Rogue Smoke Ale

Bomber from brad. Pours a dark amber color with a light tan head. Nose is smoked ham and bacon. Taste is full and purely smoked. Flavors of bacon and ham throughout, a good malt sense and some meatiness.

Bottled. Dark brown beer with a constant head. The aroma is pleasant and not too stongly smoked whilst the flavour has a nice long lasting light dry finish with a body full of smoked ham. Overall a smoked beer that is not over bearing.

Looks like a pint of bitter but with a nice smoke aroma, the taste is hoppy (but not intense as the bottle says) and smokey. OK but no Aecht Schlenkerla, but then i suppose its not trying to be...after all it does say delicate smoke on the label.

Minor bottle gusher upon opening. Clear, deep amber body with moderate carbonation and a large soapy off-white head that left a silky sheet. Nose of meaty smoke with toasty malt in the distant background. Smoke flavor is tantalizing but not overpowering. Good balancing malt character with sweet caramel notes. Has elements of a scotch ale. Sweet, smoky flavor plus spicy hops make this taste like a good BBQ sauce. Smooth, medium body. I dig this beer.

Sainsburys. Tawny in colour with no head, lightly spiced aroma. palate is slightly more intense, with hints of smoke...not rauchbier, must say I’m not that impressed.

07.21.05 Bomber. Pale copper, hazed, thin beige head fades to ring, light lace. Aroma is campfire, some nut, some graham, apricot, nice and balanced with plenty of beer coming through the smoke. Then there’s a massive attack of floral and grassy hops bite that definitely competes with the smoke. What this stuff needs is more malts, more sweetness (that would translate as meatiness). This brew reminds me of walking into a farmhouse with a brick oven in a pasture of wildflowers and ragweed. Too bad, this one started out promising.

650ml bottle. Chestnut colour. Good fruity malts, smoked meats and slightly bready. Really nice beer, but I was drinking it whilst watching the cricket at Canterbury so wasn’t really paying attention

Bottle. Orange-amber in colour. Aroma of peat, smoke meats, malts and some floral hops. The flavour was of slight roasted malts, smoke, earthy, some bacon. Medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes with a lingering smokey bitterness. Nowhere as smokey as the Schlenkerla beers but still very tasty.