B3K Black Lager - Wynkoop Brewing Company

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to woodychandler for yet another canned beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a cola like color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, some notes of coffee. Taste is a much stronger coffee, some malts, very easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.

Serving type: can

02-09-2013 18:37:19 | More by tone77

stumac

Texas

4/5  rDev +15.3%

06-12-2013 18:17:47 | More by stumac

jonkerbaugh

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%

05-21-2013 19:16:55 | More by jonkerbaugh

Greenlabel

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%

05-06-2013 21:58:24 | More by Greenlabel

CORunner01

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +29.7%

05-02-2013 15:19:55 | More by CORunner01

HuskyinPDX

Washington

3/5  rDev -13.5%

04-03-2013 03:42:11 | More by HuskyinPDX

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.54/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

They may be simple and reserved in taste, but the making of Schwarzbier is anything but. They are difficult, fussy, and elegant. There's a lot of coddling that goes into making a proper Schwarz. Does Wynkoop have it in them to give the proper attention to detail?

While dark, dark brown in color, the saturated beer comes with ominous ruby highlights that cast against a brilliantly clear beer. Its short-statured, off white head caps the beer and laces with random broken rings and restrained retention- all on par with classic German versions.

Bold aromas of roasted grains, light burnt sugars, cocoa-rich chocolates and heavy toast provide the framework for the bulk of the beer's aromas. But a backing of malty yougurt-like tartness, toasted breads and light cream provide support for the supple roaste. With no real fruit notes, a light woodish hop note, slight peppercorn and smoke, the beer is more complex than the original scent reveals.

Creamy sweet to taste initially, the beer quickly takes on chocolaty, deep caramelly, toasty character. A sprinkle of light coffee, wood cinders and very light campfire notes come through at middle palate. And then finishing with a peppercorn note as alcohol taste links dark grains- the mild earthen soil-like notes weave into the taste of heavy whipping cream for a dry marshmallowy taste to close.

Both creamy and powdery to start, the beer favors sweetness more so than do most classic Schwarzbiers. But a slow and steady development towards powdery roast, fleeting sweetness and escaping carbonation makes the beer somewhat lumbered in its development but it does extend the enjoyment of taste before the beer completely dries out.

Where Wynkoop's Schwarzbier favors boldness and ale-like roughness, its a bit more assertive for the classic taste and texture of Schwarz. But its taste is firm and favorable throughout and is sure to appease the fans of dark lagers throughout.

Serving type: can

04-02-2013 06:38:26 | More by BEERchitect

keenanite21

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +8.1%

03-10-2013 21:39:15 | More by keenanite21

Hacksaw34

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +22.5%

03-09-2013 21:03:09 | More by Hacksaw34

brandoman63

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%

01-30-2013 05:02:01 | More by brandoman63

Lynn1451

Colorado

1/5  rDev -71.2%

01-16-2013 20:09:12 | More by Lynn1451

stampfler07

Colorado

4/5  rDev +15.3%

01-13-2013 22:26:09 | More by stampfler07

Dmart1223

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

It's flavorful and fresh! Ohhhh yeahhh.

It pours a dark, thin black with a cocoa head that fades to nothing.

The smell is mostly sweet, with some toffee and roasted malt.

It tastes almost as sweet as its smell, but it also incorporates some of that dry roasty flavor through the middle and end. Nothing too strong, though. It's light in body, and there's no bitter to be had.

Overall Wynkoop's created a great session beer. It's light, slick, flavorful and refreshing. The biggest problem I see is that I really had to search for any substances in the first swig. Though all of the characteristics of something great are here, they're so subtle that the beer might teeter on the edge of blandness.

Serving type: can

01-10-2013 05:59:09 | More by Dmart1223

djrn2

New Jersey

2/5  rDev -42.4%

12-02-2012 01:59:22 | More by djrn2

acurtis

New Jersey

2.25/5  rDev -35.2%

12-02-2012 01:59:20 | More by acurtis

bootsandbeer

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +29.7%

11-27-2012 02:35:11 | More by bootsandbeer

ste5venla

California

4/5  rDev +15.3%

11-26-2012 21:32:09 | More by ste5venla

Twal

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -6.3%

11-18-2012 23:11:14 | More by Twal

vipergtsr171

3.75/5  rDev +8.1%

11-13-2012 03:24:44 | More by vipergtsr171

bbadger

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -6.3%

10-15-2012 19:15:48 | More by bbadger

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.43/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

So what's the deal? Is this beer name inspired by a serial killer?

First beer of the day yesterday at the Dayton Disc Golf Course (and it wasn't this beer's fault I fell behind 7-0 in skins to start). Nice black color without the viscosity, you can see some hints of brown and red through the beer at the edge when you apply sunlight to it. The head was a sturdy beige, small bubbles.

Aroma, fairly standard, a little bit of roast in the nose, lager aroma stays in check, neither offensive nor obtrusive.

Taste, good black spritz going, adequate hopping for style, light body, roast still discernable in taste, good carbonation, whatever the yeast offers, it isn't oppressive. A faint sweet malt remnant in the mouthfeel that is otherwise dry and clean.

A decent beer that I found mildly enjoyable on a crisp fall morning.

Serving type: can

10-14-2012 18:36:30 | More by Beerandraiderfan

fishguyac

Washington

3/5  rDev -13.5%

10-05-2012 00:05:08 | More by fishguyac

comfortablynirm

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +29.7%

09-06-2012 14:43:41 | More by comfortablynirm

crobinso

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +8.1%

06-30-2012 22:42:29 | More by crobinso

Ispeakforthetrees

Colorado

4/5  rDev +15.3%

06-29-2012 02:28:37 | More by Ispeakforthetrees