Rogue Smoke Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Smoked
Newport, Oregon USA

Bottle @ Chris O’s post GBBF tasting. Clear deep amber. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, smoke and caramel. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel, smoke and hops that gives it bitter finish.

Incredible. This is my first "Smoke Ale" and this really gives even the most roasted porters and stouts a run. At the widest part of the glass its impossible to see through just the way I like my beer. The alcohol is not masked in anyway and it is obvious right away that its a bit stronger than average. It really does smell and taste like something bbq’d or like someone said a "camp fire". Nicely done Rogue.

bottle, light amber color, smoked peat nose, flavors tend toward leather and tobacco notes instead of BBQ, partake with a fuente

Pours a hazy gold with a creamy beige head that laces nicely. The nose is of smoky pale & bready malt, light peat and campfire notes dominating. Light to medium-bodied and slightly grainy with a dry bitter finish. The flavor is of dry, smoky pale malt, a lightly phenolic note and a peaty, grassy-hopped finish. This one might be decent with certain foods, but as a stand-alone, it’s not that great.

Well It wasn’t a bad beer but the worst I have had of this style. I don’t like hoppy bitter finishes and this sure had one. I felt it needed a stronger smoke component, I like smoked beers because they have a strong smoke bbq flavor. It was ok, the coloring was nice the scent fragrent, and it worked well when I used some to make Chili but I think Aecht is the best.

22oz Bomber - Rogue Brewery World Headquarters - Newport, OR
Aroma – Nice smoked malt and hops aroma.
Appearance – Amber in color, Thin light head and clear.
Flavor – This was a smokey ale. My first not made from a dark beer this was very good. The smokey flavor did not dominate which was good.
Palate – Great Mouthfeel, Nice texture with a dry finish.
Overall – One of the better smoked beer I have had . The flavor was not so strong as to make you look for the campfire you drank. A very good rendition of a smoked beer.

Bottle at home with renffisch, 25th June 2008. Cloudy amber with a smoky nose that also has a lactic character. Tastes like a watered down Bamberg rauchbier, with plum flavours too. Average weight. An enjoyable smoked ale, but no Schlenkerla!

bottle with ethereal. hazy amber, off-white lacy rim. Quite delicate somewhat milky fetid smoke smoke nose. very odd tasting, but not unpleasant, still somehow fatty mouthfeel. notes of burnt beachwood and juniper root. odd.