Perplexity
Active Ingredient Brewing Company in Malta, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular|
Score
6.83
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Canned 12/29/24, drunk 5/20/25, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Dark, clear. Small, dark beige head. Sits at cover.
Quite roasty and toasty. Not too much so. Some moderate base malt character sneaks in as it warms creating notes of hazelnut, honey and chocolate. Clean.
Very toasty up front with big dark malt bitterness and some spicy hops which help brighten. As CLW notes, the body is very light. Brewers have been making lagers at almost half the strength of this with much more flavor. It's very watery. That said, other than a bit too much dark malt, it's very clean and still shows some soft maltiness at points. Chocolatey flavors with mildly spicy hops are quite pleasant.
Seems much more of a dunkel than a schwarz (as it isn't nearly that roasted).
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (12/19/24) from the brewery. Deeply hazy dark brown-mahogany with nice sparkle, thin cap with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong milk chocolate and roasted malt/bread crust. Taste is strong roasted malt/bread crust/brown bread. Smooth texture, soft carbonation and dry finish as taste. Pretty tasty Schwarz!
CLW (16859) reviewed Perplexity from Active Ingredient Brewing Company 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16 oz can in a trade with tfontana. Thanks Tom. Smooth, slightly toasted and roasted grain with some soft maltiness and creamy notes. Body is on the lean side which takes away from the flavor a tad.