Captain Lawrence Imperial Smoke from the Oak (Wine Barrel)

Formerly brewed at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in Snifter

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pretty nice beer. distinct roasted dark chocolate and coffee malt backing with a pleasant tangy plum and red wine tannin tanginess to it. complimented nicely by a pleasant alaskan smoked porteresque smoke character. dry. worked well. nice.

2010 bottle shared by lushawn- thanks a lot, Shawn! Pours a coffee brown color with a small tan head. Notes of smoke and wine are what I get first, plus coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, toast, and earth. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation. Odd mix of tartness and smoky; we just had a Yazoo Fortuitous and this seems to work better than that one in terms of balancing smoky and sour.

Dec2010. Batch 4. Looks good, balanced mouthfeel-not too thick or thin as a porter should be. I have not tried any of the other versions of smoke from the oak so tough to say but I feel like the wine barrel isn’t the way to go with this one. Aroma is misleading-get the smokiness, vanilla, and grape notes. But taste doesn’t follow through. The acidity from the barrel throws the whole thing off. Our tasting group moved onto the next beer and never finished the bottle.

Decent smokiness, more of a scotch flavor. The dominant flavor to me is the sourness/fruitiness.

66cl bottle shared with friends. Thin off white head. Deep amber pour. Smokey. Very nice beer!

bottle from dcschiller on 1/31/11. dark imperial porter color (which will now forth be know as ’importer brown’)... red tint, creamy tannish head. holy smokey a + f!!... it’s rubbery in its burnt content... the aroma is of cinnamon, roast, dark smoke/charred goodness, vinous fruit and a campfire with bits of plastic burned in it! the flavor shows a lot more of the vinous notes than the aroma does... along with char, lots of smoke, savory/umami, a touch of cocoa, caramel and spiciness (on the finish and lingering throughout). it is super rich with a slick mouth feel and the perfect level of carbonation. alcohol is only present in the aftertaste. nice. 7/4/7/4/15

Bottle 750ml.

Clear dark red - black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, red wine, chimney, smoke - tar - peat. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110918]

Bottle at papsø tasting. pitch dark, smal light brown head dark malty, iodine, licorice flavor is slightly tart, woody, roasted malty, boozy, wine barrel is in the flavor, but not very nice

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. (Bottled ’10). Pitch black - brown head. Nice smokey, burned, rubber, tarmac, minerals. ok wine notes, light sourish, light acid notes, high smokey. Nice.

(Sampled at Papsø’s) Pours black with medium toffee head. Aroma is somewhat peaty with notes of roasted malt, smoke and alcohol. Full-bodied, oily on the palate, softly carbonated with an astringent finish. Taste is rather darkly bitter with sour notes.