maniac (11822) reviewed Tmavé Speciální Pivo from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark black color with a thin fully diminishing light brown head. Sweet molassas aroma. Light nutty flavor with hints of chocolate and molassas.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Sour stale wheat malt aroma. Cloudy orange-yellow with moderate but quickly collapsing head. Sour stale wheat malt flavor primarily - slight vinegar and banana flavors as well. Probably quite a bit better when fresh. A bit below average when compared to the style as a whole but not too bad - a rare beer style for Czech.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown (with a reddish hue) with a large tan head. Sour malty aroma. Nice malty flavor- slightly sweet, slight chocolate-caramel, with a slightly metallic finish.
gnoff (11189) reviewed Tmavé Speciální Pivo from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Rating added 1/30/2006Very dark red in color. Faint burnt scent. Clear burnt taste, some iron like flavour. A nice Schwartzbier.7/4/7/4/14=3.6
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Tmavé Speciální Pivo from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep dark black with thin moka head. Sweet smokey malt with a bit of pumpkin spices in aroma. In mouth, roasted coffee with smoked notes, peaty in character, rich and interesting, veering on Rauschbeer style. Nice. Baugth at Sam’s Wine, Chicago. 1.99$
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Světlé Vyčepní Pivo 10° from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Nutty aroma, and a slight nutty and malty flavor, but in my opinion it is far too weak to be really enjoyed, might have been just my bottle.
Anders37 (30297) reviewed Tmavé Speciální Pivo from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours a black colour with a long lasting tan head. Lots of roasted malt in the aroma, some caramel too. Sweet malty flavour some roasted notes too. Soft and easy drinking.
MoritzF (10567) reviewed Tmavé Speciální Pivo from Pivovar Herold 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(bottle) Darkest brown to black colour with a brown foamy medium head. Slightly sweet and heavy toasted malts aroma with caramel, dark chocolate and a whiff of hops, also coffee. Sweetbitter flavour, medium body, smooth carbonation and mouthfeel. Strong roastmalty taste that lingers into the finish with bitter chocolate, coffee and liquorice, dry and lasting hopbitter finish. Complex, excellent and perfectly rounded Schwarzbier.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep and dark with ruby highlights under a tall head of tan that fell quickly. Aroma is toasty malt and a dusting of old cocoa. The flavor is slightly sweet and notes of burnt toast come back in the finish. A touch of sourness as well. Drinkable, but I’ve had better Schwarzbiers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Comes as "Herold Bohemian Golden Lager". Fully golden, almost amber, with a small, creamy head. Very malty aroma. Fat, malty body with some rather unusual (for a lager) notes of overripe fruit and perhaps even Sherry - with a touch of nuts and a hint of smoke. Definitely not your typical pilsener profile! Rather distinct, dry bitter finish. Interesting. 111005 and 131108