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Left Hand SmokeJumper 3.89 437

Left Hand SmokeJumper

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99
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bottled
common

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4373.91/5.03.89/5.0Special9.8%99.3Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
If you've been reading our newsletters, brewer Ro Guenzel gave you a flavor last month of what it took to brew this smoked Imperial Porter (singed hair, smoke in the eyes, sunburn, etc.) - all a labor of love. Available in beautiful 750mL bottles. The National Smokejumpers Association has made Smokejumper the "Official Beer" of their organization. So, here's the smoke in your glass, not in the woods.

Editor's note: this beer is described as 9.2% on the brewery website, but there are two sets of bottles on the market, labeled as both 9.2% and 10.5%. Left Hand has since had this beer lab-tested; the correct amount is actually 9.8%.

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 BeerGestapo (740), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 16, 2009  
Brewed in the USA......... Pours black in color with a medium beige head. Aroma of smoke from a camp fire, bacon and burnt wood. The taste has a smoked meat flavor with some sweet malts and a hint of tobacco. This was a pleasant suprise for me, smooth with a mild bitterness at the finish. I could actually see myself drinking more then one of these. Nice job !!


 Marsiblursi (1649), Göteborg, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 15, 2009  
(Bottle) Pours dark brown, near black with a big and creamy light brown head. Balanced aroma with medium smoked and near medium roasted/burned tones from the malt. Smoked meat, tar, ash, burned wood, liquorice, dark chocolate, nuts and light coffee. The nose is clean with some sharp vodka-like alcohol hints. Light hoppy notes of grass, resin, herbs and apricots. Some dry white pepper, vanilla, cocoa cola and dried figs hints. The flavour holds light to medium sweet caramel and nutty malt tones that blend perfectly with the near medium smoked notes. The alcohol is too present. Nice laidback hop profile of mild resin and grass. The mouthfeel is clean and medium round. Full medium crisp and creamy carbonation. Medium to full bodied. A massive rye bread and smoke ham sensation!


 jcr (1175), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 12, 2009  
Bottle. Frothy tan head that lasts atop a dark brown body. The aroma is full of smoke with roasted grain and chocolate underneath. Notes of resin and sugar. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium to full body with a vevelty texture. Lively carbonation. Very good despite the smoke being a bit overpowering. Still a nice balance between sweet and bitter.


 Frovigalning (456), , Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 12, 2009  
Bottle (75 cl). Pours a dark liquid with a small dark foam. Smells of smoke, bitter chocolate and ham. The taste has a very strong hint of smoked ham (in Sweden called Lönnberga Skinka). Also some hints of tobacco and dark chocolate.


 Joakgust (334), Stockholm, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 9, 2009  
Bottle, 75cl - Dark brown beer with a large brown head. Aroma is malty sweet with notes of chocolate, smoke and licorice. Flavor is malty sweet with strong roasty notes with hints of smoke, chocolate ad some dry woodiness. A very nice smoke beer!


 skoisirius (584), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 6, 2009  
Pours black with hints of reddish brown near the edges. Sweet smokey malt aroma, hints of bacon. As with these usually, the nose transmutes into the flavor, almost directly except for a bite more smoke in the fired burnt department as the beer finishes out on the palate. Nicely thick, great mouthfeel, good stuff.


Under-age Drinker (96), Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Poures brown-black. Deep khaki head. Beef jerkey, smoke, bacon, and charcoal bbq aroma. Bottle had a lot of sediment, flavor was liquid smoke, raisin, and more smokey bitterness. Very nice balance for smoked beer. excellent.


 finol (509), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Sweet smokey aroma. Rather stoutish but where a stout should become deep and complex the smokey flavour takes over.



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