Three Floyds Ham on Rye

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

On tap at the Three Floyds Brewpub.
Drank this with their Smoked Turkey sandwich. A pretty damn good combination. Reddish/brown in color with a thin head. Aroma is obviously strong smoke. That’s about it, mostly smoke. The flavor has a solid smoke presence in balance with other spices and malty rye flavors. A good smoked beer.

On tap at Three Floyds. Pours orangish with an off-white head. Aroma is of smoked ham, malt, hops, and grain. Taste is big on the smoky ham flavor. There is also malt and a fair amount of grain. Has a decent hop flavor to it as well. The meat flavors aren’t overpowering, and they blend well with the malt and hops. Lingering taste of hops and smokiness. Drinks easy, but it was pretty damn heavy. I enjoy smoked beers, and this one is solid. The price was right, and it was tasty.

A] Smoky. Rye kind of lost and mingled among this. More of a campfire smoke to me than meatiness, but sure, I’ll say ham. [A] More or less red. Brownish. Very white head on top. Imperial pint for $5. Winner. [F] Rye comes together more here, with smoke, and eventually hops. Non-offensive, but not particularly my thing. [P] More medium to full bodied. Sits kind of thick with low carbonation. Smoky hop linger. [O] I liked blunderbuss more. Thought it was tad meatier, more interesting, more flavorful. This is a nice smoked. Nice collaboration with Piece.

On tap at piece, glad I got to try this as it’s the first bukowski book I read. ours hazed amber with white head. Flavors are sweet caramel, rye, and mild smokey bacon character. Med body, fizzy mouth feel. Touch too sweet with not enough ham and rye!

On tap @ Piece on saturday. Pours a dark brown with a thin, light tan head. Smoky aroma. Flavor is of a smoked ham on rye sandwich, ha ha ha also a slightly sweet, with hints of vanilla body. Finish is slightly bitter, with the smoky notes lurking in the background. Unique taste.

Draft EBF. Pours a an amber body with an off white head. Smoked malt, with some salty peat notes, chewy caramel, lighter rye spices, and a mild warming. Nice offering.

Draught sample (6 oz.) during DLD 08. Pours a medium amber brown with a small soapy white head. The aroma of smoked meat and moderately sweet malt. The rye is a minor player in the aroma. The flavor reminded me of some breakfasts I had with family deep in Kentucky. There was a fairly heavy dose of smoked meat with a more prominent rye presence than in the nose. Mid palate the smoke character tails off a bit and it becomes more sweet with a focus on the grainy malt. Surprisingly quite drinkable and I’m glad I was able to try this one.

sample from bottle at a tasting at Binny’s. Brown with a reddish ruddiness. Remarkable aroma of guess what? Rye and a salty ham! Flavor also quite clearly recalled this... Malt, hops, smoked oak? sure, but damn! Ham and rye! I had only a litte of this, but definitely will try again if the opportunity comes.