 jerc (3056), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 4, 2008
2008-05-01. Hazy brown body, modest off white head (3+). Moderate aroma has a smoke character that reminds me of lingering campfire smoke on someones clothing or tent, rather than a fresh from the source smoke. (6+) Smoke is of moderate strength in the flavour, but remains the dominant character to me. Pleasant malty base struggles for attention, and is probably quite nice on its own. Average plus palate. Not bad for a smoked beer, but as someone who does not care for smoke it ends up feeling like it negated an otherwise serviceable malty beer Bottle, 2007 Vintage, shared by Blankboy
bager (1900), Copenhagen N, Denmark
Jul 22, 2008 Bottled. Slightly hazy and deep golden coloured with a medium sized head. Quite well balanced with notes of caramel, bread, citrus, hay and also has a hint of smoke. Very nice.
glennmastrange (370), hobe sound, Florida, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of cereal, roasted and nutty, light herbs and earth for the hops and yeast, and very light notes of date, red wine, smoke and wood. Head is fizzy, white with no lacing and is fully diminishing. the first pour is clear burgandy, then clouds up a bit on the following pours. Flavor starts lightly sweet and acidic then finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery and has a fizzy carbonation. A decent beer, it just didn’t have the depth of flavor and aroma I expected.
DragonStout (1139), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jul 12, 2008 This poured a brownish color with a small tan head.The nose was smoky, malty, and bacony.Yum! This was close to having bacon beer in a glass.Lots of smoke up front with some malts and bacon, smokiness to finish it off.
jerohen (1458), Bussum, Netherlands
Jul 7, 2008 Updated: Jul 10, 2008Bottled, 0.7 liter. Brown coloured, firm head. Strong smoky nose, malts, really nice. Flavour is somewhat disappointing though, malts, some smoke, but not a whole lot more. Relatively thin mouthfeel. I’ll stick to the German stuff.
BrewDad (1553), Olympia, Washington, USA
Jul 3, 2008 750ml Bomber - 99 Bottles - Federal Way, WA
Aroma – Big aroma lots of malts and the smokey aroma was lingering quite nice.
Appearance – Brown in color, light head clear.
Flavor – Smoked malts was the flavor. Huge malt flavor with very little backing this beer up. Some hops and fruitiness to follow.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, Very good texture with a good dry finish.
Overall – This was a nice beer. I was expecting this to have more of a Smokey flavor. Was a tad disappointed and also amazed at this big beer. Too much cost for this beer.
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