Weyerbacher Fireside Ale

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Smoked
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Pours a copper tan with a one finger frothy light tan head. The nose is smoky, caramel, sweet, leafy hops, smells like a smoked marzen. The flavor is smoky, spicy, crisp hop bite, mild metallic bitterness, smoke comes through, corn, some caramel sweetness. Crisp on the mouthfeel with a metallic bite.

Poured a dark copper hue with a tan head that had good retention and beautiful lacing. Aroma was mild but nice, some sweet malt notes and of coarse a caramel note. Flavor was subtly balanced. Some hops, some malts. It seriously could have used more smoke to it. Finish was dry.

Bottled. Moderate smoke and lemon, pine aroma. Thin, milky, lactic and crappy flavor, with a minor hop note. Little smoke in the flavor to be found. Quite bad. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I wish brewers would stop pussying out with the smoke and actually make some smoky beers. They aren’t afraid to make 13% barrel aged imperial stouts that taste like a mixture of chocolate syrup, bourbon, and mud, so why can’t they just make a legitimately smoky beer?

12 oz. Clear, copper-brown with an enduring quarter-inch of creamy foam. Mild aroma of dark toasted pecan and molasses, with maybe a whiff of chocolate and smoke. Initial flavor is similar plus a little acidic-sour tinge, then a woody finish that fades into some subtle smoke. Further into the bottle, the smoke shows up a bit more, as well as in the long aftertaste. Medium-heavy body is dryish and very smooth. Nice.

above good beer. The first sip is malty, and then after a couple swallows, a smokey taste develops. Not much aroma. The beer finishes smooth.

12oz bottle-pours a cascading rich light tan head with heavy lacing and deep red color. Aroma is rich malt, smoke, some dark fruit, earthy hops. Taste is rich malt-brown sugar, nutty/smoke, some dark fruit, earthy hops. Minimum carbonation but nice mouth feel. A nicely done, enjoyable beer. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.

Bottle. Pours deep amber red with a beige head. Malty sweet with a hint of smoke. The flavor has a solid sweet caramel malt base, with some light toasty/roasty undertones. Nicely balanced notes of smoke and burnt wood are up front but not in an overly intrusive way. Very drinkable.

Pours a dark caramel brown color with some reddish tint at the edges. A small and foamy beige head settles to a thin film on top leaving some sudsy lacing behind. The aroma shows notes of toasted grains, sweet caramel, and a touch of earthy smoke. The flavor is good bit more smokey with some roasted malt and toasted grains followed by a chocolate and caramel malt backbone. Some smoked wood and earthy flavors round this one out. Medium bodied with good carbonartion and a very smooth and balanced mouthfeel. The smoke and roasty flavors linger awhile on the finish. Not overly smokey, but a tasty brew for sure. Nice beer to drink when grilling out.