3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from the local. Pours a bright mahogany with amber highlights and a huge light tan head. Some globby lacing sticks to the glass as the head recedes. Nice smoked aroma with dark fruits...I could taste the smell in the back of my throat actually. Flavors are mostly light coffee, chocolate, smoky dark fruits with a nice caramel backdrop. Not too shabby.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I’m not a big smoked brew fan so I’d avoided this one - but, it’s Stone, so I have to try. Bomber. Deep brown pour with a medium tan head and some soapy stick. Nice restrained smoky aroma with chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is dry toasted chocolate malt and background smoke. Yeah, not my thing - but drinkable enough.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Pours a very dark brown/black color with lots of head, settling in a few minutes. Smoke mixed with dark fruits dominates the taste. Chocolate and coffee are secondary flavors that sneak through. Enjoyed at first, but seemed to get old quick.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown, beige head
aroma, chocolate and smoked malts, although the smoke profile was light.
flavor, silky smooth palate, chocolate malts and the smoked malts being a little subdued. Some dark fruits also to be noted, overall the smokey profile is right where it should be, not overpowering and enough for the rest to blend it perfectly.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
the smoke is bold and unpleasnt. a decent porter is behind it but the smokey masks good flavors. i could have skipped this one.
4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours nearly black with hints at brown-red at edges. Off-white head and smoked white lacing. Medium aromas of smoked hickory logs. Smoke flavor is mild on palate but pronounced in the long finish. Semi-sweet with flavors of smoked meat. Malty with light hops. This is a really nice beer, expecially for winter, but I wish the smoke flavor was more pronounced on the palate
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours medium brown darkening to deep black. Tan head, good retention. Fruity, smoky malty aroma. Smoky, roasted flavor with light fruity hints. Slight bitterness that lingers on the tip of the tongue. Smooth, medium thickness body with a medium carbonation that dissipates quickly.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: SEP 6, 2010 (Br-btl painted-Bu/Wt-lbl, 22oz)
bk-opq, thin but lasting creamy tan head, full body, med-light-co2.
aroma: sweet hoppy §smokey alchl molasses-malt.
flavor: sweet §malty dark-fruit T1, ashy bittersweet-chclt-malt §smokey leafy-hops T2, sweet wood-ash §malty §smokey §chrcl short T3, balanced, good throughout, complex but not overly intense.
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