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Another local beer. This time it’s Titletown Brewing’s Ludicrous Lager.

I guess this is supposed to be an imperial version (9%) of their Dark Helmet Schwartz beer.

On tap of course. Was poured very thick. With even thicker head. If you spilled the mug, I’m not sure anything would come out. Probably the blackest black I’ve seen in some time. No Cascade or any other signs of carbonation up the glass.

The beer seemed pretty cold for some reason. Could explain the lack of much aroma. But there was caramel and grainy pilsner-like followed by a bit if bitter sweet chocolate. And definitely sugar. Not like burnt sugar or syrupy, but like a bag of white sugar.

Thinking of that sweet smell and looking at how thick this beer moves as I’m taking the first sip, I am expecting a gloopy mess of sugar. But that is not what I get.
Thick yes, sweet yes, but countered by the alcohol. There is no doubt this is a strong beer.
Then quickly the chocolate takes over like a warm brownie made with pilsner and black malt.
When the beer is cold and all these things are hitting you at once this beer shines.

The sweetness is pretty potent but the roast and alcohol do their best to keep it in check. And they do while the beer is as cold as it is.. but once it starts warming it’s tough to think about anything but how over sweet it is.

In small doses this beer is fantastic,, but a 20oz mug it a bit much. In fact maybe mixing this Ludicrous and the Dark Helmet might be just the thing to balance it out.

So to give it a score is difficult because between the cold serving temp, and the warmed up beer, it almost felt like 2 different beers. Very good to ok within a few degrees.

But think I’ll give it a 3.5/5

Go get this one and let me know what you think