Heavyweight Cinderbock Lager

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

12oz Bottle. Aroma throws a really rich fresh smoked salmon, even including the salty sea oils. Nice malt back. Pours a rosy amber pale brown that throws a nice off-white soapy head. Nice, bambergian smoked alder, pig fat bacon, and light salty wood. Bock character is subtle and underlying. This is the most like the Bamberg examples of any American smoked beer. Nice roasted pig and long campfire finish. This is really smoky, even at this age. A bit of white and gray ash. This is solid.

12 oz bottle thanks to jimmack shared at the preBeerwars gathering. I didn’t take copious notes on this one so I’m going on memory but it has only been a few hours. Pours a hazy orangey/amber with an average to small sized whiteish head. Aroma still has lots of smoke over an earthy peat body with some caramel malt backbone. Medium bodied with average carbonation even after several years of sitting around. Flavor of smokey bbq rub, dense malts and earth notes. This one is still holding up nicely and if you can find it, get it!!!!

Wow. Held up pretty well. There is a touch of funk and sourness, but it is mostly good. Nose is sweet and smoky with some raisins and brown sugar. Flavor follows suit with a nice smoke bite and a lot of sweetness. The sweetness is a little cloying, but the smoke balances it out well. Even after all this time, it isn’t bad.

2006 bottle. Good lord has this held up to time quite nicely! Clear at first with lots of haze and silverish sediment particals. Bamberg sort of smoke with a slight hint of peaty sharpness. A little bandaid. Clean malt. Medium body. A bit fuller than most lagers. Substantial carbonation, not just for age. Smokey sharpness. Wood smoke with some bit of peaty oxidized grape sort of smoke. Full malt. A bit toasty. Astringent finish. Very nice, a shame this isn’t made any longer.

Bottle post closing of HW. Pours a dark amber brown body with a white head. Smoke peat with sweet malt, cherry notes and spices. Decent.

thanks beerloco Quite foamy, almost burst out of the glass before calming itself down. Hazy peach-orange body. Good nose, lightly smoky, peaty, bit grassy as well. Good malts in flavor, sweetness mixed with definite smoke character. Bit of berry as well as a fruit undertone. A bit astringent at the end. Not a great smoked beer, but it’s good to see people trying the smoked style. Still pretty darn good.

Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing. Pours a hazy, reddish-amber with a white ring. Sweet malt aroma, with notes of spices and yeast. Taste of sweet malt, a bit of bandaid, spices, and smoke. Lingering smokiness. Interesting.

Courtesy SoLan. Slightly cloudy copper color with orange hues. Lightly smoky grainy aroma, background sweetness. Sweetness less forward on the taste, mild smoke, clean finish. Not bad.