3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Malty, sweet, molasses aroma. Clear dark amber; nice color but otherwise average appearance. Strong stone smoked flavor, which begs the question, how does a beer become kilt smoked? Not bad.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
MN Winter Get Together, 2006: Growler courtesy of Robertsreality. Dark brown color with no head. Carmel aroma with a hint of smoke; not nearly as much as is usual for a smoked beer. The smoke comes out good in the flavor and it has an Islay-esque peat hit. Strong malt and a slightly syrupy feel. Nicely done. I don’t think anything 100/~ can technically be "traditional", but I’m willing to overlook that...
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
I generally don’t care for smoke, but this beer did it well. Besides the smoke aroma the beer is simple with a sweet malt flavor. It needs more body, but goes down easy enough. It is cool to see a brewpub attempting something like this.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Deep mahogany. Sour and a bit milky, quite sweet with lots of molasses and some maple syrup. Smokiness is light, more or less buried under the dark sweetness.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
growler courtesy of Robertsreality. Nose is very strange indeed as it was like rotted silage,weird for a smoked.Tasted a little better with some smokey notes and something like burnt toffee or something.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
My smoked beers experiance has been limitied. While not the beer I’d go running to, I found this to be pretty decent. Whereas the Rogue Smoked had an unsetteling smoke flavour, this has a meaty grilled taste and aroma.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Burnt sienna pour, with orange fringes and a thin ivory cream head. Light salty aroma with a hint of grilled hot dog. Flavor is a dense creamy oat, with almost no smoked flavor beyond a light and gentle roasted meat flavor that shows through. As a Scottish, a fantastic rendition, with high drinkability and some toothy and chewy grain character. A hint of bourbon alcohol that warms and rounds. Not much bites, instead palate is a smooth watery dissapation into a hint of oak a big dose of smacking hazlenut,
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