Black Lab Lager
North Country Brewing
- From:
- North Country Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Schwarzbier
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 01, 2024
- Added:
- May 31, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
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This traditional German style "Black Lager" has a nice medium body with a rich, but still mild malt character that is not overly toasty and a gentle hop balance to give you a highly drinkable dark lager.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Black Lab Lager – from North Country. 6-pack of 12 fl oz cans purchased from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA, 30/05/24, $ 12.50 (Including tax), $ 0.174/fl oz. Reviewed 01/06/24 (Review 3283). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottom of can stamped “CANNED 11/16/23”. On room temperature shelf at distributor. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 39.3 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 47.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Brown (SRM 20), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, opaque, with red amber at the bottom edge and citron at the top edge.
Head – Average (Maximum 3.7 cm, aggressive center pour), almond, high density, average retention, leaving a 0.3 cm ring and a partial cap.
Lacing – Good. Wide sheet of near-microscopic bubbles.
Aroma – 4 – Roasted malt. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol (4.8 % ABV as marked on the can).
Flavor – 4 – Slightly bitter with roasted malt. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Faint gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; watery; lively carbonation.
Final Impression and summation: 4 A surprisingly good beer.
Jun 01, 2024Bottom of can stamped “CANNED 11/16/23”. On room temperature shelf at distributor. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 39.3 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 47.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Brown (SRM 20), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, opaque, with red amber at the bottom edge and citron at the top edge.
Head – Average (Maximum 3.7 cm, aggressive center pour), almond, high density, average retention, leaving a 0.3 cm ring and a partial cap.
Lacing – Good. Wide sheet of near-microscopic bubbles.
Aroma – 4 – Roasted malt. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol (4.8 % ABV as marked on the can).
Flavor – 4 – Slightly bitter with roasted malt. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Faint gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; watery; lively carbonation.
Final Impression and summation: 4 A surprisingly good beer.
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