Left Hand SmokeJumper

Bottle. Poured a dark black with a thin tan head. Aroma of smoke with roasted malt and coffee notes. Flavor is meaty. Medium body with mild carbonation.

Corked and caged 750ml courtesy of RustyChiles. Pours a pitch black with a half finger tan head and spotty lacing. Nose is very smoky. It has a smoked meat smell to it which is cool. Some burnt malt and coffee going on too. Taste is smoked bacon, baby back ribs with sauce, burnt dark chocolate and campfire coffee. Medium creamy mouth feel. I like it – not as much as the Alaskan Smoked Porter, but it’s still a good smoked. Thanks Rusty!

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 15 Sep 2008) Black colour with ruby light when seen through light. Frothy, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose witn distinct notes of smoke. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, dark fruit, dark rye bread, nuts and a dry smokey finish. Smoke dominates the aroma more than the flavour, that is more complex. Medium to full body, smooth mouthfeel. Mainly dry. Alcohol hardly evident at all. Lovely beer!

OK, this is a really, really hard one for me to rate. This beer is awesome, f’n delicious in every way. Nice and creamy, great soft texture and creamy mouthfeel. Looks great, pours a nice, even dark brown. Smells like smoked meat and candy. So, why is it so hard to rate? Well, I thought the smoke was almost lacking. For me, this one is a little too balanced. I expected big time smokiness. I expected big time meat flavor. I expected Goosinator on Crack, but this is a totally different beer. Smokejumper relies more on the malt backbone and shows off its deep flavor instead of letting the smoke become the flavor. Weaker on smoke, but a homerun on balance and flavor complexity.

750 ml bottle shared at BCTC 2008. Poured a deep dark brown with a medium sized frothy light beige head. Aroma of smoke, roasted malts, chocolate and some anise. Palate on this one was simply awesome, thick, chewy with an oily base and average carbonation, NICE!!! Flavor has lots of smoke on the aftertaste but starts off with some notes of toast and chocolate. This was one great beer and I’m kicking myself for not picking some up when I saw it around.

Pours black with topping creamy head. Smokey aroma with licorice. Above average mouthfeel, even thick in the mouth. A very good example of its style. Good roasted chocolate malt, salty. Drinkable with lunch yet it does overwhelm tastes.A man’s beer.

Pours an almost opaque black with a big, tan head. Aroma is chocolate and smoked meats, campfire. Tastes kind of like bacon, which is awesome, and chocolate, with a slight alcohol burn. There’s also some caramel and tobacco. Mouthfeel is smooth, and thick for a porter. A little bit of hops in an otherwise long finish, and overall an awesome ale. If you see this, you should get this.

[rated 6.25.08] Pours near black with a thin creamy beige head. Smokey bacon aroma with some dark malts and a little bit of funky fridge aroma. Amazing flavor, smoke followed by chocolate... fantastic... then bacon and dark chocolate in perfect balance, some wood and residual sugars. Silky smooth carbonation, perfectly creamy, slight syrup, medium full body. More please. 8.4.9.5.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ rerate 2009 bottle December 2009 8.4.8.4.16]