 Dickinsonbeer (3449), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 5, 2009
Tap at BT. Pours a clear medium bright copper with a nice white head and some lace. Aroma is a really nice meaty smokiness- restrained and rounded with nice toffee malty sweetness- just clean nice refined beechwood smoke from bamberg/weyerman. Flavor is very clean and smooth- I have to assume they used their house strain to ferment but it is very clean it seemed like a nice lager yeast- fruits are very mellow- malts are clean and upfront- very straightforward with more nice complimenting sweetness, with light earth and restrained phenols. Smooth and easy drinking, felt like drinking a 5-6% restrained slightly fruity smoked lager/marzen. I really liked this one, but I like most smoked beers. Very well done.
ChainGangGuy (2558), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 1.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 1/10 | 4/5 | 3/10 | 4/5 | 2/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 Appearance: Served up an opaque, mahogany-hued body with an expansive, meringue-like, off-white head.
Smell: After a busy, hurry-scurry holiday weekend, it’s real nice to just sit down and enjoy a new beer from the folks at Alla--GAH! Sweet, merciful Jesus, what is this concoction? Sure, there’s smoke, but there’s also the most clear cut, pungent scent of band-aids, by far the most fierce I’ve encountered in a beer. Oh, how it stings the nostrils!
Taste: Amazingly intense, distilled taste of band-aids marked by a sharp smokiness. Sadly, any actually amiable tastes of caramel and burnt sugar are a far, far, far distant third to these two flavors. And it’s all rather medicinal. Frankly, it was rather difficult to get down.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Well carbonated.
Drinkability: Ugh! I went from excited for having stumbled across this beer to horrified and disappointed real damn quickly.
jrob21 (1264), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 On tap at the brickstore. Probably should not have started with this one. Any smoke is a bit of a palate wrecker. Aroma is charcoal and ash and the flavor is dominated by the smoke and chewy meat flavors. There is a little bit of red fruit working in all of this. You get a bit of a sense of a sweetness working as well but it does not leave that sticky feeling on your lips. Very interesting but not sure if I would reach for this again.
TomDecapolis (3167), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Tap at Blue Dog. Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a medium creamy off white head that left lacing. Aroma of nail polish remover, phenol, smoked meats, caramel and toastedalt. Flavor of smoked meats, burnt wood, peppery notes and malt.
Leighton (271), New York, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 18, 2009 A nice smokey ale. Roasted malt aroma rises from a dark amber pour. Medium off-white head. Flavor has strong notes of coffee and burnt malt. Sweet and bitter sensations, which persist in in the aftertaste.
michael-pollack (2668), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 10, 2009 Draught at TND: Aroma of malts, slight herbs, light smoke, slight bamburg wood, and a hint of hops. Poured brown/flaxen in color with a medium-sized, rocky, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Good lacing. Flavor is lightly bitter. Tastes of smoke, bamburg wood, light malts, light grains, slight vegetables, and hints of spices, chocolate, and hops. Medium body. Slightly dry, slightly sticky texture. Average carbonation. Smoke, bamburg wood, slight vegetable finish is slightly dry. 7.5%ABV is completely hidden.
TeamTrappist (384), jericho, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 6, 2009 Tap at Blind Tiger. Poured copperish with a thin off white head. Big smoked nose followed by a smooth and smokey mouthful that seemed to fill your nose with smoke, In a good way. Some sweetness, but the smoke leads the way.
TaktikMTL (2786), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 2, 2009 En fût. Verre de 12 oz dégusté chez Great Lost Bear (Portland, ME). Arôme: Légère odeur de fumée et d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe de fumée et d’agrumes. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #2716)
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