BeerBaron (85), Grove City, Ohio, USA Dec 8, 2007 On tap at CBC. Very roasty aroma, chocolate coffee. The smoke is a tad overbearing. Very intense coffee flavor. Decent kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA May 26, 2007 growler, via nolankowal. Pours a very dark brown with some mahogany edges under a foamy tight bubbled brown head that faded to a whispy film. The aroma is roasty, chocolaty, and laced with coffee. The smoke is pretty muted, hard to tell where the burnt/roasted malt ended and the smoked malt began. Flavor is clearly much more Porter than Smoked. Lots of coffee, very roasty, some caramel, and bakers chocolate on the finish with just a slight smoke accent. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slightly oily texture and a little cloying sweetness on the finish. Nice soft carbonation. Overall, this was decent, but don’t see it as passing the test to qualify as a Smoked. nolankowal (827), Dublin, Ohio, USA May 10, 2007 Draft @ cbc. Black pour witha light tan head. Aroma of light chocolate, cofee, some smoke and roasted malt. Flavor of smokey malt, light coffee, and bakers chocolate. Medium body, toasty, smokey and a bit dry with a bitter/roasty finish. mad_scotsman (147), Fairview Heights, Illinois, USA May 4, 2007 Tan head, dark brown color. Strong coffee aroma. Can taste the smoke and the roasted malts. shp555 (1377), lilburn, Georgia, USA May 4, 2007 Pours an opaque black with a light brown head. Aroma is of smoke and coffee. Flavor is coffee, slight ash, and some roasted malts.
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