 Viper666 (430), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Jan 28, 2008
Bouteille 341ml. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti et assez fumée (bois et bacon), de chocolat noir et avec des notes fruitées (cerises noires), de café et de houblon herbeux ainsi que des traces de crème sucrée. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture crémeuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Léger goût fruité (cerises noires, traces de mûres, de raisins et de prunes) accompagné d’un goût fumé (bois, notes de bacon), de notes de tabac ainsi que des traces de crème et de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyennement amer de malt rôti (légèrement brûlé et aux notes terreuses) avec un moyen goût de chocolat noir (notes de chocolat sucré) puis progressivement vient se rajoute un moyen goût de café noir jusqu’en finale, où l’on retrouve également un léger goût de houblon herbeux asséchant ainsi que des notes d’alcool doux. Post-goût long et sec, moyennement amer de rôti/ brûlé avec un moyen goût de café, de chocolat noir, de houblon herbeux, de fumée ainsi que des notes fruitées (moût de cerises noires et de pelures de prunes) et d’alcool très doux.
JCB (1118), Durham, USA
Oct 25, 2008 11.2oz from Glouglouburp - thanks, Dany! A deep thick pour, almost completely still and without really any head or carbonation. The base beer is a nice strong porter, rich and chocolatey, with a moderate body and a very smooth mouthfeel. Roasted malts are in there, but the deliciously strong smoke is what the beer’s about. And because the base is strong, the smoke is stronger. Long bitter finish, a hint of heat, and a very enjoyable brew.
1FastSTi (2417), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 21, 2008 Pours to a black body with a creamy tan head and spotty lacing. The aroma is chocolate and smoke. Mostly sweet milk chocolate. Juniper-like hops. The flavor is milk chocolate with tons of rauchmalt and some bitter spruce hops. The palate is dry powder and medium bodied.
JoeMcPhee (3862), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Oct 19, 2008 Thanks to notalush for this one. Deep brown-black beer with a thin white head. Aroma is lovely with rich smokiness over of a very roasty/charry dark malt character. A lot of cocoa and chocolate. Lots of bacony saltiness with a light peppery backnote. Chewy and sweet through the middle with a nice lingering roasty finish. It compares pretty well with Alaskan Smoked Porter.
Flamojune (53), Québec, Quebec, Canada
Oct 16, 2008 Une première pour moi: une bière fumée...Goute le gouda fumé plus que le bacon fumé(excusez moi je suis inculte)...Nécessite une période d’adaptation pour les débutants mais cette biere est riche et supérieurement accessible et douce en alcool.
elihapa (349), Hawaii, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Bottle, from Rahman. Pours a dark brown with a velvet tint. Head is almost negligible. Aroma is pungent and unique, to say the least. It smells like a four course BBQ meal! There is smoke, barbeque sauce, smoked meat (especially bacon), and a little dark chocolate. Flavors are very similar, amazingly. I taste charcoal, smoked red meat, ash-wood, and perhaps some licorice. All this topped with a semi-dry finish that merges the above-described flavors along with some tasty bitterness and chocolate malt. What is this?? Palate was smooth, carbonation is low; so low that I felt my bottle may have been a touch old. But then again, there is enough craziness in this brew to suggest that this was intended. I would call this is a barbequed, smoked, meat-porter. Very different and wonderful, but definitely not an everyday beer. In fact, lets be reasonable, I am not sure I was ready for the chaos that this beer beheld.
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