New Glarus Unplugged Smoke on the Porter

Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Thanks James for the bottle. Dark brown pour with light tan head and amazing lacing. Smells and tastes of coffee, anise, bitter chocolate, charred wood, and smoked meats -- though not greasy tasty. Creamy, a little sweet, and pleasantly bitter. Did not expect I’d like this as I’m neither a porter or a smoked beer fan. Damn good beer.

Bottle, courtesy Gillard. Dark brown pour, red highlights, thin hazy head, decent lacing. Big smoky nose, with some BBQ, roasted notes deep in the nose. Flavor is smoky obviously, but more subtle than the nose. Roasted malt comes in big, with a fairly decent hop sting in the finish. Tasty, thin-bodied but nice and drinkable. Surprisingly refreshing for the style.

This was a awesome beer. Poured a nice dark Brown, has a great smokey aroma and roasty taste.

Pours a nice dark dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is almost all smoke with some coffee and oak chips mixed in. Flavor is very smokey, reminds me much of east end smokestack. I think im a sucker for this style.

Well, all right! I have been looking forward for some time to trying something from this RateBeer favorite, and thanks to Adrian, now I can. There is a humble, hand-sketched drawing on the label, along with a mouth-watering description of the brewing process. Dark pour and foamy head. Woah - a pungent, noticable, complex aroma: coffee, floral, citrus. The flavor is equally exciting - solid coffee taste, sweet malts, and fruit. Then comes a real kicker - gentle hops and a rich sort of wood smoke, reminiscent of campfires and tasty smoked meat. A little weird, but it works out very nicely! Mouthfeel is velvety and lightly carbonated. The flavor is full and well-balanced, not harsh or syrupy. This is an eccentric American classic!

12oz bottle. Pours black with a thin tan head which dissipated quickly. Smell is smoky meat, bacon to be precise. Mmm! Smoke is not overpowering. Taste is of roasted malt and also smoky meat. Mouthfeel is medium-to-thin and watery, just like many other porters. has a little bitterness in the finish. Although I am not a fan of smoky beers, this one was not a turnoff, but rather enjoyable. Thanks to the BA trader who sent it.

Really, really nice smoke aroma in this beer. Not overpowering, blends in flawlessly with the light porter flavor. That might be the only complaint, that the flavor isn’t more intense, that and the thinner mouthfeel too.

This creamy beer pours a deep dark copper colour with a beautiful flowing tan head. Aroma of smoke, chocolate malts, roasted nuts, oak and honey. flavor is exceptionally tastey. Very ripe fruit flavors, cinammon with a nice silky texture and a full carbonated mouthfeel.