Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can from 1st Republic Brewing Company. Went through a four pack.
Each time, the can was poured into a becher pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the body with a one to two finger foamy white head dissipated slow enough to leave subtle sticky lacing
Aroma: wonderful blend of roasty, toasty & bready malts, some ashy/char tones, cocoa powder and sweet earthiness
Flavor: previously noted aromas wrap up sweetly with some bitter earthy roasty & toastiness to balance
Texture: medium bodied with a ton of smoothness, well balanced
Overall: a very nicely done black lager more than worthy of picking up another four pack the next chance I can.

Thanks Chris. Melon, herb, caramel, light bitterness.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour from trade with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Opaque dark brown with light sparkle, thin head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted earthy malt, molasses, hint of dark fruit. Taste follows aroma minus the hint of dark fruit. Smooth texture, lively carbonation and crisp finish as taste. A bit over carbonated but a tasty dark lager.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Undated can from the brewery cooler, drunk 7/26/24. Clear, dark. Small, dark beige head steadily to spotty cover. Sweetly malty with seemingly decent base malt character creating more of a caramel than a dry, roasted character. Clean with some minerality on the finish. Lightly-to-moderately malty character showing the base malt amply enough. Clean, dry, not over-roasted. Very competently and pleasantly done.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Undated can from the brewery cooler, drunk 7/15/24. Almost clear, but with a bit of chill haze. Deep bronze-golden. Large, off-white head, creamy, well-retained. Hmmm, this is quite a bit of crystal malt character in the nose. Caramel, iced tea, overly toasted malt and tannin. Simcoe and Amarillo seem like pretty bad hops to use here, as they exacerbate the woodiness and tannic-like notes, though that doesn't come forth in the nose really. It's mostly just clean, piney, grapefruity and malty. Weird bitterness, sweat, heavy toast, almost buttered toast and yet too much specialty malt leaving the body thin and in need of more base malt depth. It's clean, is about all you can say for it. Hops are very vague and underwhelming. Bitterness is low. Just not much going on here. Definitely dont want the most prominent note in your IPA to be toast...Would be more ok with it being simple, light and crushable were it not 6.5%. If I want simple, light and crushable, I'll drink a 4.5% pale ale.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz can. Aroma has soft cracker malt with soft melon. Flavor falls neuroma with mild orange or passionfruit. Almost no bitterness. Soft herb in the finish. Gets sweet as it warms. Overall, it is ok.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can. Aroma is light chocolate, soft roast, light earth. Flavor is malt focused showing mild chocolate, light earthy hints a d perhaps caramel. Body and carbonation are normal. As the style calls for.