Fat Heads Up in Smoke Smoked Porter

Brewed by Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon
Style: Smoked
North Olmsted, Ohio USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Tap. Poured a dark brown color with an average frothy tan head that was mostly lasting and good lacing. Medium to heavy roasted malt, smoke wet wood aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy smoke sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. Solid beer that would go well with spicy food or cigar.

Growler… Pours black with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Good retention. The aroma is of chocolate and smoked cheese and meat. Medium-bodied with gentle carbonation. The flavor is a touch smoky, but mostly balanced and acrid, like gun smoke. Moderately bitter, bone-dry finish. Thanks to TheCheeseMan and miketd for sharing their wealth!

Good smoked enjoyed on-tap at Pizza Plant, Transit. Black body with soapy brown head, served too cold. More drinkable though not more complex as it warmed, yielding more coffee.. Pleasant BBQ smoke in nose. Above average mouthfeel, a sipper but drninkable. Drying finish.

Growler sent by MikeTD, you rock! Pours a black bruin body with a yellow off white head. Huge bacon notes (minus the salt), really smokey body, smoked malt, rauch, peat and some campfire tones. Liquid smoke, wow what a smoky bastard caused me to pull out some salmon, just decadent for a smoke beer, hardly find any of these. ABV feels really tame, they could have brewed at a higher gravity this would totally mask it. A fantastic smoked beer. Love it.

Growler shared by John, thanks! Poured black with a brown head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was quite smokey with a note of bacon, chocolate and a good amount of roasted malt. Flavor began with roasted malt with growing smokiness and some backing bacon and chocolate. Surprisingly smooth on the tongue.

Draft on tap at Great Taste of the Midwest 2011 (Madison, WI). Pours a murky brownish pour with a nice murky brownish pour, well hazed with nice frothy light brown head, laces ok, stays as a thicker film. Aromas are roasty and toffee, toast, and smoked malts. A touch of florals and grass. Some cocoa, coffee, roasted smoke, ash, earth. Some sweeter toffee, caramel, toast. Backend lingering smoke, dryness, ash, earth, and some hops. Finish leaves a lingering dryness and smoke. Nice, but a bit underdone.

Growler brought back by a friend. Nice to get to try the only OH beer to score a medal at last year’s GABF. Pours clear brown with a huge beige head. Malty aroma with firewood and ham notes. Smoky ham flavor with a bitter coffee finish and a hammy aftertaste. Not bad, but the smoke was a bit too much. It really masked the other notes and flavors that (I’m assuming) were in there.

Draft at Great Taste. Pours a deep brown/black with a tan head that sticks around. Nose is really earthy, some light campfire notes and cocoa dominate. No discernible hop aromatics. Upon tasting, it has more of that earthiness, faint campfire and cocoa. Clean and dry bitterness to balance. Finish is dry overall. Not bad, just seems to be lacking in a few different places. Okay.

GABF 2012
Appearance: Dark mahogany with a medium sized beige head
Aroma: Smokey, roasty and woody
Taste: Smokey, grainy and roast
Nice

This poured a medium brown color with a beige head. Aroma was heavy smoke, roasted malts, light meat, and some light grassy hops. Flavor was pretty much all smoke, but not meaty smoke, more like burnt rubber and plastic bandaid smoke. Just not a big fan of these type of smoked beers and had trouble finishing this one.