Xingu Black Beer

Beer and Spirits
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Brew: Xingu Black Beer

Brewed by: Cervejaria Sul Brasileira; Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Style: schwarzbier

Glassware: Best served in a pilsner glass or a heavy mug (which is what I prefer!!)

Personal Notes: Black gold… that was my first thought when I poured this brew. Pleasant scents filled with sweet molasses, dark chocolate and slow-roasted malts. A hearty, foamy head stayed well for quite a while. But the taste… ooooh how smooth it was… so smooth I had to keep telling myself that this was beer! The taste was just a tad sweet but there was no detection of any bitterness at all! The flavors of sweet molasses, chocolate and malts come through so teasingly well in this black beer. One reviewer somewhere even said it “smells like cocoa krispies, tastes like heaven” … yeah I can see where they would say that!! This is definitely one full bodied, easy to drink black beer that you don’t want to pass up when you can get it!!

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LOVE that stuff. We sealed the deal to open our store over a large bottle of that and a curried chicken pizza!

PS: the brewery is in Rio Grande do Sul state (site of most of Brasil’s wine industry), NOT Rio de Janeiro state.

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We love it too. I discovered Xingu about 15 years ago and then it disappeared for a while locally. It’s back in multiple size formats nowadays so there’s always a few of these in our beer refrigerator. And it pairs wonderfully with many different foods especially spicy food.
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Thanks!! I went back to my original thread and update it!!