Heavyweight Cinderbock Lager

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

Courtesy SoLan. Pours a hazy burnt orange color wit a small, frothy, cream colored head. Soapy micro-spots of lacing mark the glass. The aroma shows notes of smoky malts, toasty bread, caramel malts, and hints of earthy, smoked spices and aged hops. Flavors show more of those robust, smoky malts and toasted biscuit, a slight caramel sweetness lending balance to the earthy, savory notes. Medium-plus bodied and lightly carbonated, the mouthfeel is what I would expect at this age. I can’t believe how well this brew has held up over time. This must have been a homerun when fresh, because it’s still pretty damn solid right now.

12oz bottle, no date from BrianK. Hazy caramel orange with a small yellow beige head, fading to a ring before long. Aroma is of course smoky, but in this case it is smoked meat--beef jerky, to be specific. Cherry tang and soda crackers are also present. Flavor is a little less smoky, but that’s not to say it isn’t still pretty smoky--er, jerkyish. Still has the cherry tang and salty soda crackers. Semi-dry finish with minimal bitterness--no trace of alcohol, but there is some oxidation, as one would expect for a beer a few years old. Burped stale crackers. Moderate prickly carbonation with a medium body. Pretty tasty brew, though I am partial to smoked beers.

2/19/2008: Heavyweight Cinderbock Lager Beer pours a cloudy golden brown color with a quickly dissipating fizzy beige head. It’s nice to see that there is still a mild to moderate level of carbonation. The aroma is smoky (dry, slightly meaty), dry (slight oxidation), and some fruity maltiness. The flavor is much the same, but more smoky with some alcohol coming through in the finish. I really like the smokiness in the front with the strong alcohol and fruity maltiness in the backend. This beer has a medium body and is quite easy to drink. The alcohol seems higher than 7% ABV, but it is well-balanced with the other flavors and provides a pretty nice warming effect. This is a solid bock and a solid smoked beer. It is quite tasty and different than expected. I bet it was even better when it was fresh. It’s sad that this brewery is no longer around. They clearly made great beer!

12 fl. oz. twist-off bottle from jjpm74. Thank you very much John. I appreciate it! Rating #214 for this beer...

June 2006 - Thanks to eaglefan538 sharing with me to celebrate my birthday! Beer poured apple cider brown with decent head and a little lacing. Aroma was really smokey and sweet. Flavor was overwhelmingly smokey (for me, anyway) with a lemony sour undertone. It was interesting, but I can’t say it was pleasant.

For a smoke I generally like it because it doesn’t taste like bacon. Actaul malt and flavor is present. I still have some lying around so I will get to see how it changes over time. Light body and sweet to balace the smoke.

I got this in a trade from beerbill and got to drink it while having desert on christmas. It had a cloudy orange and amber color to it with a rather thin head and no laceing or spots on the glass i dumped it into. There was not much to the aroma it was rather weak with mild hops and malt nothing that left an impression. Although as it warmed up and i took my first sip it was full bodied and had tons of flavor. there was a nice bacon and tobbaco like bite in the begining and some hoppy and a mild cinnamon bitterness. The more i drank it the more bacon flavor you would get and then it was folowed by hints of caramel but the bacon was very overpowering. It didnt go well with the christmas cookies and pastrys i was having but it was still a great beer.

12oz bottle via trade with BrianK. Pours cloudy orange with a half finger pale tan head. Nose is smoky with a meaty character. Taste is smoky, bitter and very jerky like. This is a totally weird beer to me. Maybe I haven’t had enough smoked beers before but this is certainly different on a number of levels. There is a mulchy taste too. Certainly above average but not sure if I would seek it out again.

Bottle at the Blind Tiger, shared with others. Aroma of smoked malt, meaty, with some roastedness also. The flavor is similar to the aroma. I am still getting used to this style, but this one seemed like a fine example.