Style: Lager (Czech-Style Dark, Tmavy)

ABV: 4.8 IBU: 25.0

92/100

Aroma:	11
Appearance:	3
Flavor:	20
Mouthfeel:	5

Pivotal Brewing Company Midnight Bryter

What the brewers say

“This Czech-style dark lager is a showcase of some of our favorite European malts.”

What our panel thought

“Chocolate fills the nose, suggesting roasty sulfur, dark fruit, and coffee. Flavor carries notes of semisweet chocolate, plum, roast coffee, butterscotch, toffee, and cherries. Low hop bitterness, rather sweet. Lower carbonation. Mineral-water finish ends with herbal hop bitterness.”

What our editors thought

“Subtle toasted wood in the aroma with just a bit of husky grain. Sleek and succinct in the sip, downplaying the malt with a subtle, clean, herbal-woody hop note.”

Review printed in: Lager Levels Up (Fall 2024) (View All Issues)

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