Bièropholie Calumet Grand Chef

Pours a brown color with a brown head. Aroma is woody smoky, peaty, and some roasted malts. Flavor is malty, woody smoky, a hint of chocolate, and a sweet smoky finish.

Bottle. First beer of my ’St. Patrick’s Day Stouts & Porters Mini-Tasting’. Man, I’ve drank tons of these and never rated it, I’m now down to my last bottle and finally getting to it. Pours black with tons of tiny bubbles and an average size diminishing foamy tan head. Lovely smoky aroma along with roasted malt, some chocolate, dark fruit, nuts and hops. Flavour’s just as nice. Nice and peaty with roast malt, chocolate, some wood and a good amount of hops -- pretty well balanced, especially if you like the style. Dry finish. Alcohol’s well hidden. Creamy mouthfeel, medium bodied. Very well done, one of the best Smoked beers on the market in my opinion.

Bottled, thanks larsga. Beige over ruby tinged dark beer. Smokiness, full body, well balanced. Roasted grain. The sweet malt and the smoke blends very well together.

Outstanding strong smokey aroma that invites you to try it. Almost black with a small beige head. Smokey ham taste, not dry at all. The aroma continues to entice as you drink it. Does have hints of Scotch aroma to it too. Thanks go to HogTownHarry for the opportunity to try this.

Almost no head, greige rim; near-black beer. Inviting smokey-phenolic nose. Smoked bacon/sausages, but also campfire woodsmoke, ironoxide. Dry-woody taste, with lots of tobacco-ashes, point of chocolate. Only faintest of smoked meat esters here, no fattiness, just dry & phenolic. Warming up, it gets more and more Islay malt-like, which doesn’t spoil a thing! Very rounded, soft-velvety MF, just a touch chewy. Is it the conditioning? The bottle? Or the other beers tasted at LCRBM07? Anyway, this seems to come out better than the Unfiltered version! Grand merci encore à mon pote Sylvain!

Medium yellowish beige head. Deep dark amber body, barely translucent. Smoky, malty, caramelly aroma with meaty, bready notes. Sweet bready yeasty chocolatey taste with powerful smokiness. Rounded, soft mouthfeel. Full-bodied. Wonderfully distinct and clear smoke taste, which blends excellently with the porter taste. Excellent. (0.341l bottle traded from glouglouburp.)

Tasted at 2008 Woodshop hosted by cquiroga. Bottle from Francois MTL. Thanks! Very smokey. A little sweet. Black color. A little malty. Very popular with the crowd. Very well done smokey beer. fun.

Very dark brown that you could look into and see your reflextion. Beautiful aroma of pine burning wood with a touc of ash and burning caramel. Some espresso and 70% dark cocoa finish off the nose. Flavour is not as rich as the nose may suggest but full and rcih with lots of hickory smoke and subtle burnt candied flavour. Actually carries a soft bitterness as it goes down. One of the better smoked beers for sure.