough between sips, the kind that makes this rich flavored brew so easy to drink.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Smell is a little meaty dark. V ery nice black pour tho not opaque. Burned woode flavors from the beginning, turns interestingly bitter but never over the top. Yes, a real dark beer experience without that nasty bitter high alky experience. Makes me wish I lived closer to wisconsin, eh? Lively average carbonation. Zoomee zoomee zeemee. A very inexpensive beer that is high in the percentile. Does not show its alky content willingly. Overall a decent example that a cheap beer can provide many of the characteristics that a good beer should.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2010
at 15:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at blue palms. Pours with a kahki head over a brown body. Aroma of coffee, caramel and light smokey bacon. Taste is coffee, smoke, a bit bitter. Creamy bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2009
at 22:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from a friend. Pours an opaque black color with a medium creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malts. Taste is chocolate, roasted malts, bitter coffee and fairly strong hop notes. Medium bodied. Creamy, smooth texture. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2009
at 20:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Pours very dark brown with a one finger tan head. It has a roast malt aroma with a small hint of chocolate. Flavor is sweet roast malt with some chocolate notes up front and a lightly hopped finish that balances it out nicely. Light to medium bodied with ample carbonation, it’s a good quaff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2009
at 23:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Re-rate 7/23/11: Bottle. Beer of the month club. Almost opaque black color with a medium beige head. Nice roasted malt aroma with toasted bread, caramel, some nutty chocolate and some coffee. Sweetish flavor with roasted malt, caramel, coffee notes and a bitter herbal and roasty finish. Medium-bodied. A very good Schwarzbier. 7/4/7/3/14=3.5
(11/8/08) Draught at a vegan restaurant called "Horizon" in Philadelphia. Dark brown color. Aroma of malt, some toastiness/roastiness, caramel, some chocolate and light nutty notes. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel and mild noble hops bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied. A well-made tasty Schwarzbier. 7/4/7/3/14=3.5
(11/8/08) Draught at a vegan restaurant called "Horizon" in Philadelphia. Dark brown color. Aroma of malt, some toastiness/roastiness, caramel, some chocolate and light nutty notes. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel and mild noble hops bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied. A well-made tasty Schwarzbier. 7/4/7/3/14=3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2009
at 13:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz bottle. Black with stained-glass colored edges. Minimal white head. Sweet, almost sugary. Brown sugar, caramel, light smoke. Minimal hops covered up, and way in the background. Overall a pretty good Schwarz. Fresh, and enough balanced dark malt flavor to keep it interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2009
at 21:29
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 16fl.oz. @ home.[ Trade by Papsoe ]. Clear medium to dark black color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully - mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet dark bread, roasted, brown rye bread dough - sour bread dough, peat. Flavor is moderate to haevy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Bitternes is peat bitter, sweetness is brown sugar sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (030908)
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 02:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, mahogany. Aroma, I cold not help but detect some very light smokyness. Malty and light fruits. Taste, malty, smokey, with some very nice chocolate and grains. Some dark fruits (fig/cherry) and roastiness. Another great offering by Sprecher.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2008
at 22:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear black body with a large frothy light brown head. Huge malt and chocolate aroma, some light molassas. Huge chocolate and roast flavor, light molassas and hints of caramel. Medium full body with moderate carbonation and a smooth roasty finish.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2008
at 17:17
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Dark red/brown almost black body with a small beige head. Looking great. Moderat malty aroma. Flavor is gentle roasted malt, some caramel, otherwise quite clean malt flavor. Not much bitter, light, refreshing and harmonic but I’m not exactly impressed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2008
at 11:48