Surly Smoke Lager

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Bomber from Guerde. Thanks for yet another great Surly! Pours dark brown with a few tan bubbles. Smokey bacon aroma. Full bodied. Flavor is smoke over smooth dark malt. Not burnt. Good stuff.

Bottle shared by bhensonb. Pours black with a tiny beige head and a smoky aroma. There is a hearty smoked malt flavor that sticks to the palate, and a dry slightly bitter finish. Great flavor for a lager and the smoke is not overwhelming.

Bottle from trade with arminjewell. Pours black with some red coming through. Almost no head. Aroma is suttle smoke, cinnamon, spicy earthy notes, smoked malts, blackish berry jam, sweet liquorice, sweet oak, bright chocolate, raisins and prunes. Taste is liquorice, dark sweet fruits, smoked malts, chocolate, some wood, raisins, prunes, earthy spicyness and also some roasted notes. Everything blends smooth.

Bottle shared by Rasmusott - been wanting to try this for quite a while, so it’s really cool to finally try it, although it did disappoint. Pours black with a red hue, not really head on this. Aroma is smokey, wood, dark berries, earthy mineral notes in the lines of the smokey component, blackberry jam, notes of pepper and cinnamon, liquorice, raisins and prunes. Rather nice aroma, although the smoke is a bit off with the earthy character. The taste resembles the smoke from the nose with these earthy mineral notes, which are kind of off. Chocolate notes, prunes, raisins, slightly woody, but nowhere near as complex as the aroma. The lager yeast makes the mouthfeel surprisingly light, and the carbonation is very mild, could use a bit more. Glad to have tried it.

15.10.2011. 0.75l bottle. Aroma of smoke! Brown colour. mild flavours of malt. Very much smoke.

Pours dark brown with minimal head. Nose is all campfire smoke. Smoke and roasted malt back with clean finish and round palate. As it warms you get some nice dried dark fruit esters on a lingering finish-unique for the style. Very good, can’t quite say it’s worth the $18 price of admission, but it is unique and a good beer.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown with no head.

Aroma: Hickory smoked ham.

Taste: Super smokey malt. Toast. Slight sour twang in the finish.

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with modest carbonation.

Overall: An amazing, smoky treat.

Bottle 750ml @ RBNAG-11
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, smoke, chocolate and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.