The Duck-Rabbit Schwarzbier
This is a traditional German style dark lager beer. Flavors of chocolate or coffee are common, but usually subtle. Just because the beer is dark, doesn’t mean that the flavors are. Expect the beer to be opaque and black, as the name would imply.
3.6
334 reviews
Farmville, United States
Community reviews
Aroma: coffee, roasty, chocolate,
Appearance: black, brown head
Taste: light sweetness, medium bitterness,
Palate: light body, slick feel, soft carbonation, abrupt finish
Nice schwarzbier
Appearance: Dark brown, some light tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt, coffee, roasted.
Taste: Dark malt, roasted, burnt. Some smoke.
Bought: Total Wine (Sterling), 355 ml, $2.29
Info: 14/9-2015, BB: 30/9-2015
Bottle. Pours a black color with off white head. Roasty, charcoal, burnt aromas. Roasty, burnt, slight smoky, creamy flavors. Medium bodied, creamy yet slightly bitter mouthfeel. Overall, great product!
Draft at Strangeloves. Fairly thick opaque black pour with soft tan foam. Spots of lace. Nice aroma. Mildly smokey Schwartzbier. Dark chocolate/carob toffees. Charcoal grill. Coffee liquorice. Burnt toast. Flavorful but not overpowering. Darkly sweet but has a nice dry finish. Quite good.
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of smoke, dark chocolate. Tastes of dark chocolate, vanilla, light smoke, roast, caramel, coffee. Light body with a dry finish.
12 oz bottle. Pours black with tall, long lasting, fluffy, beige head and nice lacing. Aroma is of grassy hops and bready malt. Body is medium and smooth. Chocolate, toasted malt and herbal hops are nicely balanced on the palate. Finish is long and semi-dry. Delicious brew.
Pours a dark murky brown with a medium off white head. Aroma is smoky, earthy, dark roasted malt, coffee and light chocolate. Medium body with soft carbonation. Nice semi sweet smoky taste with dark malt and coffee, and a hint of chocolate. Dry bitter coffee like finish.
A crisp dark lager with ample smokiness and herby hops. Crisp finish that leaves a bit of coffee and some metallic tartness behind. Noble twang features prominently. Pours a pretty deep auburn with a hint of light lacing.
This is a serious black lager. You can take in the chocolate and coffee in the first pull. It is very dark with a nice head.
Bottle... Pours mostly clear and brown with mahogany highlights and a small, creamy, off-white head. Decent retention. Rock solid, rich and decadent, mocha nose. Medium-bodied with soft carbonation. The flavor is a bold marriage of singed espresso and toasted nuts. Finishes deeply roasted and moderately bitter. Bottle courtesy of darkguardian!
On tap at Barcade Philly.
Appearance: Deep opaque chestnut body with a creamy tan head.
Aroma: Mild but highly enjoyable. Nutty and toasty with bits of chocolate. Slightly sweet leaning.
Taste: Easy to drink. Cracker malts, roast, chocolate and a light nuttiness.
Palate: Medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Drinks like a well done porter. Very balanced and approachable. Well done.
Poured from a bottle it is a dark brown color it is very effervescent and has a size able head. The aroma is subtle chocolate with a hint of citrus. The taste is a strong bitter coffee that lingers on the palate. Really nice bitter finish
From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear dark cola brown with a massive gushing tan head. Aroma of roasted nuts. Flavors of smoke, tobacco and caramel notes. Medium bodied. Effervescent.
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. The label has a freshness date but no abv.
Appearance: The body has a very dark reddish brown color which appears almost black in the glass. The head on top is tan in color, thick and long lasting. The glass is left with thick lacing.
Smell: It has a very roasted and malty aroma. Dark bready and sweet notes jump right out of the glass.
Taste / Palate: It starts with sweet dark bready maltiness and then it adds mild coffee and molasses notes. The finish brings some earthy hops flavor and mild bitterness.
This one poured a darker brown with a beige head. Aroma was of toasted malt, light peat, grassy hips and mild dark chocolate. Flavor was similar, very tasty stuff, well rounded and soft.
Yet another bottle from Deuane and his bucket of bad luck. I have no idea how old this one is...
