Beers similar to Monteith's Black

Lager·New Zealand·5.2% ABV·One of 277 Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Monteith's Black's coffee and malty character. Five premium malts build a beer with dominant coffee notes and a complex depth of flavour. Monteith's Black runs at 5.2% ABV and sits between sweet darks and harsh stouts: crisper than the first, smoother than the second. It comes on keg as well as in packs from the West Coast brewery that has carried the Monteith's name since 1868.

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10 beers like Monteith's Black

Binding Schwarzbier

Binding Brauerei

Germany · Schwarzbier · 4.8%

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84%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same sweetness and roasted notes as Monteith's, adds fullness.

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Structure: very close

Compared to Monteith'sfull-bodiedbreadycaramel

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch more bitterness.

Structure: very close

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Haynau's Retreat

Newbarns Brewery

United Kingdom · Schwarzbier · 5.3%

ALTERNATIVE

78%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares sweetness and roasted notes with Monteith's; adds richness.

What carries overcoffeesweetmaltysmoothcrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Monteith'srichcleanlight

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch more bitterness.

Structure: very close

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Kohlentrimmer

Buddelship Brauerei

Germany · Schwarzbier · 5.3%

ALTERNATIVE

77%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Monteith's on sweetness and roasted notes: adds chocolate notes, drops dark fruit notes.

What carries overcoffeemaltysmoothcrispsweet

Structure: very close

Compared to Monteith'schocolatenoble-hopspicy-hopdark fruit

Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch less bitterness.

Structure: very close

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Knoblach Weihnachtsfestbier

Brauerei Knoblach

Germany · Dunkel · 5.6%

76%

MATCH

A touch more nutty notes, fuller-bodied — sweetness and roasted notes as with Monteith's.

Structure: a touch fuller, softer

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Balter Black Lager

Balter Brewing Company

Australia · Schwarzbier · 4.9%

75%

MATCH

Keeps sweetness and roasted notes like Monteith's; adds dryness.

Structure: very close

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Primátor Dark

Pivovar Primátor

Czech Republic · Czech Dark Lager · 4.5%

74%

MATCH

Mirrors Monteith's's roasted notes and dark fruit notes — plus caramel notes, a notch softer, minus sweetness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Bayerischer Bahnhof Heizer

Bayerischer Bahnhof Leipzig

Germany · Schwarzbier · 5.1%

74%

MATCH

Like Monteith's on sweetness and roasted notes — adds chocolate notes, but without the dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Märkischer Landmann

Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei

Germany · Schwarzbier · 4.9%

74%

MATCH

As with Monteith's, same sweetness and roasted notes; adds dryness, no dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Schwarzer Esel

Vereinsbrauerei Apolda

Germany · Schwarzbier · 4.5%

74%

MATCH

Fuller — same sweetness and roasted notes as Monteith's, adds chocolate notes, fuller-bodied.

Structure: a touch fuller, softer

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Schwarzer Hahn

Gosemanufaktur

Germany · Schwarzbier · 4.7%

73%

MATCH

Same sweetness and roasted notes as Monteith's, adds chocolate notes, but without the dark fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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