Yeastie Boys Rex Attitude

Yeastie Boys
Brewed at Invercargill Brewery
Style: Smoked
Wellington, New Zealand

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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330ml bottle from Oak Barrel, Sydney. Pale golden pour with a white head. Prominent smoky nose with peat and medinical notes that fortunately is not reflected too much on the tongue which is surprisingly mild comparatively, although smoky bacon and woody elements are still there to be enjoyed. Finishes dry with a subtle lingering smokiness. This is not a style I naturally warm to but this is one of the better smoked beers I have tasted.

Yeastie boys Rex attitude Fall ‘12... Smoky woody aroma, peat mild medicinal. Flavor is more of same, tempered by sweeter biscuit nutty malts. Well crafted, perceived as a smoky blonde marzen. Recalls ddc charbonniere with peat

Pricey 12 oz. Pours a hazy light golden, Smell out of the bottle is immediately bacony. It has notes of scotch, peat, bacon, campfire, with an underlying fruitiness that is almost cider-like or tropical. which seems a product of fermenting failure Flavor is campfire, malt sweetness, peat. It is full-on. A bit too carbonated though, the flavor evaporates almost leaving you with a smoky but bitingly sweet finish. The breadiness of the malt isn’t compromised and there is an acute malt sweetness running through it. It just is too much especially with the ridiculous carbonation that pretty much ruins it. Put it this way Schlenkerla totally rapes this, a beer can be produced with 100% peated malt but it takes a specific recipe, this is not it, this is just winging it.

That’s smokey. Sensory overload really. If you like smoked meat then this beer is for you. I would not suggest eating with this beer.

Bottle poured a clear gold with a lasting creamy white head. Aromasof peat smoke, bread and a hint of citrus. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of peat smoke, bread and a hint of fruittiness with a smooth lingering peat smoke finish.

A ferocious smoked ale made with 100% peated malt. If that doesn’t scare you, either you already love Hebridean whisky or you don’t know what you’re in for. I applaud the experiment but as someone who prefers the mellowness of Highland Park or Glenfarclas to Laphroiag or Lagavulin, this is too much of a good thing. Translucent gold with a thin but enduring head. The fierce, peaty aroma will sort the laddies from the jessies. It’s the kind of distinctive odour that leaves no room for fence-sitting. It’s earth, ash, iodine, bog-water, Islay whisky. Besides the peated malt there are light lemony notes. In the mouth, it’s lightly carbonated with a limber, lager-like body. It’s surprisingly sweet, but I guess something is needed to soften the assault on the senses from the malt, which sets about your tongue with the same vigour it brought to your nostrils. Highly phenolic. Smoke, mutton, ashtrays... Almost acrid in the finish. By the end of the bottle, my throat felt like the last time I smoked a cigarette, some time back in my stupid teens. Brave brewing. (11.2fl oz bottle from Leura Cellars.)

I hoped they were referring to Frenchcore because this beer is just as extreme. At just on cool and into a snifter it pours with little enthusiasm. Settles a cloudy pastel orange with a wafer of suds atop. Aroma is heavy, heady and a tribute to Islay single malts - if that was their aim! So, so peaty and smoky hinting at smoked salmon and brine, bacon bits (the ones you sprinkle on a caesar salad), cigarette ash, sheep’s wool fresh shawn, overused chicken coops and charred oak. Assertive though by no means aggressive amount of smoked peat in the mouth. Fills every nook and cranny with an ashen burst of peat and heather, smoked pork and bonfire remains. Quite light in body and softly carbonated allowing it to rest upon the tongue well passed its bedtime. A clean crush of citrus cleanses keeping it grounded. I swear I have just smoked a treetrunk and feel light headed from it. This is something different altogether and like most rauchbiers has me hooked and wanting more. For something so pale to have so much fire is amazing. This is a tribute to great modern brewing. Lovely!!! (33cL, no date stamp, Cellarbrations Carlisle)

I like this. It’s smokey, tasty and full of peat (obviously, useless statement). Not much else going on apart from the peat aroma and flavour. Little thin on the palate. Peat lingers in the mouth slightly but pleasantly. Beer over all is punchy, different, a little bit confronting but really it’s something interesting for a change.

Bottle. Super smokey all the way through. There’s some smoked meat in the aroma and sour taste but it’s just dominated by the peat characteristics. Surprisingly short finish too. I didn’t enjoy it but they set out to create a unique beer and succeeded, hence the high score. If smoke is your type, then this is your beer.

A beer that certainly isn’t for everyone. Ultra smoked with a thick, oily viscosity and an intense flavor using peat malt (yeah, the kind typically used to make spirits, not beers) Not sure of the color because I drank it from the bottle, and while it was far from delicious, it was certainly one of the most interesting beers I’ve ever tasted. Very smokey, oily, extremely dry finish. Intense.