This is great, great beer. It’s close to perfection. If you like smoked beers as I do then you will love this. The 10.2% ABV is not noticed at all in the flavor. Well done!

Pours red with a nice creamy head. Smells smoky with some nice underlying fruittiness. Taste is of caramel, smoke, dark fruits and doughy yeast. The smokiness really adds an additional layer of enjoyment to what would have been a great beer on its own.

medium brown in color. almost no head. very light smoke in the nose. rich, creamy mouthfeel. slightly sweet with very nice, smooth smoke flavor. this is the best beer I’ve had from Fort Collins Brewery! WELL DONE!!!

Thanks to HopGod for this one, which was stellar. First of all, I am astounded that this one was 10.2% ABV. Amazing. Perhaps the best hidden alcohol ever. I also love rauch beers, so perhaps I am a bit biased. At any rate, the pour was deep ruby with 2-finger khaki head. Aroma of big, smoky caramel malt, slight dark fruit, and some briwn sugar. The taste is very smoky, with a firm caramel malt bill, plus some port wine, scotch, and frankfurters. Rich, smoky, decadent palate, with a complex, smooth finish. This one is exceptional.

lets see, i had this at the brewery, at the gabf, and at my home from a bottle. i guess i should enter my notes. wow, let me talk about the appearance of this sucker. a rich ruby pour with a dark soul and an off white head. simply beaiutiful. nice smokey meat aroma with some worcsertishire(sp?) noce is intriguing, i wish i could put it into better words but smoked bologna is what comes to mind, and i mean that in a good way damnit. my white trash side always hamstrings me. sharp smoked cheddar taste with a sweetness of well, more smoke. i would never have guessed the abv of this. the alcohol is nicely subdued. mouthfeel is creamier from the bottle than on tap, but the tap flavors really release more smokey sweet meat. but either is a pleasure. keep on brewing them Sandy and i’ll keep trying to find ways to get them.