Black Diamond
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Schwarzbier
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 11.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2018
- Added:
- Nov 01, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
The new Schwartzbier brew, which translates into a German-style black lager, will be called “Black Diamond”— giving it a nod to winter and skiing. Visually, black lagers can be deceiving, featuring an opaque, black color and a full, chocolatey flavor similar to stout or porter. But unlike its dark cousins, Schwartzbier features a bottom fermenting lager yeast, which produces a medium-bodied brew with a smooth finish that will be worth savoring.
Originally brewed for Shanty Creek's 50th Anniversary.
Originally brewed for Shanty Creek's 50th Anniversary.
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
3.72/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.72/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
It’s Short’s, which means a bottle rec’d from tectactoe, one of several fine Michigan traders I’ve dealt with over the years: they grow them generous. 12 oz. bottle.
Poured into my Cantillon glass: blasphemy, perhaps. Black as the name with a dying quail of a head. Nose is 7AM at Starbucks, caught me by surprise for a lager, plus an exhale of chocolate croissant. Very nice start.
Black Diamond is a cross-pollination between a black IPA & schwarzbier & a porter, minus the hops. What? Something. Roast is featured once again, some slickness from the lager yeast. Tentative bitterness mid-palate, earthy sweetness round out the beer. Plenty easy to drink.
Simple as an earthworm, but much tastier. Nothing groundbreaking here, just a good, solid brew.
Apr 12, 2014Poured into my Cantillon glass: blasphemy, perhaps. Black as the name with a dying quail of a head. Nose is 7AM at Starbucks, caught me by surprise for a lager, plus an exhale of chocolate croissant. Very nice start.
Black Diamond is a cross-pollination between a black IPA & schwarzbier & a porter, minus the hops. What? Something. Roast is featured once again, some slickness from the lager yeast. Tentative bitterness mid-palate, earthy sweetness round out the beer. Plenty easy to drink.
Simple as an earthworm, but much tastier. Nothing groundbreaking here, just a good, solid brew.
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