Ibrew2or3 (1756), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA Jul 17, 2008 Courtesy of Gillard. Pours clear copper with off white head. The aroma is mild with dark cherries, prunes, malts and just the faintest cigar like smokiness. The taste is amber malt sweetness with a bit of rye twang and lager esque amber lager notes. Very little smokiness.
Headbanger (985), Aurora, Illinois, USA Oct 6, 2008 2oz bottle (Knightly Spirits Orlando)-Pours a dark amber light brown body with a nice small tight off white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, and slight smoke. Taste of the same with the rye coming out and the smoke being on the back end. This medium bodied brew finishes dry. Nice tasting brew but was expecting more smoke. EithCubes (1821), Indiana, USA Oct 3, 2008 Bomber via dchmela - big thanks! Nice, lasting smoked flavor flowing from the bottleneck, light caramel and crusty ryebread, less "meaty" than, say, Schlernkerla, but still super. Light toast malts. Copper-chestnut pour still letting the sun shine in, beige head is rocky and yummy. Sticky, lightly bitter, very malty taste has superb lager crispness with heavy caramel and medium smoke, letting smoke sidle in and make itself known without dominating . Chewy toast malt. Excellent, churning spice undertones from the rye. Sagging a little (I’d have loved to have this in July), and tending slowly toward the mushy side, but still a good session-plus. I am a lover of smoked beers, but in this one, the Roggen wins points over the Rauch. Beer_Hawk (759), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA Sep 29, 2008 Bottle shared by Butters. Pours soda-brown with a off-white head that leaves light lacing. Sweet caramel aroma. The flavor finds caramel, spice, and some smoke. Medium body, sweet throughout with a smoke aftertaste. Decent. BeerVirgin72 (588), C-Bus, Ohio, USA Sep 28, 2008 Bottle shared by dragonstout. Thanks Brian! My first smoked beer. Wasnt sure what to expect. Pour was a pretty clear amber color. Aroma was actually very little smoke. I smelled mushrooms and tree bark! Flavor was very mild. Just some slight flavor of rye, and something a bit sour/funky I couldnt really indentify. Some light smoke on the finish. Overall, very drinkable, and not nearly as smokey as I was expecting! DragonStout (1181), Orlando, Florida, USA Sep 28, 2008 Shared with BeerVirgin.Nose is of bread,rubber and some smoke.The flavor at 1st doesn’t detect any smoke but as it warms a bit the smoke comes out more.Hoppy slightly spicy and fairly easy to drink.A pretty solid brew.
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