3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap: dark amber, good lacing. Aroma is like an IPA, very fruity with grapefruit, some caramel backing. I didn’t get any smoke notes, I think if I looked for it I might find them, but it certainly wasn’t obvious. I was trying to figure out if this was an APA or an IPA.. LOL. It’s still pretty tasty.. but nothing like oh... Aecht Schlenkerla beers...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(draft @ The Real Beer Expo - Rochester, NY) Dark copper color with not much head. Aroma is light but has some smoked malts, cookie dough, and some hops. Not much smoke though. Flavor has a very subtle smoked malt taste at the beginning that disappears and leaves a very nice and smooth malt flavor. Very doughy at the end with a clean finishing malt flavor. Alcohol is hidden well.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle. Brown beer with a thin tan head. Aroma of light crystal malt brown bread and a touch of molasses. Earthy herbal hop aroma with a soft berry fruitiness. Warming brings up the caramelly/bready malts even more. Some deep sweet herbal notes play off of the sweet earthy maltiness. Nice refreshing ale.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very reddish brown with a foamy head and nice lacing. Brown sugar and raisins in the nose. Chocolate (malt) in the palate provides much of the sweetness. The smoked essence is a nice counter to the sweet in the palate. This has a German quality to it, bockish, with the sweetness and minimal hops. Thanks Ron for the trade!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Translucent auburn. Small but seemingly fizzt tan head.It’s reduced to a ring of foam within seconds. Nose is faint smoky notes, burnt caramel, malt, and a touch of toffee. Some light spicy hops as well. Taste is restrained smokiness, roasty malts, some caramel, light spicy hops and dark fruits. Body is light-medium with a medium carbonation feeling on the palate. Finishes with more smokiness, caramel, bit sweeter malts, and some Bit-O-Honey. I think this would pair nicely with a glazed ham or a ham sandwich.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
on tap at McHaffey’s, a good beer, not much on the aroma, average small light head, taste is a nice balence of toffee caramel, and hops. Not as hoppy as most magic hat beers, witch was a nice surprize for me. this is a nice easy drinking beer, but i wish i could have tasted the smoke, it wasn’t really there.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
From bottle straight from the brewery and their cool tour. Also sampled while there. The aroma wasn’t anything special. It poured a smokey amber with a slight haze and it had a nice creamy head. Flavoring was pretty good with smoke light smoky aftertaste balanced with a nice bittering. Nice medium to dark character. Overall a slightly above average brew from an average brewer.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught sample at Union Beer Trade Tasting, NYC. Reddish-brown body with a wispy head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and earthy smoke. Body is thin. Flavour is OK, but a bit blander than the aroma suggests. It opens up a bit as it warms, with some malt and tobacco notes, but not a lot of smokiness. Meh.
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