UPDATED: JAN 6, 2022 Pour is a black with ruby red around the edges. Aroma is a little roast and a little sulfur. Flavor is again a very minor roast and some raision. Finish is a bit thin with some caramel left on the tongue.

UPDATED: JUL 15, 2021 Bottle from Edeka Braunschweig - clear dark brown color, beige head. taste is dark malts, chocolate. medium sweetness. a bit roasted. okay.

UPDATED: JAN 22, 2021 The beer has got a deep black colour with a small head and medium body. Aroma of malt and nuts. Taste of roast, malt, dark bread, caramel. Malty finish.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2020 Pours clear dark mahogany with a two finger, tan head. Aroma is caramel, roast and light nuttiness. Taste is caramel, light tangy hops and roast. Finish is tangy hops.

UPDATED: MAY 28, 2020 500mb can pours a clear dark brown with foamy beige head that disappears quickly with hardly any lacing. Aroma is full of roasted malts, oats, and caramel. Taste is on the sweet side with a slight chocolate flavor. Body is light with average carbonation and a silky mouthfeel. This is exactly what I had hoped for in a schwarzbier.

UPDATED: MAR 26, 2020 Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, spruce, cereal, oats and resin. Pours semi-transparent dark brown liquid with a foamy head that disappears quickly. Medium bitterness with little sweetness, flavour of dark chocolate, coffee, caramel and wood, somewhat watery. Light body with a silky texture and lively carbonation.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2020 Cerveza oscura y amarga, con notas de café y tostado, nariz frágil de pocos aromas y leves notas de lúpulo. Desbalanceada, a pesar de su baja graduación (5%) se siente alcohólica y pesada. Regular.

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2019 Can 500 ml. Blackish-brown color, good creamy foam. Aroma and taste: caramel, roasted, malty, sweet, drinkable, but nothing special.

UPDATED: APR 3, 2019 A 500ml. can from Simplemart down the road, sold in Taiwan as 'Schwarzer Herzog Black Beer'. Aroma: roasted notes, chocolate. Appearance: cola; head rapidly dissipates to nothing. Palate: light-bodied and slick, soft carbonation, flavoursome roasted finish. Taste: medium bitter and sweet, well-balanced. Plenty of chocolate, slightly acidic. Interesting flavour, could drink another.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2019 Black color, small foam. Caramel, patoka in aroma. Taste is sweet with bitterness. Decent black beer. Drinkable.