What will a dark beer taste like?

What will a dark beer taste like?

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Dark beers are the result of using dark malt in the recipe. So if you look at the malting process and find out how dark malts are produced, you can anticipate the flavors you're going to get from a dark beer. Malts that are roasted heavily to get chocolate and coffee sort of characters are going to carry those flavors and characteristics over into the beers as well.