Wolf Pack Smokejumper Rauchbier

Brewed by Wolf Pack Brewing Co
Style: Smoked
West Yellowstone, Montana USA

One of the most distinctive beers I’ve had. Loved it. Had it right at the brew-pub in West Yellowstone on a snowboarding trip. Goes down smooth and leaves you a smoky after taste to enjoy. Great session beer. Cheers!

On tap at the 2007 GABF: Pours a transparent copper amber with a nicely-lacing light tan head. Good, rich, smoky nose has some toasted pale maltiness and peaty complexity. Body starts with good viscosity and sweet caramel malt with big smoky balance. Very true to style and well-made.

On draught at the brewery tap room. Marked 6.0%, pours a dense dark brown with a lasting lace and early smokey aroma. A creamy mouthfeel with a medium body and subtle smokey character. An even dry/sweet malty flavor balance with a late dark malt emphasis and dry finish.

@Mountain Beerfest-on tap-pours a disappearing white head with bubbles and dark copper color. Aroma is mild smoky, medium/dark malt-caramel. Taste is wood/smoky, medium/dark malt-caramel. Occasional. OK/mild carbonation.

Not rated under optimum circumstances (a three-day-old growler) but I liked it so much I felt compelled to sing its praises. Light reddish-brown in color, with a pale cream-colored head. The aroma was of sweetly smokey malts (mesquite, maybe?) and pleasantly subdued. The flavor revealed a bit more of the wood smoke and sweet malts. Medium- bodied. Nicely balanced, not overdone.

Straight copper pour covered by irregular off-white head. Sweet nutty malts accompany a bold meatiness making up a both impressive and aggressive nose, certainly on the salty side of the spectrum. In mouth, the cereal sweetness is totally in place, opening the gate for more bloody, boney mealish flavours over which you can only hear the whisper of supporting leafy hops. All that at 5%, gotta love smoked beers.

Dull amber colour. Light but clean smoke aroma. Beautiful toasty, caramel malts with a smooth but firm smokiness overlapping. Excellent balance. Finishes slightly sweet. A seamless, stylish example.

Clear amber with a light head. Lightly smokey, hoppy and fruity. The flavor brings out more smoke, but it is mostly fruity and bitter. Not smokey enough for a rauchbier.