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Been a long time since I have had me a Titletown Dark Helmet. The local Schwartzbier offering. This used to be one of my favorite beers by Titletown Brewing. Is it the same beer that it was after a couple of years,, and new ownerships? Let’s see.

I’m actually having this one at what they are calling “The Depot” a pub type resteraunt that is where the original Titletown brewing was located, but since moved on to bigger spaces… Just across the parking lot.

Dark Helmet was poured for me into a regular shaker pint with a very nice ligh tan thick head that really stays through the entire drink.

The beer seems somewhat colder than normal, but still get a good whiff of chocolate and sweetness.. along with just the faintest of grain. Nothing harsh or out of place.

And as the name implies, it is dark,, but would not call this black. Deep dark mahogany with nice reddish highlights and clear as a bell where you can get a glimpse.

Yes this does taste as good as I remember. Light, somewhat grainy with background chocolate and a smooth roasty note. Very balanced between the light sweetness and the hidden bitterness to keep it in check. And with that easy bittering comes a softer layer of hop flavor thats is there if you look for it especially the more it warms..

With a much lighter body than it looks like it should have, it still has substance and its spot on carbonation really fills it out..

So a Schwarztbier is basically a dark Pilsner. This version does take a few liberties with that description and does a few things of its own,, but is still a dark, easy going, light drinking that really surprises the non-dark beer crowd.

As said before, Dark Helmet has always been a great beer, but somehow fell off my radar during thier business shuffling. But I amd glad to see that it is just as good as I remember.

If you get to Titletown Brewing, Or the Depot for that matter, don’t pass on this one. If you are in distribution range, it out there in cans.

I as always.. am giving this a 4/5. Enjoy