Tyranena Benjis Chipotle Smoked Imperial Porter

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Stacey and Nevin brought a growler to the Beer Barons Meeting.Pours a dark brown color with a small head. Great aromas of smokey roasted malts, caramel and just a tease of pepper.Flavor is of wonderful roasted malts and caramel and then that wonderful little tingle starts to form in your mouth!Nice medium body. I’v always been a big fan of there porters, and Benji just made them even more interesting!

Tap at Tyranena. The beer pours to a smooth black body with a nice creamy tan head. It’s full of smooth charred black malts and light creamy chocolate. Pepper is there with a nice balanced bite on the flavor and the palate. The beer is quite creamy. A very easy drink that I enjoyed a lot.

Growler courtesy of Skyview. Black color with a large head. Light chipotle smoke aroma with some roasted malts. Strong wood and smoke flavor. Light on the pepper spice, but enough to make it obvious it’s there. Plenty of roasted and chocolate malt. This is really good. It’s a great way to make a pepper beer: as an accent, not an alcoholic pepper smoothie.

On draught at the brewery taproom in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a creamy tan head that has some nice retention and excellent lacing. Aroma of smoked BBQ ribs, roasted dark malt, some chocolate, white pepper and a hint of molasses. Taste is full bodied, smooth and creamy with flavors of smoked chipotle, chocolate, some pepper and coffee. Finish has a nice balance of smoked and mild bitterness and has a lingering smoked chipotle aftertaste without a spicy bite like most other chipotle infused beers.

Sampled on draught: It poured an opaque black colour with a medium sized tan head. Fairly good retention, left behind plenty of sticky tan coloured lacing. A smokey nose- chipotle, toast and and some bbq notes. Wicked creamy mouthfeel, chewy at times- caramel, coffee and black licorice flavours. Will we see this in bottles? I hope so. Really tastey."

On tap at Tyranena, 2/11/2009. The one is much more smoky than it is spicy. I really enjoy the very subtle burn that builds up as you drink it. This is a nice variation on the Imperial Porter that Tyranena brews so well.

Stacey and Nevin brought a growler to the Beer Barons Meeting. Rich, malty aroma,with burnt caramel and roasted aspects,a hint of that chipolte, though you would not identify it as that if you didn’t know that its in there. Texture is a little thinner then the aroma would lead you to believe. Flavor is again rich malts, caramel and bakers chocolateand a slight peppery zing,which leaves a slightly smoked finish. Every sip leaves an increasing glow in the back of the throat. I loved that sensation in IPA’s,now I see it works in porters also

Tap at The Old Fashioned in Madison, WI - I was quite impressed with this - the smoke and chipotle pepper add a nice dimension, that compliments the roasted malts, but the spiciness never really becomes that strong, just a gentle spiciness that become peppery through the finish - there are some vanilla and cocoa flavors, and even a bit of berry-like character through the finish, but the chocolate, roasted malt, and light hint of spice and smoke are the stars of the show - well-balanced and tasty - it’s nice to see a pepper beer that doesn’t nail you over the head with the spiciness.