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Left Hand SmokeJumper

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RATINGS: 488   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.9   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 50   EST. CALORIES: 294   ABV: 9.8%
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If you’ve been reading our newsletters, brewer Ro Guenzel gave you a flavor last month of what it took to brew this smoked Imperial Porter (singed hair, smoke in the eyes, sunburn, etc.) - all a labor of love. Available in beautiful 750mL bottles. The National Smokejumpers Association has made Smokejumper the "Official Beer" of their organization. So, here’s the smoke in your glass, not in the woods.

Editor’s note: this beer is described as 9.2% on the brewery website, but there are two sets of bottles on the market, labeled as both 9.2% and 10.5%. Left Hand has since had this beer lab-tested; the correct amount is actually 9.8%.

3.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Danny1217 (77) - Miami, Florida, USA - FEB 1, 2012
Damn tasty, but actually gets difficult to drink after a while with its intense smokey flavor.

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
ilovestout (2) - North Carolina, USA - DEC 26, 2011 does not count
I love this beer. It has a great smokey taste to it, much better then any other smoked porter I have had. A+!

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
portableparty (1008) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - OCT 30, 2011
2008 bottle to a snifter. Pours dark brown black with a quick little tan head that dissipates to a tight collar. Aroma smokey peat and dark fruit and nuts. Taste is bitter chocolate and beef jerky with some peat and liquid smoke and some soy too. Palate is medium to full slick and chaulky. Really tasty!

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
MadIndian (1739) - Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA - JUN 13, 2011
This beer rocks. I was surprised being that the last smoked beer I had almost made me vomit. A bold black pour with a thin beige head. An instant aroma of smoke and chocolate hit your nose. The tast is dark chocolates, dark smoked roasted malts and maybe a hint of peat.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Koelschtrinker (6546) - Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, GERMANY - JUN 4, 2011
Intensiver Malzantrunk mit passender Süße. Rauchige Noten sind eher subtil, kommen insgesamt aber gut zur Gektung. Harmonisch und sehr intensiv, Nussschokoladig, leicht herb, dazu vergoren fruchtig. Die hohe Malzdichte bleibt voirhanden. 12/13/13/13/11/13

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
thomat (1100) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - MAY 23, 2011
very dark brown with a small, tan head. Smokey with hoppy notes. Malt, smoke and hops. Medium to full body with a dry aftertaste.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Blairgus (1019) - California, USA - APR 19, 2011
11 Jan 2011, bottle. black w/ big head. smoked sausage nost but muted. nowhere near as big as Schlenkerla. thin/med body and slightly fizzy. i like this better than Schlenkerla. a little sweeter and not as heavy.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Thorpe429 (3562) - Alexandria, Virginia, USA - APR 14, 2011
Reviewed from notes. Pours a very dark brown color with a light white head and not really any lacing. The nose brings some smoke along with a bit of roasted malt and some coffee. The smoke is quite nice. The taste is a bit different as I really can’t get my head around everything that’s going on here. Some smoke and roast plus some coffee and a bit of alcohol. A bit too much that doesn’t quite meld. The smoke leads to a nice feel and this ends up drinking pretty well, though there was just something in the taste that didn’t quite work for me. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 11-14-2010


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