Session Black (New) 4-28-2010

Ze Beer? Session Black

Ze Style? Schwarzbier

Ze Maker? Full Sail Brewing Company

Ze Content! ABV: 5.4%

Well, this is it, my official first “new” review. I came across this beer at work, have had it sitting around my room for some time now, and ill admit this isn’t going to be the first time I’ve had this beer. Almost 2 months ago, I tasted this beer at my weekly beer tasting, as an inventory mis-ship. It wasn’t normally something we carried, so it was my attempt to get it through the system as if never having it in our inventory. Kill two birds with one stone right? Get the product you don’t carry out, and a new beer to try at tasting! Needless to say this beer was an easy hit, and well now we carry it full time.

This beer pours a very dark brown with little head retention but decent. For a darker beer, it is very light and easy to drink; aromas and scents of soft chocolate, some nuttyness and roasted malt to give it just a very soft hint of caramel. Very little lacing to it but then again that would explain the light mouthfeel to this beer. A bit of coffee lingers on in the back end almost like a coffee you put into the fridge to cool off. Very drinkable with enough flavors of a porter, but having a light crisp texture makes it easy to throw back. I drank this beer at room temperature to try and bring out the flavors, chilling it would only bring more of a crisp feel to the beer.

Would I drink this beer again? Definitely, the name says it all, it's a great session beer, unfortunately it seems to only come in 12-pack, so that impacts the decision when picking a beer.

Overall Rating: B+
-Ze Beer Guy

Who am I and what is Beer?

Hello, My name is Derrin or more commonly known as "Ze Beer Guy". This blog is a side project i will be doing for fun on my free time. So a quick intro of myself?

I go to school full time majoring in the wonderful field of sciences, i work in the Beverage industry, with a proficient background in Beer, wine and spirits; though i specialize in the category of ze beer. I have been working in this industry for over 3 years now, and host have been hosting a popular weekly beer tasting that has started as a simple 5-7 attendees a week, to now a still growing average of 40 individuals plus! With well over 100 individual's subscribed to my weekly newsletter through work, combined with the popularity of my tastings; I have decided i would try to blog my personal beer reviews and any stories that may come along with it.

The proceedings are my personal reflections, reviews, tastes, likes and dislikes when it comes to beer, bars, and things related. Beer has become a secondary passion to myself. I do not see beer as a quick and easy way to get drunk and act a fool, but instead, i enjoy and treat each beer worthy in the way it deserves. Just like one would review a wine, i review beers in the same fashion.

So follow along, enjoy my blogs, hate my blogs, comment do whatever it is you blog readers do... Though i have tasted well over 100 different beers in my time, i will try to review beers i personally deem worth it (or in some cases if i can't think of a beer to pick a random "classic"), but do not expect to read reviews of Bud Light to Coors light, etc. I will gladly take requests if you email it to me and given the availability of that beer in Southern California.

Cheers,
Derrin Jung
a.k.a. Ze Beer Guy