3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, pours cloudy reddish brown with thin white head that quickly disappears. First thing you notice is smoky taste with considerable sweetness, then a watery feel if you concentrate on it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle, from the in-laws beer fridge. Pours a hazy dark ruby body under a one finger fizzy almost white head that faded quickly to a wispy film. The nose is just lightly smoky with some toasted malt below and a very light touch of hops. The flavor is actually more smoky than I expected from Magic Hat, not overpowering like Aecht beers, but it’s the centerpiece of the beer for sure. The finish brings out the sweeter toasted malt notes and a light bitterness. Lingering peat note that I wish were stronger, but still the dominant characteristic. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a watery texture and moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, a nice Smoked for the masses, it’s a nice intro to the style, but probably not a huge draw for the hardcore Smoked beer lover like I am.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
not bad, not great. pours average amber in color, with like aroma. taste is a little appely/earthy/sweetish. not a bad session beer, but not something that i would brag about to my friends.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Pours brown with an off white head. Smells of malt and apples. Tastes like a cider mixed with a beer, apples, honey, hops, caramel, earth, a hint of smoke. Very nice, but also has a disappointing watery finish. Would drink again, I think it succeeds in reminding me of autumn.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a medium orange brown with a creamy off white head. The aroma as sweet, caramel malt, some spice, and some smoke. The flavor is smokey, spicy, caramel malt, chipotle. The palate is nicely carbonated and the finish is smokey with some spice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a cloudy dark amber. Aroma is rather smoky. Flavor is heavy caramel with a note of chocolate that grows as the beer warms. Mouthfeel is thick.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle-pours a thin tan head and copper/red color. Aroma is medium/dark malt-molasses/caramel, fruit-cherry, faint earthy hops. Taste is peat/smoke, medium/dark malt-molasses/caramel, fruit-cherry, faint earthy hops, herbal. Mild carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle-Poured a dark cola color w/a small off white head. Sweet, carbonated aroma. Pretty easy drinking brew, has a smoked flavor to it but it’s not a curl your toes smoked like an Alaskan or Aecht-which I would have prefered. Had some flavors of peat & chocolate, as well as some carbonation to it. Enjoyable; good introduction to this style for someone who’s not a beer geek. Long, bitter finish
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