Rogue Smoke Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Smoked
Newport, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Cask. Pours a hazy amber body with a thin bubbly lacing. Smoky, peat malt, liquid smoke, its a bit thin but the woody charcoal flavor is dam good.

Tap@Rogue brewery. Definte smokey bacon aroma and flavour. The trouble is, theres not much else, pretty much no complexity or anything else going on. Still tastes OK though, just lacks depth of flavour.

Bottle. Amber pour. Small head. Aroma of ham, smoked malt, caramel, and a hint of lemony tartness. Flavor is a nice combo of lemon, ham, smoked malt and caramel.

Aroma is light and smokey, very mild. Flavor is heavily smokey, not quite alaskan porter, but up near that. Smoke on the palate, sweet and woody though.

Radekfest 05 Bottle. Hazy amber, small white head. Smoke, barbeque charcol in the aroma. One dimensial flavour is all smoke. Average palate. If you go into this expecting this to taste like anything other than what it does, you’ve been misinformed. If you like smoke it’s not bad. I don’t.

UPDATED: JUL 30, 2005 FOBAB 2004: I had a version of this called "Smoak," aged in French oak red wine barrels. It poured a clear light brown color with the slightest of white heads. The aroma was that of bacon and heavy pork sausages. Surprisingly, the smoke flavor wasn’t real heavy, perhaps caused by the oak barrel aging. Tasty and dry. I enjoy a good rauchbier, and this is that.

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Bottle, thanks to larsniclas. Hazy copper color, small beige head. Smoked leather aroma. Smoked flavor with label and stable.

16th January 2008
Sweetish amber beer. Trace of caramel. Dominated by a reasonably mellow smoke. Also has a medicinal note. Mellow smoke but too much of it.