New Holland Charkoota Rye

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain
Holland, Michigan USA

Bomber bottle and served in NB worthy snifter: Deep mahogany hue with a fading frothy head and minimal lace. The aroma is SMOKE, RYE, and MOLASSES BABY! It hits you right bout the head and says "lets rock" geek-a-zoid. The taste completely follows suit and in this case it is a damn good thing... smoked WOOD, smoked BACON and smoked GRAINS combined with the sweet and fruity undertones to lay layers of complex RYE forced flavors.

Completely in your face and wonderful for it. DIG IT or U R Lost in America, Welcome to My Nightmare 4 this is simply the best beer that New Holland ever did, know that. werd Mikey. I think I just may have Jizz In My Pants, truth.

Whoa! Man, love this beer right off. Yummmmmm.... Served with a large, foamy, light tan head and a little lace. Color is deep dark amber with chestnut hightlights. Aroma is a luscious, rich, smokey, dark malt, raisins, dark ripe fruit, leather, and a bit of dark cocoa. Flavor’s about the same with sweetness coming out at the end. Great body and carbonation. Boozy at the very end. A session beer for slow, easy quaffing.

Smoke aroma and taste is as good as I have tried. This is balanced with sweet malt flavor. Pretty red amber color.

Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a thin, stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of rich smoky dark caramel malt and complex earthy rye with a hint of brown sugar and light fruity notes. Body starts with a good rich malty fullness and a salty smoky character throughout with nice rye balance and noble hoppy bitterness before a smooth semi-dry lingering smoky finish. A very nice roggen rauchbier.

Draft at South Park Tavern in Dayton, OH. Smokin! Big flavors of smoked malt dominate this unique style of beer. The rye adds some sjpice and there is some nice hop dryness to the finish. The pour is dark amber and the aroma is dominated by smoke. Very unique and different.

Draft at The Bad Apple in Chicago: Another fantastically fresh draft offering. Lots of great campfire smokiness and wood in the nose. The body expands on this, with a great balance of chocolate, smoke and cherry. Sweet and flavorful, but also drinkable do to the lagering. A great beer.

22oz Bottle. Flickr(http://www.flickr.com/photos/26049401@N Thanks Sean! Wonderful, pungent, ripe smokiness. Greasy, sooty, and backed with rich, fruity, lager-filled depth. A wonderful nose. Pours a shining clear ruby red-brown, with an orange-amber fringe and dingy yellowish head. Flavor develops with classic lagered smoke-beer flavor. A bit of campfire, marshmallow, bacon, and cheese fat. Then a peculiar turn of earthiness and fruit stems. It’s almost a little hollow. The body is great. Creamy, foamy, malt-depth really gives this something to play off of. The smoke starts to develop into an almost ammoniac cheese rind character that’s unique and hard to decipher. Complexity or flaw? Finishes a little dusty and hot. I’m still thinking about this beer. The unique smoke character from the fruit wood could be seen as nicely individual character, or some ugliness. For now, I’ll say that I enjoy it. Aside from this side of the beer, I think it’s beautifully brewed.

22 oz’er. Dark! Midnight red, with a thin head that hangs on only as a thin halo of foam. The aroma is quite smoky -- like a sweet smoked sausage. Drinks with that same odd sweet/smoke teeter-totter; this would definitely go well with a nice cheese plate, either with smoked cheese or a nice dark cheddar. This beer SCREAMS midwestern comfort food! (#3728, 11/1/2009)