UPDATED: DEC 20, 2019 Thanks Omhper for sharing! (Euro Santa 2019). Dark brown body with a minimal, good lacing but collapsing beige head. Aroma is coffee grounds with mild smokey notes. Taste is coffee, molasses, brown sugar, mineral. Mild coffeish and mineral finish. Medium body, soft/average carbonation, oily/slicky texture.

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2019 19-Mar-19 (500-ml bottle: Purchased 12-Jun-09 at the Pizza Port Bottle Shop in Carlsbad, CA)
This Smoked beer pours a black body capped by half an inch of bubbly, tan head that recedes quickly to a thin ring, leaving only a few spots of lacing on the beer-clean glass. The nose offers aromas of molasses, smoky logs, cola, burnt caramel, and black toast. On the palate, it's lightly sweet, moderately bitter, and light-medium in smokiness, showing flavors of molasses, wort, cola, caramel, baker's chocolate, roasted nuts, scorched earth, and burnt toast. The beer is medium-minus in weight, seeming a touch watery, the carbonation is medium-minus as well, and despite the light sweetness, it still has a fairly dry mouthfeel. Overall, this is a Smoked beer that doesn't hit the extremes, but isn't shy either, so right in the middle. It comes across simply as a basic English Stout with moderate smokiness, and that's a pretty tasty beer.

UPDATED: JUL 20, 2019 This is a backlog rating from 2011 from a bottle shared by Tmoney99, from notes. When I had this beer it was average to below average for the style and not something I wanted to have again or I just didn't get back to my notes because of my technology at the time. Words to describe this beer are smoky, meaty, interesting.

UPDATED: JUN 22, 2019 Black color with tanned head . Aroma has smoke, roasted malt, coffee and dark malt. Taste is malty sweet with long a bit sweet aftertaste. Flavors of caramel, dark malt, smoke, dark bread and ripe fruits.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2019 Sort med beige skum. Aroma røsted malt røyk tre lakris. Smak røsted malt røyk sjokolade kaffe lakris. Tørr med middels fylde. Smakt Juli 14

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2019 Dark brown color, small beige head. Aromas of smoked meat, chocolate, tar, caramel and farmhouse. Taste of smoked meat, chocolate, roasted malt and toffee.

UPDATED: JAN 26, 2019 Frothy average light-brown head. Fair lacing. Mostly diminishing. Flat dark reddish-brown body. Aroma: smoked sausage, moderate roasted malt, dark chocolate. Initial and final flavor: light bitter sweet + smoked/salty notes; long duration. Palate: metallic finish, lively carbonation, light medium body and watery texture. 60s

Bottle split at L6, thanks to Daniel, 27/09/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is burnt toffee, cocoa sprinkle, charr, lightly smoked malts. Taste comprises chocolate, toffee, lighy spice, charr, puff of smoke. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Bottle shared at Columbus tasting 27/09/2018. Many thanks! A clear nut brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, umami , soy, liquorice, brown bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, metalic, brown malts, flabby, apple, brown malts. Palate is semi sweet, metalic, flabby,

Bottle shared in London - cheers to Dani. Pours deep brown with a foamy, tan head. Hearty dark malts, dry cocoa, aged berries, earth, baking cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild ashy roast to finish, sweet cocoa, earth, aged berries. Not bad.