Bièropholie Calumet

Formerly brewed at Bièropholie
Style: Smoked
, Canada

341ml bottle, with thanks to Glouglouburp! Pours a cola brown with a two finger tan head that dissipates to a thin but complete covering, minimal spotty lacing. Aroma is nice and smoky, more campfire than smoked meat. Flavor is also quite smoky, but doesn’t become overdone or overpowering. Doesn’t have the extra dimensions of peat and molasses like the Grand Chef does, but this is a nice smoked in its own right. A nice one for a cooler night with severe thunderstorms and tornado sirens wailing outside! Thanks again Dany!

great black pour, looks like a stout, good thick creamy beige head. Hge aroma of smoke, and what seems like soy sauce, and smoked salmon. Flavour is very smokey, also like smoked sausage, and bacon. Very interesting smnoke beer.

Au départ nos yeux aperçoivent le liquide de couleur noir avec des reflets rougeâtres surmontée d’une belle mousse beige. Par la suite notre sens de l’odorat découvre des arômes puissants de grain très fumé, de caramel, de petits fruits rouges murs et de chocolat noir. En bouche le corps est moyen et la texture est crémeuse. Pour finir nos papilles gustatives sont attaquées par des flaveurs de bois fumé, de chocolat noir, de cendre, de pruneaux noir, de caramel au beurre et de dattes.

Bouteille brune de 341 ml, édition 2008. Arômes de fumée suggérant la charcuterie. Belle robe noire, présentant de légers reflets rouges. Peu effervescente. Goût bien malté présentant une touche fumée soutenue. Le houblon marque également sa présence en arrière-goût. Plus accessible et plus facile à boire que la Calumet Grand Chef.

Bottle, thanks larsga. LArge milk chocolate head over dark beer. Smoky aroma. Light body, malt, dominated by the smoke.

Biggish dark brown head. Deep dark amber body, just barely translucent. Deep smoky meaty malty aroma, dominated by the smoke. Sweetish caramelly smoky taste with acidic notes. Dry smoky aftertaste. Has a meaty, tangy character. Light, mid-bodied. Very, very good. (0.341l bottle traded from glouglouburp. 2005 vintage.)

A thick light beige head is slowly diminishing. A thin bubble-sheet further obstructs light from penetrating a black body that’s totally opaque and shiny. The nose is deeply smoky and the smoke is complex to a degree that invoked notes of meat feel like parading sandwiches out a deli door on a cold afternoon, where the smell of meat permeates the air and lures you into the business. The porter base beyond is lovely as well. Roasted grains, chocolate and hard candy caramels all dance in unison within the smokiness. The nose is sweet overall, refreshing and crisp too. Mild coffee and vanilla lurk beneath the aforementioned. The flavor isn’t as exciting but is still pleasant and the result is an easygoing and drinkable beer. Balance is modest, sweetness quickly succeeding in blitzing the dry roastiness and expanding rapidly throughout the mouth. The bitterness element arrives late and disappears just as quickly. The finish is malty, sweet, raisiny and chocolatey, with smoke and bitterness lingering. The mouthfeel is full bodied, lush, smooth and softly but well-carbonated. Very good and reliably consistent in palate and consistency.

Pours as close to completely black as physics will allow. Aroma is smoke and roast, yet is in balance all the while. I do get a hint of dark fruit, and even some brown sugar. Flavor is smoky and roasty. The smoke is graceful and well done. Very nice beer.