Rogue Smoke Ale

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Smoked
Newport, Oregon USA

TAstes like I was too close to the camp fire.Lots of smoke taste and aroma.the finish was bitter but tolerable.This was my first smoke beer and now that i have a taste for it I will be looking for more.

Orangey amber hue, not clear, not much head to speak of. Nose is meaty (pastrami, smoked meat, prosciutto), very sweet malt layers with an unexpected fruity side (peaches) together with salty hints. Good creamy mouthfeel, medium-to-full. The taste is actually not so smoky which left me hoping for more. Finish is dry, gently bitter and saazish.

Pours a clear amber-copper color, and is topped by a thick tan head. I get an immediate aroma of smoked malt, with perhaps a hint of maltiness lying underneath. The taste is smooth, lightly sweet, with a nice meaty middle. The smoke is first detected in the finish, which is long, drying and smoky. Interestingly enough the combination of smoke and malt in some way reminds me of oranges, though I can’t quite say why. Though the beer is light as it goes down, the smoke adds a nice full richness to this beer that is quite good. This is somewhat subtle for a smoked beer, but it is a great level of smokiness for this particular beer, it is very well balanced.

(Bottle) Pours a hazy amber body with a small off-white head Aroma of smoke, beef jerky, and soy sauce. Chewy, malty, and lightly (nicely) smokey. Hint of smoke in the throat. Probably one of the best smoked beers I have come across.

This starts out with a big head on a deep copper beer. Heavy smoke aroma that will please the smoke lover but is enough to turn away anyone that doesn’t like the style. Smoke is strongly present in the flavor as well, but overall there are hops and malt to balance this out nicely.

Bottled @RBESG’05
Nut brown, smokey nose of smoked ham. Medium-bodied. Smokey, mildly hoppy. Good hoppy-smokey aftertaste. Good smoke beer.

Dull orange in colour with a small off white head. Faint smoke aroma, along with notes of sweet malt. The dominant flavor is obviously the smoke, but it’s a bit more mellow than other smoked beers that I’ve tried. The malty munich flavor that I tend to associate with Rogue beers isn’t quite as dominant either. This beer gains points for being balanced, but I would have liked a bit more "umph".

22 oz bomber. Pours a cloudy orange copper color with a medium beige head. Aroma is of smoked malts and beef jerkey. Taste is liquid smoke in a bottle. Like drinking slim jim juice. Actually not too bad. Not your everyday beer, nevertheless drinkable.