Another of Black Lab Brewing’s two flagship beers, Cornerstone Black
Lager is a 5% schwarzbier sold in 500mL bottles. The blackish lager,
highlighted in amber, pours with a quickly thinning off-white head.
The
beer has a lovely roasted malt and chocolate nose, accented with a
whisper of anise. The beer is initially sweet and malty, with decent
balance provided by a semi-sweet chocolate and raisin closing note, with
just a touch of dark cherry.
Flavourful and
rich, Cornerstone is an agreeable dark lager. I’d have liked the
percentage to creep a bit higher, and the finish could have been more
robust, but that hardly takes away from an otherwise excellent
schwarzbier. An all-too-rare for Ontario after dinner lager.
Rating: 7.5 out of 10.
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