Left Hand Fade To Black Vol. 2

Formerly brewed at Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Baltic Porter
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Dark brown/blackish pour, tan head. Aroma of smoke, chocolate, oreos. Light ashy bitterness, some meat. Flavor is smokey with dark chocolate, medium to heavy bitterness, umami. Fairly strong alcohol. Thick mouthfeel. Finishes bitter. Pretty good.

the beer is a dark brown with garnet highlights and a fairly small, frothy, tan head which is mostly diminishing and does leave bits of froth on the glass. The nose is smoked... smoked sausage, campfire, burnt chocolate, burnt toast, and faint roast. Again the flavor is similar with smoked sausage, campfire, rich chocolate, light roast, burnt caramel, and a light pecan nutty note. The palate is lively, round, velvety, and medium. The finish is chocolatey, smokey, and drying. I have tried an entire six-pack of this to see if the smoked notes will grow on me and I just can’t finish an entire bottle. I think the smoked sausage notes just turn me off from smoked beers. Just too much smoke in this one for me.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2011 12oz bottle, consumed Feb 2011.

Pours deep dark brown, opaque, with a full milk chocolate head. Nose is chocolatey, roasty, and smoky. Medium body, silky, creamy, nice sweet stout sort of sweetness at first with a roasted, slightly smoked chocolate finish with mild to moderate bittering. Really easy drinking, lots of flavor, a good, unique brew.

Bottle poured a clear dark reddish brown nearly black with a lasting brown head. Aromas of smoke, roasted malt, vanilla, drk chocolate and light licorice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of smoke, roasted malt, bakers cocoa, light vanilla ans a hint of licorice with a smooth lingering smokey finish.

Pours black with nice carbonation and a medium tan head. Aroma has tons of roasted malt and a bit of smokiness. Likewise the flavor is smoky roasted malt with some cereal and slight lingering bitterness. The smoke is very present in the finish.

Black pour with no head. Aroma was straight up roast, lots of malt, coffee, burnt toast and some smoke. Flavors left a lingering smokiness in my mouth from top to bottom, roasted malts up front, spent coffee grounds, light bitterness. Full mouth, light carbonation. Not bad.

Black pour from bottle. Small head. Aroma of charred malt, light smoke, burnt marshmallow and alcohol. Flavor of smoke and burnt toast. Nutty, dry and bitter. Decent.

UPDATED: NOV 30, 2010 12oz bottle. wow...aroma of caramel, milk chocolate, a puff of smoke. black under a small tan head. flavor is smokey and quite bitter. flavors of black, even burnt malts, black coffee. dry, ashy finish. solid, i just wish it was a little sweeter. damn that’s good stuff! I had to change my rating after finishing the 6pack a few days later. more.

Had on draft at Shakespear’s Pub in Kalamazoo, Mich. I had to "settle" for this beer because they didn’t have Short’s Cup-a-Joe. I have to say, I’m glad I missed out on Short’s tonight, because I got to have a go with this masterpiece. This is a top-notch beer. I would’ve had a second or third, had my wife not been nagging me to leave. Damn her. Anyway, well done!

bottle. pours a nice deep black out of the bottle with some lighter brown highlights and a 1 finger tan head, which falls in a couple minutes leaving a thin tan lacing. wonderful nose - the smoke level is perfect... it is not over the top in any way... layers of deep cherry, caramel, currants and roasted malts linger through the smoked malts. medium to full body with a very smooth and soft palate. lots of dark fruits including raisins, red grapes, cherries and plums coat the mouth with a perfect smoke malt presence lingering up top and to the back. a general sweetness persists throughout. chocolate, coffee and smoked malts fill the back of the mouth through the finish. This is an excellent beer from Left Hand!