4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Appearance: dark brown with rusty highlights, one finger of creamy tan head, average lacing. Aroma: smoky, obviously, with notes of caramel, pumpernickel, gingerbread, toffee, and leather. Taste: slightly sweet, with caramel, toffee, and toast, with spicy hops and a full thread of smoked meat underneath. Finish: clean, spicy, and smoky, with slight lasting sweetness. Notes: The smoke on this was more meaty and less camp fire-y, which is a winner in my book. Excellent body, with the smoked malts playing a supporting role to well-balanced sweet and spicy characteristics. Clean and fresh palate. Bottle from the Rare Beer Club, and my 900th beer rated. Glad it was a good one for this milestone.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour on tap at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting 2012, dark black pour with creamy tan head, aroma brought notes of smoked malts with some campfire, bacon type notes, some chocolate, coffee, roast, hints of dark molasses and slight dark fruits in there as well. Taste is very smoky, with campfire, roasted meat notes, hints of coffee, chocolate, espresso in there, slight spice, earth and dark fruit notes, finishing fairly bitter. Pretty nice.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a clear reddish brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of smoke, carmel and light fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of smoke, carmel, brown sugar and light fruittiness with a smooth dry lingering smokey finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, #1443 dark amber pour with creamy off white foam, smoke and caramel aroma, flavor is nice fatty smoke and some light caramel and wood, easy finish
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
i agree, a nice combination of smoky and sweet. and i’m all for good causes. but Pints for Prostates?
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap poured amber hue w/ a medium off white head. Nice big aroma of sweet smokey bacon. Initial flavor is moderate sweet and the smoke is in the finish. Taste is a sweet malty smoked cured bacon. Medium bodied and soft carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by a friend. Clear reddish copper pour with a medium tan head. Malty and caramelly nose with some booze and a lot of firewood smoke. Caramel and ham flavor with some toffee character before a hammy finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml from the Rare Beer Club. Nice medium amber pour with a fairly minimal carbonation but a healthy gleam to the beer. Nose of soft smoked malts and a bit of cured meat sweetness. Strong malty lager base is quite nice, going especially well with some heavily treated ribs, and the smoke tends to come on rather strong in the finish. Fairly complex and well balanced, but not overpowering, this would be a good beer for your friends who are wary about rauch. And this: FUCK CANCER.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had at the 2012 Denver Rare Beer Tasting in Denver, Colorado. Has a nice sweet and smokey scent, taste is similar but has a rather light body.
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Served at Denver Rare Beer Tasting 2012. Smells like bacon. Deeeelicious. So good.
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