Schwarzbier

Kostritzer Schwarzbier

Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei GmbH & Co. ABV: 4.8%

Founded in 1543, this German brewery is one of the nation’s most august schwarzbier producers. Naturally, the flagship is nothing short of perfection. The nearly black beauty drinks dry, light, and smoother than a sailboat on a lake. The roasty notes of coffee and dark chocolate are buffed down with a mild rounded sweetness.
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Session Black

Full Sail Brewery ABV: 5.4%

Black’s perfume is an intoxicating muddle of roasted malts and Cocoa Puffs, childhood pleasures in an adult package. As for the taste, please strap in your taste buds: the crisp tongue tingler rides a flavor roller coaster across caramel and chocolate, with tangy floral hops hiding in the rumble seat. The throwback stubby bottles are also a nice touch. Grandpa would approve.