The Field: Dark Lagers #68-31 In this competition, the three most common styles ended up being schwarzbier, dunkel and Czech dark lager, in roughly that order, with a small smattering of bocks and ...

Best Dark Lager: Schilling Beer Co. Karluv 13 Czech-Style Dark Lager; Best Black IPA: Firestone Walker Wookey Jack Black IPA; Best Dark Beers of 2025 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout.

Style: Czech Pilsner Brewery: Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, CA ABV: 5.3% The Beer: When it comes to imported lagers, I’m a big fan of Augustiner, out of Munich, which is among my ...

Dante Wheat, bartender and founder of Raw Pineapples in Louisville. Blue Stallion Dunkel. I am not the biggest fan of dark lagers. However, I had too many of these at a fall beer festival in 2017.

Dark beers aren’t necessarily boozier than light beers. Take dark lagers, like the German schwarzbier: Its ABV range is 4.4 to 5.4 percent, compared to a German pilsner’s 4.4 to 5.2 percent or ...

And that gets to the genius of dark lager. They’re beers that typically have a modest amount of alcohol — about 5 percent or so — but are long on aroma and taste.

These styles, such as dunkel, schwarzbier, and Czech dark lager, are a lifeline to drinkers like myself who like dry, roasty flavors in their beer, which had become increasingly hard to find.

Insulated Dark Lager is most moreish, a beer complex enough that it never bores, but restrained enough, alcohol-wise, to stay a daily staple. Consider the lager protection from insobriety, ...

Praga Dark Lager is a beer it has resurrected from its archives, and it did not surprise me in the least that it is to the U.S.-made Budweiser what filet mignon is to hamburger.

Cohesion’s Tmavy, a Czech dark lager being drawn hladinka style with a side-pull tap at Cohesion Brewing on Aug. 14, 2021. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) With the depth and breadth of Colorado ...

Although winter might seem like the best time for dark beers, they can actually be enjoyed any time. All you need is a cool night or a campfire, and those rich, toasty, and roast-y flavors really ...