On Tap at the brewery. I had to try this one when they had it for a short period of time, and it definitely the best beer I have had from their brewery. Very nice color and smell when I first received it. Lots of smokey scents, but at the same time slightly sweet. Flavor is very rich and just as smokey as it smells. Very refreshing taste, yet rich in flavor and well bodied.

Draught sample at the brewpub. Hazy/oily amber with a dollop of creamy head and lace....full-on, gorgeous smoky aroma, autumn leaves and smoky fatty gouda, Vienna-like Munich malt with just a hint of caramelized bock-y sugar, sweet and burnt and pretty over-the-top, really quite the equal of the Schlenkerlas, meaty and thick and unforgettable....oh but it goes downhill, metallic bitterness evident at once on the tongue, a too-thin body not supporting the lightly sweet, smoky-oily character as well as it should....bubblegummy, sticky mouthfeel, clean but just a bit dull and flaccid in the mouth....dry, rather bitter finish....hmmm, close but no cigar; perhaps a cigarillo?

04.23.05 Tap at TAP NY. Dark brown-amber. Very full bodied, plenty smoky. Dryish with some hints of bubblegum. Surprise, this is a great smoked beer with tons of smoke, hints of roast.

Tap NY. This is a smoked Bock. Amber gold, clea, tannish head. Nice smokey aroma. Phenols. Malty clean smooth smokey flavor. Crisp finish. Very nice.

On tap at Tap New York. Very smokey aroma. Thick smoke aroma. Malty and hoppy. Smoked bacon flavor. Very smokey flavor. Nice beer. Medium bodied. Decent beer. Pretty close to style. Drinkable. If you like smoke beers try this.