Arbeiter Nacht Rider Schwarzbier.
4.9 % ABV, 22 IBU. Arbeiter Brewing, Minneapolis, MN.
And here we have growler #3 of the seven I picked up at the brewery last week.
Everyone know that David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany. Nacht, naturally, is Deutsch for "night", but the pun falls apart, because the Hoff's show was Knight Rider, wasn't it, after his character, Michael Knight, not "Night Rider." Good try, though, guys, now let's drink this beer.
Very black, very nearly opaque, slim brown-ish head on top.
In the nose: Cocoa, coffee, and cream. Cola on the side.
In the mouth: More of that on the palate. Minor bitterness, then it's all about the malt. Medium bodied, smooth, expertly drinkable. Clean, like a lager should be. Flavors of cocoa and cream, with a smear of coffee a touch of richness, caramel, toffee. Very likable.
I like a good schwarzbier, and this is one.
Our deliciously dark, smooth and malty black lager keeps its foot on the flavor pedal with classically clean German noble hops riding shotgun. Nacht Rider is the dark lager to Turbo Boost you into the night.
Nacht Rider is brewed in the Bavarian Schwarzbier tradition, showcasing Munich malt flavors with a full but smooth body.
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