Beer blogger Adam Shugan is the store manager at our Archer Road store in Gainesville.

Today I am revisiting one of the first beers I blogged about when I discussed Schwarzbier for the sake of my world voyage. Plus I’m running out of countries to try beers from. 

The beer is Xingu black lager from Santa Maria, Brazil.  It is a style I enjoy when I want a lighter
tasting dark beer.  This is the sole beer of the brewery Cervejaria Sul Brasileira, and they do a fine job making it.

Appearance:  Serving it slightly chilled in my Guinness tumbler, it pours a creamy charcoal color
with a frosty chocolate syrup-hued head.

Smell:  Faint roasty malts and burnt caramel.

Taste:  Espresso infused baker’s chocolate with fresh cracked grains and a kiss of molasses.  Not overbearing but well balanced. 

Black beer is a great style for the novice beer drinker who does not want to dive right into the black coffee and roasted chocolate heavy stouts and porters.  Sam Adams, Dixie, and Krombacher offer Schwarzbiers, and all as well as Xingu can be found at most ABCs.