Green Jack Red Herring Smoked Ale

Brewed by Green Jack
Style: Smoked
Lowestoft, England

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle from Beers of Europe, King’s Lynn
Batch 0032, brewed 14/12/11, bottled 22/12/11, bb 22/09/12
Dark red-amber color with generous creamy head. The aroma is only lightly smokey, with some earthy malts. The mouthfeel is lean and dry; light flavor of dry and roasty and earthy malts, very light smoke, medium-strong yeast presence, that gives a metallic feeling too; correct bitterness.
It’s somehow an ESB or a dusty Scandinavian ale with minimal smoke.
Not elegant.

Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.

Clear medium orange amber colour with a small to average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, meat, smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, smoke - meat, malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120503]

Bottle conditioned, from Jug & Bottle, Bubwith. Chestnut red, thin shortlived white head and low condition. Low toffee sweetness and a gentle woody smokiness in the nose, quite sweet and toffee like initially in the mouth but a coffee note develops that transforms into a gentle smokiness that drifts into the finish almost absentmindedly before becoming quite bitter. At the end a lingering roasted note with a light fruitiness stays with you.

From cask. Pours clearand goldenyellow with a small tanhead. Aroma is roasted malty and light sweet caramelish. Mild smoked and lingering caramelish. Mild bitter and light smoked. Densemalty, sweet and lingering caramelish. Smooth malty finish.

Cask (gravity) - Norwich Beer Festival, 2012. Poured a clear, ruddy brown colour with a mostly lasting bubbly white to off-white head. Bacon, wood, smoke, ready salted crisps with red fruits beneath on the nose. Light smoke, subtle salt, more red fruits and yeasty tones to taste. OK tang in the finis, light & soft bitterness, soft mouthfeel & a light to medium body.

On gravity at the Barley Mow, Bristol 20/10/2012. Medium brown with an off-white head. Aroma of wood smoke, caramel and red berries. Flavour had sweet malts upfront, before more fruit and charred wood, leading to a decent, bitter finish. Good.

[500ml bottle, courtesy of cgarvieuk] Amber bronze colour, decent white head. Spiced apple on the nose, some slight smoke – smells like a Danish pastry. Reasonably thin, but faint bacony smoke on the finish. Smoke builds as you go on [06072012]

6 July 2012, bottle at cagarvie's legendary tasting. Light copper, clear, no bubbles. Nose is applesauce cake. Nicely spiced, lots of warm apples, no smoke at all. Med/thin body, faintly fizzy. Faintly spiced apples, maybe some rye malt, butter finish. Nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

In bottle, thanks Sev. Pours a golden amber colour with a fair beige head. A smokey aroma with caramel and woody notes. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel.

bottle at home ... copper ... thin white head ... soft roast malt ... fruity ... little alcohol nose ... soft fruits .. light dull toffee fruits ... barest smoke linger ... ok