Bièropholie Calumet Grand Chef

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Smoked
, Canada

12 oz. bottle from thecheeseman. Pours brown with reddish highlights and a ring of beige bubbles. The aroma is roasted dark malts and prunes. The smokiness is ever present, but not overdone. The flavor has a big smokiness to it, but is well balanced by other the other flavors. Roasted dark malts and dark fruits with a hint of dark chocolate make for a nice blend with the smokiness. The body is a bit thin to carry the flavors. Looking at the bottle WTF is a triple porter? Anyway, as it warmed the flavor seemed to get more chemical qualities to it. Overall, a nice smoked beer and a treat to have been able to try.

Bottle - Thanks Glouglouburp!! - Pours out thin and dk amber with almost no head...aroma is peaty scotch smoke, burnt wood, roast meat...flavour is all of the above, slightly medicinal and astringent, burnt peat moss and whiskey, sour tang of marinade...some cocoa and dk fruit hiding behind the smoke...smoked lovers obviously have a different experience with this than others do...quite interesting

Nice smokey dark malty nose. Light bbq mesquite. Pours dark brown thin foam rings. Smokey salty dry roast light chocolate is there as well, but a good deal of beef jerkey and salt. Nice sweet salty jerky stuff. Sweet smokey dark malts nice drinking strong smoked ale. My rating is too descriptive.

12oz capped from suzygreenberg. Dark brown, basically black in color with decent tan head. Sweet malty prune that is laying under a ton of smoked peat, wood, and meat. Tart prune up front with a large amont of peated smoke meaty malt and some light ashed chocolate malt.

Dark beer with mahogany hints around the edges when held to the light. The bubbles create a small slick on the surface, but it never really achieved a head. The nose is dominated by smoked meat and roasted grains. This is a very flavorful smoked beer, with lots of campfire, charred oak staves, and smoked ham along with some toffee sweetness, molassess and tea. Some mineral chalkiness in the finish. This is a very nice smoked beer for those who like smoke. Many thanks to Sammy for getting this beer for me.

Smoke owns the character of this deep, chewy nectar. Lots of molasses, coffee, toffee, and chocolate notes linger underneath the smoldering malt mayhem. Some say this one is the Lagavulin of beer and as it warms, more in your face flavor reveals itself. Not much to look at, this beer has little head to it, but the dull dark brown ureminds me of a weeklong camping trip with a lot of time by the old fire. Some mild lactic hints far off in the distance that gives it some semblance of balance, if not cheesiness. This beer was built to pair with sharp cheddar and salty crackers. All features of this beer bows down to the smoke. What a brew! Tres bien!

Pours a deep black with virtually no head and minimal lacing. Aroma is richly laced with a campfire-type smoke scent with a hint of dark chocolates and roasted coffee beans. Taste is quite unique, they have captured the essence of campfire smoke and incorporated it well into the chocolaty and coffee-like profile of the porter style. Body is on the thin side; feels lightly syrupy on the palate. Finishes with a smoky prominence and a light charcoal bitterness. Slight alcoholic heat at the end of each sip. Nicely done, I could easily have a few of these!

Pours almost black with minimal white head. Aroma of smoked meats quite overpowering. Leaves a thick lacing on the glass. Some carbonation with the mouth with caramel with the smoked meat. Spicy aftertaste left behind. Some alcohol in the taste, very well balanced. -Tyler