Rogue Smoke Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Smoked
Newport, Oregon USA

Bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Pours a clouded orange-amber body with a thin creamy beige head. Smoky head with a mild floral hop background. Hearty crisp, and well built. Lingering smokiness. A mild bitterness that evolves into a prickly thin, cream,y dry, robust finish.

Bottle. Slight hazy copper coloured with a small egg white head. Aromas of grain, sweet malt, caramel and a little smoke. Watery melon flavour with sweet caramel notes, a star anise dryness and a delicate smokey flavour. The smoke is not dominating in this smoked, maybe because of the passed exp. date? May 1st. 2008

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of beechwood smoke and a little bit of smoked pork. Poured amber in color with a small, tan/yellow tinted head that lasted a little bit. Hazy. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of beechwood smoke, smoke, and some bitter hops. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Smokey finish.

Bottled@Chris O Post GBBF Tasting. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is smoke, malts, alcohol, US hops and some mild yeastyness. Flavour is smoke, some hops, caramel and mild yeasty and bready notes. Smoke and a bit grass in aftertaste.

Bottle from Beertopia, Omaha, NE. Poured clear dark brown color with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate smoke malty and hop aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet smoke flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. My expectation where exceeded.

Bottle. Fresh aroma of caramel, fruit and hops. Deep golden orange colour with a thin head. Smoked flavour of spice and hops. Little thin, hoppy smoky finish. Solid ale from rogue as usual but not my favourite.

My first smoked ale. Pours a medium-brown. Aroma is good, kind of a good hearty maltiness, with a definite smoke aroma. Flavor is very woody, obviously, due to the smoke. Pretty nice level of hoppiness too. Good balance, nice smokey flavor. Pretty darn good.

Sweet malt aroma and flavor of caramel and peat. The smoke flavor is nice and ashy. Almost medium-bodied with a pleasant earthy hop finish. Good brew.