Rocky's Revenge Schwarzbier
Tyranena Brewing Company

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From:
Tyranena Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Schwarzbier
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
+6 ratings needed
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 19.47%
Ratings:
4 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 26, 2013
Added:
Mar 04, 2002
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 2.5 by Rand_ale_Thor from Wisconsin

Sep 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by kdwruck from Wisconsin

Jul 06, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by Mervjahn from Minnesota

Mar 30, 2013
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Reviewed by cokes from Wisconsin

4.26/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
[Update: sadly, this is out of production.
Bring it back bring it back bring it back.]

Much credit to Tyranena for having the balls to brew a schwartzbier. Not a style you see very often.

Pours black with just the slightest rusty-brown shades around the edge. Nice fluffy pale tan head. Fades to a wisp, but never leaves entirely. A little sweet malt (caramel) on the nose, along with a little hard-water smell (one of the few negatives about this beer).

The taste is lovely. Good deal of sweetness, (with caramel, and some chocolate) balances the roasted malt flavors. More roastedness and slight bitterness materialize as the beer warms. The aftertaste is roasted vanilla bean, it begs you to take another sip. It leaves the mouth basking in the afterglow for a considerable amount of time.
With a little more body(since it's a winter brew) an less carbonation, this beer would be just about perfect...but that is nit-picking, exceptionally drinkable as it is.
One of my personal favorite lagers.
Too bad it is only a late-winter seasonal.
As a note: get this fresh (late Jan or Feb)....it tends to sit on the shelf for a while and does not hold up for very long.
Mar 04, 2002