Rogue Smoke Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Smoked
Newport, Oregon USA

Bottle in a pint glass. Pours dark orangish with small lasting head. Aroma of smoke, caramelized malt, grassiness. Flavors of smoked maltiness. Clean sweet finish. Excellent medium body low carbonation. Very nice.

22 ounce bottle from The Box Bar in Plymouth, MI. A quick pour produced a three-finger, cream-colored head that reduced to one finger in a minute. Amber in color. Aroma is all smoke; nothing delicate about it. Taste is smoky, too, with some malt and a mild hop finish (not the intense hop finish advertised on the bottle. On par with Schlenkerla. Try it.

Hazy dark pumpkin orange appearance. Frothy biship’s collar at the top. Head evaporates quickly. Nice color, not much else. Wonderfully smoky smell, like burning embers in a fire pit. Would go great with jerky or barbecue. Charred wood and slow-cooked meat. The smoky Rauchbier flavor (even though this is an ale, not a lager) comes through, like sitting near a fireplace. The hops are a sweet accent tot he smokyness. Tangy and zesty! Watery feel but still real strong. Needs to be thin to balance out the rest of the flavor. This baby makes you FULL! This beer is a meal unto itself. Very smoky and filling. Tremendously pleasing.

Amazing! If you want a change go for this smoked brew. I had a couple of glasses of these which were awesome, but I don’t think I could have had any more.

Make a cheese fondue with this beer NOW!

Tap. Pours a cloudy amber with a small head. The ring never quite goes away. I love smoked brews, but this is the first smoked ’ale’ I’ve had. Honestly, it smelled like nutty smoke, and tasted like beef jerky. :) Very smokey taste, I loved it. Not too thick of a mouthfeel which was nice for a smoked ale. Looking forward to next time I have it.

Thanks to Turdferguson for this one. Dark reddish color with a medium sized off-white head. Malty aroma with hints of sweet apple and a faint note of smoke. The smoke is not faint at all in the flavor. Right there in your face on top of what seems to be a top notch extremely malty ale. I really wish this stuff was readily available in my area. I’d drink it up regularly.

Rich Amber almost bronze. Smells smokey - surprisingly! Sort of bonfire smoke, not a coal fire, nor your usual open fire. The palate is built around a rich malt base - nice a fat with some light fruit charachters. Then the smoke kicks in. Second swallow, third swallow like what you get from the hops in a big rich IPA. Here it’s the smoke. Maybe it’s that I did smoke when young but this has some funk and I love it.