Three Floyds Blunder Buss (Smoking Trebuchet)

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
Munster, Indiana USA

On tap @ Map Room. Last time they had a new FFF beer I waited a day and missed it. Pours gold with a white head. Aroma of a smoked beer, ham, bacon. Interesting because you normally don’t get this kind of aroma in a light beer. Good smoked flavor, but a little bit of a bitter finish. I liked it, smoked beers are quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Tap @ the brewpub. Copper/gold, white head. Nose is rich but not overpowering smoke, light toasty malt Flavor is nice rich smoke, light caramel, toasty malt. Long campfire/pine finish.

Draft at Three Floyds. Pours a deceptive clear gold, looking exactly like a standard Maibock with white head. The nose is all ham and bacon, then some nice bready notes and clean. On taste, this one tastes the cleanest and tastes the most like ham out of any beer I’ve ever had. Tons of sweet and salty notes, as well as the obvious smoke notes. I’m glad that FFF does their own smoking, because they clearly know what they’re doing. My favorite smoked beer. Fantastic.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark orange with a white head. Aroma is of smoked meat, malt, spice, and wood. Smells nice and meaty as far as smoked beers go. Taste is of smoked meat. Lots of ham and smokey wood. Slight spice taste, almost like seasonings. Each sip finishes with a lot of wood and spice. The meat flavors don’t control the beer and make it undrinkable. Lingering smokey wood flavors. A very good smoked beer.

I like smoked beers and to see my favorite brewpub come out with one well i had to try,it poured a nice yellowish color with a thick foamy head,the smoked smell and taste hit you right off the bat with a campfire like feeling to it.It was a cross between bacon and beef jerky but was smooth in the finish,very enjoyable and another fine effort from FFF.CHEERS!!

Under the alias SMOKING TREBUCHET. Tap @ brewpub. 7/1. Golden amber, white head. $5 imperial pint. First smell of fiery smoke, ham, meat. Tastes like campfire and bacon, yes. Good malt back and hop finish for only 30 IBUs. Not exactly sessionable in my book, but this was after a couple other taps. Points though.

On tap at the brewpub: This had a slightly hazy golden body with a frothy head that left lots of thick lace in its wake. The aroma did have an underlying malty sweetness, but was mainly pork sausages and greasy bacon. The malts provided enough sweetness in the flavor to balance out the sturdy bacon and Virginia ham smokiness. Nice, and went well with the pretzels, sausages, and spicey mustard that I was eating. But then, I enjoy good smoked beers, so this would have paired well with water cress sandwiches and orange Pez.

On tap at Three Floyds and served in a nonik. Golden pour with a very light haze and a thin, lasting cap of white foam. Nice lacing. The aroma included an even combo of sweet, toasted pale malt and campfire. The flavor leaned more towards a traditional helles with an afterthought of smoked malt. Clean, lightlly hopped, followed with a hint of smoked beef jerkey. Medium-bodied with light carbonation. A nice beer, but not quite as good as their last smoked helles, Osti.