Köstritzer Schwarzbier – Refreshingly dark.

Carefully-selected ingredients, a unique recipe and a passion for brewing tradition: drinking a Köstritzer Schwarzbier is a special and unique experience – true beer perfection. By roasting the barley for our malt, our beer acquires a unique roasted malt flavour and an unmistakeably special character. Taste the difference and enjoy Germany's most popular black beer.

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Tasting

A multi-faceted dark beer: black in colour, full of flavour, yet refreshingly light. 

Appearance

Appearance

Intense and elegant black, with a lasting foam head with fine bubbles.

Aroma

Aroma

Smells distinctively of spiced flavors such as sage, roasted chestnuts, dark honey, dark chocolate, and rustic bread.

Flavour

Flavour

Bitter in taste and characterized by lightly bitter herbal and roasted flavors. The intense aromas are balanced by the fine effervescence with freshness and elegance. Gentle bitter notes and a malty sweetness slowly fade in the aftertaste.

BEER STYLE

Schwarzbier

BEER TYPE

full beer

BREWING METHOD

bottom-fermented

ALCOHOL

4,8 % vol

ORIGINAL GRAVITY

11,4 %

ENERGY

42 kcal / 173 kJ / 100 ml

FAT

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CARBOHYDRATES

2,5 g / 100 ml

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SALT

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INGREDIENTS

water, MALTES BARLEY, hops, hop extract

* In distribution partnership for Benediktiner Weissbräu GmbH and CREW Republic Brewery GmbH