Dark Mexican Lager
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- From:
- Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Schwarzbier
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 5.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 06, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 02, 2022
- Wants:
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- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
3.76/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap at the brewery.
Despite the name, this is definitely more of a schwarzbier with a fine 1 finger off white head and nearly black body that lets a little deep brown show. Doesn't quite lace, but it looks a bit like a Guinness from a distance.
Aroma leads with a nice roasty malt bill that is quite present and almost coffee like but a crisp dry roasted malt is there as well. Certainly a bit of that signature mexican lager aroma, but it plays very well here.
Taste is again roasty, but very dry with a bit of roasted malt bitterness that quickly meshes with bittering hops to make an almost nuanced bitterness backed by coffee notes and big dark bread. There is a hop character but it is all coming from very early in the boil.
Feel is full bodied but quite dry and crisp, with a certain dry mouthcoating quality that's hard to explain. The bitterness probably adds to it a bit since that sticks around in the long finish.
Overall this is a creative mexican lager schwarzbier hybrid. I see both sides of the name coming through and it is quite tasty and unique. Hops are detectable and slightly bitter but by no means overwhelming.
Nov 02, 2022Despite the name, this is definitely more of a schwarzbier with a fine 1 finger off white head and nearly black body that lets a little deep brown show. Doesn't quite lace, but it looks a bit like a Guinness from a distance.
Aroma leads with a nice roasty malt bill that is quite present and almost coffee like but a crisp dry roasted malt is there as well. Certainly a bit of that signature mexican lager aroma, but it plays very well here.
Taste is again roasty, but very dry with a bit of roasted malt bitterness that quickly meshes with bittering hops to make an almost nuanced bitterness backed by coffee notes and big dark bread. There is a hop character but it is all coming from very early in the boil.
Feel is full bodied but quite dry and crisp, with a certain dry mouthcoating quality that's hard to explain. The bitterness probably adds to it a bit since that sticks around in the long finish.
Overall this is a creative mexican lager schwarzbier hybrid. I see both sides of the name coming through and it is quite tasty and unique. Hops are detectable and slightly bitter but by no means overwhelming.
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