Bièropholie Calumet

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Smoked
, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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06 Vintage. Bottle from Boutip! Smoked aroma for sure, just love that smell. Almost black in apperance with a medium head. Medium palate. Some roasted malts to start with a lightly smoked malt flavor there as well. Not over the top in any department, but solid.

Got some slight smoke in th aroma.Pours dark brown with an off white head.Good amount of bacon and smoke in the flavor.Medium mouthfeel with lots of malt in the finish.

750. Almost totally flat pour. Nose is olives, smokey bacon malt, and somehow, for a 6.5% beer, hot alcohol . Hmmm. Very tasty stuff though, good smokiness behind the porter notes. The porter portion is rather thick, with good balance. Could use more smoke, of course.

341ml bottle (2004) from radiomgb - thanks, Jeff! Dark and opaque with a minimal beige head. This one is more complex than some smoked beers out there. While I don’t think much porter character actually exists, there is a very strong smoke presence in the nose (roasted wood and bacon) that combines with a tart flavor. Not like a Belgian sour but a piquant tang all the same. It’s a nice effort, but I’m not sure it’s entirely balanced. Still, very worthy and I’d try again.

Bottle. Vintage 2005. My last bottle of this and I’m finally rating it. Pours black with an average size creamy tan head. Nice aroma of roasted malt and smoke upfront followed by chocolate, vanilla and hops. Flavour of roasted malt, some smoke (but not as much as the aroma suggests), chocolate and a good amount of hops. Body’s a little thin for a Stout, nice creamy mouthfeel. Good stuff, quite enjoyable.

Drank in a stout glass. Got this baby @ the Jovy in Hull (2006 - 750ml)... for all the ottawa-hull people, get them fast as they’re very limited. Very dark poor, with a frothy creamy head. Very dark malted aromas with a nice hickory twist. Molasses and moca java coffee beans complete the aromas. All of the above aromas are very apparent on the palate added a twist of canadian maple syrup. Very balanced porter, love the smokiness ...

2005 341mL bottle from HogTownHarry, thanks Harry. Pours a very dark brown which no light passes through in the glass with a small tan head which quickly fades to a ring. Aroma of smoked meats, salty peanuts, some roasted malt and coffee characteristics. Flavor is much the same though not quite as smoky, a little more tangy and acidic, though I couldn’t explain the type. Bitter roasted malt finish with no traces of smoke. Medium bodied with somewhat creamy tingly mouthfeel and light to medium carbonation.

Bottle from Tornto Posse, July ’06. Very deep brown colored, near black. Decent beige head forms and fades slowly to a ring. Nice lacing. Aroma has nice touches of smoked malt, coffee and choco. play background roles. Body is just a touch thin to make this great, feels watery where there should be some heft. Chocolate and smoke flavor with a nice balancing bitterness in the finish. Perhaps just the slightest hints of sourness in the finish as well. Pretty well done, the only thing holding this back was lack of mouthfeel.

From a 12oz Bottle, 2005 Vintage. Dark brown, chocolatey pour with a thin layer of golden tan head. Heavy layer of smoked venison lurks beneath a more subtle chocolate base. Has a bit of salty, briney character to the bouquet that gives it an interesting extra dimension. Medium bodied, firmly carbonated mouthfeel. Much less smoke in the flavor than in the aroma. Some chocolate flavors create an initial impression of a fairly typical porter, and this is then followed by the expected smokey finish. The smokey flavors are a bit weak and one-dimensional though, coming across as more of an "ashy" flavor than the rich meatiness found in the bouquet. A unique, interesting treat. Thanks, Sammy!

UPDATED: OCT 28, 2009 A gentle hickory smoke rises from the glass, with some surprising fruit yeast notes, soon assauged by a deep alder fire, rising from a snowy pit. Deep dark pour, with orange fringes and a clean soap of coffee and cream. Flavor is a plain amber malt, brandy, and plenty of fresh maple syrup, combined with toasted pancake batter. Dark fruits creep in from the edges of the evening and more aged, settle yeast esters arise. Nice body, sweet, yet dry. Finishes with a bit more fire and an edge of roast, amongst juniper smoke. Just not enough complexity to make this intriguing, clean and well done, but not amazing.