Surly Smoke Lager

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

On cask at Buster’s for the one year anniversary appreciation party. The beer was opaque black with essentially no head. In the aroma and flavor there was moderate smoke and moderate sweet burnt malt. (It was almost peaty.) The hops were almost non-existent. It was a bit watery with no carbonation, but very smooth. As it warmed the smoke got fainter. Very drinkable, one of my favorite Surly beers!

Black with a small off-white head. Aroma of licorice and prunes with a mild campfire smoke note. Very sweet malty flavour with a fruity touch, hard roast notes and a bit of ash in the finish

Bottle @ Hallinghansens US Tasting, Odense. Pours black with a small creamy off white head. Nose is syrup, meat and alcohol.Camfire, plastic, bacon and caramel. Smooth, slick and medium bodied.

Bottle shared by Plovmand, thanks. Dark brown body with a small head. Aroma is smoke, oak, bacon, caramel. Flavor is smoke, roasted malt, caramel.

Bottle at hallinghansen grand tasting. Pours black with a small tan head. The aroma is oak, smoke, light bacon, sweet caramel and light roast. The flavour is slightly metallic. Notes of smoke, hard roasted malt and some plastic like notes.

one of my very very high wants!! .. pours a deep brown .. great foam, lacing is thick .. . good dose of smoke, caramel, toffee, and plum skin .. . slick mouthfeel .. . i wanted a lot more smoke, but a nice brew regardless. .. . you said you liked the smell - - well i’m not a fish!!

Smoke pours pitch black for the most part. Barely any head is poured at all. Whatever pours is quickly gone to what you see in the picture to the right. With the smell you really don’t get the full effect of this beer. It’s really not until you get to the taste that you really understand why this is called Smoke. The smell is light on smokiness, roasted malt, chocolate, and oak. Really nice. But when you take your first sip, you are really greeted by the smoke. Smoke and burnt malt attacks the palette. But then the beer takes a turn. It’s like a two step process. Attack the palette with a barrage of smoke, then turn around and give us a really nice mixture of coffee, chocolate, oak, vanilla, alcohol, etc. The ending of this beer is just fantastic. Like I said, its a tale of two beers here. Love the mouthfeel. Smooth, creamy, and just thick enough.

22oz bottle from Haskell’s Minneapolis. Pours a deep brown color with a tan head. Aroma is sweet, smokey, bacon. Medium on the palate with soft, creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, smokey, ashy, tobacco, with a bitter, smokey finish. This beer is more smokey that a lot of other smoked porters. On the edge of overwhelming, but not quite. Much like the rest of Surly’s line.

Bottled. Black coloured. Small light Brown fluffy head. Aroma of smoke, Caramel, sweetness, chocolate. Flavour of smoke, chocolate, Rye Bread and some liqourice. Medium to full bodied. Ends sweet and chocolaty