A - Pours very dark brown, bordering on black, with a nice one and a half finger tall off-white head leaving spotty lace down the glass.
S - Smells of lots of dark roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and the faintest hint of citric hops. I am pretty sure that if this was a bit fresher I would have liked this one even more.
T - Starts off with a big dose of dark roasted malt slowly giving way to hints of coffee, chocolate, dark fruits, and the faintest of hints of hop bitterness. The finish is a mix of dark roast and light sweetness, lingering for some time.
M - Medium body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Dark, toasty, feel with plenty of it sticking around through the finish. A bit stale and one dimensional. It could have used a bit of that hop bitterness I detected in the nose.
O - Not too bad. I enjoyed it for what it was I just think it was a bit too old. I may have to seek out a fresher bottle of this one in the future.
Got a bottle from a trade. Pours a dark almost root beer color with a fluffy light brown head. A dark malty hopped aroma with some mixed spices. At first sip a carbonated light chocolate flavor washes through. A cinnamon background. The light carbonated mouthfeel goes all the way through. Also at first seems a little thinner in texture then starts to get a little more creamy as it goes along. A bit airy. Actually reminds me of root beer all around with a tad of chocolate mixed in. Almost black IPA genre a little less hoppy and more malty. Pretty interesting.
Bottle. Black with beige head. Coffee, cocoa, roasted malts and notes of prunes in aroma. Rather high carbonation. Burned caramel and roasted malts giving it some sweetness with a bitter finish as in a cup of coffee. Pretty decent scwarzbier.
16 oz draft pours brown with a off white head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, raisins and coffee. Taste is malts, coffee and a hint of chocolate.
Growler from Whole Foods. Pours a deep brown, going into black, good head. Light aroma, faintly of milk chocolate and bread. Flavor matches, but with a good bit of floral hop on the finish. Very enjoyable brew. Probably a bit better than this score indicates.
Pours black as you might expect, with a touch of cherry in the light. Creamy tan head that fades to a coating. Minimal wet lacing. Aroma is pleasant earthy chocolate roasted malt and caramel. Molasses and a touch of raisin. Taste is also earthy; coffee, chocolate, roasted malt. A bit nutty and sour. Decent bitterness as well to close. Roasty and bitter notes dominate but are balanced by some sweetness. Very good.
Pours dark like coffee or cola with a half inch tan head that is quite dense.
The aroma is that of rich toasted malts. Hints of coffee and espresso come through.
Rich and malty tasting, roasted. Tastes similar to a porter.
Tastes and feels like a lager.
Everything about this beer suggests that it is a porter. In a blind test taste you would too, but as the beer warms up the lagerness comes into play.
As schwarzbiers go, this is definitly tops.
Drink well my friends.
Black of color with a beige head. An aroma of coffee, liqurice and roasted malt. A flavor of roasted malt, liqurice and bitter.
Aroma of dark malts, caramel, nuts, some dark chocolate, coffee. Flavour is malty and roasty with some hop bitterness in the finish. Surprisingly refreshing and tasty.
(bottle - 12 oz) Dark brown pour with a thin tan head. Malty coffee aroma with some dark fruits and earthy hints. Sweet chocolate malts with a roasted malt and mild coffee bitterness at the end. Thin bodied and easy to drink.
Old rating, 0,35l bottle @ home:
Fyldig lukt med preg av mørk malt, humle, lakris, kaffi, mørk sjokolade, mørke bær. Sødmerik smak med preg av mørkbrent malt, humle, kaffi, mørk sjokolade, litt mørke bær og svidd gummi. Middels bitterhet og lengde. God.
12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown-black with some deep red. Minimal head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt with a surprising amount of roast. Flavor is a little smoke, coffee, and maybe some dark chocolate. Delicious, if a little high in alcohol. I’d love to have something a little more sessionable with this flavor profile.
Tap. Pours deep reddish black, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is smokey, roasted malt, chocolate, molasses. Flavor is light sweet, minimally bitter. Medium body.
Toasty on the nose toasty flavor malty enjoyable with a slight chalkiness. Thin head. Good mouthfeel sweet on the tongue.
Bottle. This is a nice straight forward schwartzbier that is a perfect rendition of the style.