Church-Key Holy Smoke

Brewed by Church-Key Brewing
Style: Smoked
Pethericks Corners, Canada

Bottle from Paul (blankboy) Thanks! Pours kind of dark brown color with some bubbles going through, smells smokey, and similar to stale water. Taste is smokey, oily, and rather unpleasnt. I dont like it when people say "I dont usually like this style so heres my rating of .6" so I will not do that. I am not a fan of smoked beers at all, and the more I try, the less I like them. However, I will rate this based on what I think a smoked beer should be rated like. Thanks..but no thanks. Ill stick to my stouts and IPAs. Possibly the only style of beer I cannot come around to appreciating, to those that can - cheers!

But au Black Tomato (Ottawa), 20 oz. Brun super focé, mini collet. Arome un peu agrume, malte fleurie et un peu fumée. Goùt de malte fumé au contact, mais sucré après.

Pours dark brown/reddish. Quick disipating head. Smokey roast with hints of chocolate and fresh bread aroma. Smoke flavour is medium. Body is kind of thin Its good and the first appearance is sweet.

on tap at the tranzac, toronto. beautiful dark brown, chocolatey colour. clear smoke aroma w/ coffee and dark chocolate. but at first taste, it’s all smoke and no body! insipid, weak, ’diet soda’ middle. too much carbonation, too much water, not nearly enough depth or richness to balance the smoke. a disappointment that can surely be improved.

Bottle 341ml. Appearance: Dark brown color with a thin tan head. Aroma: smoke, toasty, yeasty. Flavor: smoky malt, caramel, fruity. Thank Harry.

Dark brown. Minimal but lasting head. Smoke and sharp peat aroma. Burnt sugar and, what I would have to guess as, peat flavour. A nice beer with a bit of spice at the finish.

Deep cranberry juice-red body, thin buff head. Toasty aroma, earthy peat, and smoke, but the latter is not overpowering. The body, though, is replete with smokehouse flavors, blending with caramels, toast, and dark fruits with a tart kick and finish. Reasonably tasty, but I get the feeling that behind the smoke lurks a rather thin, ordinary beer. Thanks Paul (blankboy) for the bottle!

This arrived as a bonus for CaptainCougar but half the bottle had leaked out and the cap came off with little effort. Poured a very dark brown with a ruby hue. Aroma of smoke, sweat malt, peaty, grapes. Malty but dry along from front to back. Light smoke in the flavor. Pretty flat but expected since half leaked out (no point deduction for that). Thin body.