Upper Hand Escanaba Black Beer. 4.5% ABV. Upper Hand Brewery, Escanaba, MI, a division of Bell's Brewery.
Solid blackness, slim brown head.
In the nose: cocoa, cola, char. Roasty. Like any good dark beer should be.
In the mouth: Sweet, a touch. Cocoa, some coffee, a touch of carob. I'd guess that we have a schwarzbier lager bier here. (Although I have found no evidence to back up or refute this claim of mine. Their website gives no category. Untappd calls it a "dark ale." BeerAdvocate calls it a "Black ale", and RateBeer a "stout." Okay, maybe I'm wrong.)
Smooth, drinkable, but rich and malty. Medium bodied. Mild hop attack.
Escanaba Black Beer is malt forward, dark, and delicious. Its moderate roastiness is balanced with a mild hop bitterness. The result is a silky smooth finish for this sessionable ale, making it the perfect beer for anything the north has to offer.
Also: Escanaba Black Beer is at home around summer fire pits and winter fireplaces. This dark, delicious, malt-forward black ale has a moderate roastiness that’s balanced with a silky-smooth, mildly bitter finish.
I think they're trying to emphasize the silky smooth finish.
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