The Blacksmith
Czig Meister Brewing Company

 

Pours a thick dark brown, creamy light brown head. Roasted malt aroma, chocolate and bitter coffee beans, hint of vanilla. Creamy on the palate. Bitter and charry, hint of sweetness to balance

16 oz can. Pours black with tall, long lasting, creamy, brown head and nice lacing. Aroma is of toasted malt, dark fruit, some smoke and brown sugar. Body is full, creamy and smooth. Taste is of burnt grain, chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruit, toffee and earthy hops. Finish is long and dry. Good brew.

Not much for looks on this one, a dark dark brown, head is light brown but really no retention or anything to speak of.

Nose big hit of char, burnt bread like in quality; dark roast coffee, one that you know is gonna have that burnt bitterness on the finish...

Taste is a high % dark chocolate with earthy undertones; the finish is like a light a shot of espresso...the aftertaste is strong and lingering; so char like in nature it almost reminds me of a campfire.

Light in body; the oatmeal is evident in the silky smooth feel it leaves on the tongue; clean drinking beer, bone dry, with a very burnt/roast driven bitterness that lingers for a while with the aftertaste.

Looks aside this is an awesome beer...if you are a fan of bitter and dark this beer is for you.

 

12 oz can

Pours jet black, thick tan colored head, decent head retention. Very dry and roasty aroma. Similar flavor, taste is sweeter. Fuller bodied, slick feel

 

Czig Meister Brewing Co. "Blacksmith"
12 fl. oz. can "BEST BY 06/06/20 09:46:09" and sampled on 01/20/20
$2.29 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: Giving it a rough pour and then letting it settle to top it up I thought I'd get a better head out of it but it remained short, and not very creamy. In fact, it's fading away to just a standard collar as I write this. Of course if this is an English style oatmeal stout it might have a lower carbonation that would explain the lack of head retention and lacing... ahh, not really, On to the aroma... it expresses a pretty solid combination of bittersweet dark chocolate and soft roastiness. Is there some black coffee to it? Yes, but not much. There's a mild fruitiness to it, like apple I guess, which is nice. On to the flavor... the chocolate comes on first and then the roastiness joins in. The chocolate then fades a bit and a touch of smokiness appears. It lingers in the finish like thin black coffee. A moderate to median bitterness keeps the maltiness from becoming sweet. I'm finding very little in the way of hops, just some leafy notes in the background. In the mouth it's medium to medium-light in body and quite smooth with some silkiness from the oats and a restrained carbonation. It's clean, well balanced and rounded, and readily drinkable.
Review #6,912

I've been eyeballing this beer in my local liquor store for the past several months. I finally found it sold as a one-off can and figured it was time to give it a try. It pours jet black the creamy head, lacing perfect for someone who likes a dark strong Stout. Upon my first taste I couldn't help but ask "what the hell was I drinking?"

Burnt muddled, metallic, terrible. A second taste, a third..... maybe I got a bad one that's fell into the truck and set cooking on the radiator for the past several weeks... a larger more comprehensive sample is certainly in order, however I don't have the heart to try. While enjoyed the Czig Meister Oktoberfest immensely this one is a hard pass. Far far better Stouts out there for your time and money.

Poured from can into a Chimay goblet, the beer is a deep, dark brown with a bone white head. So far so good.

The aroma is of roasted grains with a hint of coffee, char and... metal? Undeterred, I press on and take a sip.

It tastes like hamburger rolls forgotten under the broiler, like a slice of bread plunged back into the toaster one time too many, like an inattentive teenager's first attempt at frying a tortilla. It tastes like the grains were roasted within an inch of their life, and then roasted past that inch, until they were reduced to ash. It tastes burnt. But not just burnt, there's also a metallic taste that serves as understudy.

This is one of the worst stouts I've ever had that wasn't clearly infected. I've tried half of the 6-pack I bought, each tasted burnt and metallic, and I'm not willing to try more. Judging by the other glowing reviews, it's possible I got a bad batch, but that just speaks of poor QC.

If you like them burnished, and charred, this is a good one for you. (I do - better than straight sweet & chocolatey).
a) Dark brown color body w gold edges, sports a quick tan head that fades and laces little.
s) Roasted malt with dominant wood char, charcoal, peat - some leafy hops.
t) Non-sweet char and roast dominant, nice coffee mid, and bitter finish. Nice finish,
f) Sharp, a bit light.
o)The sum is greater than the parts here. My first from brewer and would try more.
Came back in 2019 and 2020. Even better.

 

 

 

A-Pours a nice jet black color with a slight tan head and lacing
A-Aroma has coffee and oatmeal hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a nice coffee and oatmeal flavor
M-A light bodied well carbonated beer with a silky feel
O-A nice oatmeal stout