American Dark

Tasting Notes

American dark beers are copper to dark brown in color, light to medium in body, and have low hop aroma and flavor. They are essentially colored versions of American standard lagers with minimal, or sometimes no, roasted or chocolate-like characters contributed by the darker malts. American dark lagers are usually not as dark as their German counterparts. They are usually a bit heavier than the lightest of the American lagers. Any aroma is usually indicative of its high adjunct grain recipe, i.e., corn.

Ingredients

Ingredients used include American six-row malt, 20 to 40% corn adjuncts, and for color crystal, Munich or black malts. Color can also be artificially derived from the addition of caramel syrup. Cluster hops are used for bittering and Cascade and Willamette hops for aroma.

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