Big Dogs Fire Dog Smoked Wheat

Brewed by Big Dogs Brewing Co.
Style: Smoked
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Date: April 04, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet smoked aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of candy sweetness, lots of smoke, just a hint of fruityness in the sweetness, good balance between the sweet and the smoke
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Pours a dark amber with some red edges. Nice lacing head. The aroma has a bit of malt and a bit of smoke. the flavor is malty sweet with a good bit of smoke. Pretty good for the style.

This beer is pretty tasty. A light smoke in the aroma, and it really doesn’t seem too smoky in the flavor either. However, it doesn’t seem all that wheaty either. In this case, they seem to have neutralized each other. That said, the malts are pretty nice and the hint of smoke is good. I guess the best thing I can say about this beer is this: My uncle declared this to be the best microbrew he’d ever had. I lifelong farmer who’s not ready to abandon his bud just yet, this was the only microbrew he tried while visiting me that he ordered a second of. So...