The brewers of Kössel Bräu describe this as a Bavarian beer meeting Irish stout. Beer nerds will point out that it's more Dunkel than Stout (know your Dunkels dudes). I'm a fan of dark beer as much as the next guy, especially during a soggy February evening, but I really bought this for the following:
1. The Catholic artwork lifted from somewhere - heavy on the detail and wholly unsuitable for a beer label but still who cares. Not one but three images lined up there, with all their glorious gloopy dots of misaligned registration.
2. In my ignorance I assumed the black Madonna was a New World phenomenon. I now stand corrected.
3. The lovely (albeit) incongruous shadowed type that flows under another, clearer graphic illustration of Maria Hilfer. Beautiful alpine country from the looks of it.
1. The Catholic artwork lifted from somewhere - heavy on the detail and wholly unsuitable for a beer label but still who cares. Not one but three images lined up there, with all their glorious gloopy dots of misaligned registration.
2. In my ignorance I assumed the black Madonna was a New World phenomenon. I now stand corrected.
3. The lovely (albeit) incongruous shadowed type that flows under another, clearer graphic illustration of Maria Hilfer. Beautiful alpine country from the looks of it.