Samuel Adams Black Lager

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Samuel Adams Black Lager has been described as... the Sam Adams Brewers' interpretation of a traditional German Schwarzbier.

About the Beer

When one sees a beer with a darker complexion these days, more often than not it’s a Porter or Stout. However looks can be deceiving. There exists a style older than both and generally less well known; the Schwarzbier, which literally translated is “Black Beer”. Unlike its dark cousins which both hail from Britain and are highly hopped ales, Schwarzbier comes from Germany, is lightly hopped and is fermented using a bottom fermenting lager yeast. Samuel Adams Black Lager is brewed in the tradition of the latter. A medium bodied beer brewed using several different roasts of malt to give the end product a smooth body and a depth of malt character that has to be tasted to be believed.

History of the Beer

Though the origins of this beer have been lost in the mists of time, the distinctively beautiful depth of its color has not. Black beers have been very popular for over 400 years in the Thuringa region of what was once East Germany. Since Germany’s reunification, this old style has gained many fans in the United States.

About the Brewing

Samuel Adams Black Lager is brewed with a medley of malts including 2-row Harrington pale, Munich, and a touch of Weyermann dehusked Carafa . The dehusked carafe gives the beer this deep color and clean roast flavor with out the drying astringency of the husk. The beer is finished with a balanced hopping of the traditional German Spalt Spalter Noble Aroma Hops.