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Smokey
Jailhouse Brewing Company
- From:
- Jailhouse Brewing Company
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Dunkelweizen
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 10.64%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 26, 2014
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2011
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by Georgiabeer from Georgia
3.8/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A very solid smoked beer, where the smoke aromas and flavors are subtle enough to not overwhelm everything else or tire the palate, but present enough to make a statement. Pours a nice very dark brown with a head that lasts for a bit. There is a nice malty background here layered with what tastes like alder smoke. A bit light- I wouldn't think of a dark wheat first when thinking of smoke, but the tastes are clean and there is a touch of light graininess that marries well with the somewhat light smoke. A nice effort.
Feb 18, 2013Reviewed by guityler83 from Wisconsin
3.98/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
A: Black at first glance when poured into a tulip glass but still transparent when looked at carfully. Almost no laceing on the brownish off white half finger of head.
S: Slightly sweet with hint of smoke.
T: A hint of smoke with a nice easy drinking wheating charector that makes you wish for warm weather.
M: Light body with moderate carbination
O: I picked this up out side of atlanta after looking up the brewery and wish I would have had more of there beers. This was a nice easy drinking wheat beer with enough complexity to keep the beer nerds interested. Jailhouse... I'll be back!
Feb 16, 2013S: Slightly sweet with hint of smoke.
T: A hint of smoke with a nice easy drinking wheating charector that makes you wish for warm weather.
M: Light body with moderate carbination
O: I picked this up out side of atlanta after looking up the brewery and wish I would have had more of there beers. This was a nice easy drinking wheat beer with enough complexity to keep the beer nerds interested. Jailhouse... I'll be back!
Reviewed by BeerDawgs from Georgia
3.22/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.22/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
A 22oz bottle purchased from Green's in Atlanta
A - A dark brown, with little head and lace
S - It smells like a chocolate porter, with maybe a touch of spice creeping in
T - Chocolate, smokey, malty. Quite a bit of smoked malts in the aftertaste.
M - Full bodied, well carbonated.
O - An average beer. I don't think the smoked malts adds to much to the beer. Glad to try it, but I am one and done.
Mar 24, 2012A - A dark brown, with little head and lace
S - It smells like a chocolate porter, with maybe a touch of spice creeping in
T - Chocolate, smokey, malty. Quite a bit of smoked malts in the aftertaste.
M - Full bodied, well carbonated.
O - An average beer. I don't think the smoked malts adds to much to the beer. Glad to try it, but I am one and done.
Reviewed by wisrarebeer from Wisconsin
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Purchased at Green's Beverages in Atlanta, GA. $7.20 for a 22oz bottle.
A: deep, dark color, dark reddish-brown, clear, head poured but minimal for style
S: deep roasted malt, chocolatey, minimal smoked malt
T: well-balanced beer, good roasted malt up front, some cocoa and chocolate mid-palate and hop bitterness to style, needed more CO2 for style, needed a bit more clove and banana to be closer to style
M: more like a doppelweizen in mouthfeel than a dunkel weizen, pushing the deep roasted malt quality, chewy
O: I really like the beer but the lack of true dunkel weizen qualities (CO2, banana, cloves) made me knock it back a 0.5 rating in taste, mouthfeel and overall rating
Mar 13, 2012A: deep, dark color, dark reddish-brown, clear, head poured but minimal for style
S: deep roasted malt, chocolatey, minimal smoked malt
T: well-balanced beer, good roasted malt up front, some cocoa and chocolate mid-palate and hop bitterness to style, needed more CO2 for style, needed a bit more clove and banana to be closer to style
M: more like a doppelweizen in mouthfeel than a dunkel weizen, pushing the deep roasted malt quality, chewy
O: I really like the beer but the lack of true dunkel weizen qualities (CO2, banana, cloves) made me knock it back a 0.5 rating in taste, mouthfeel and overall rating
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
3.95/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served in a Dogfish Head snifter.
Thanks to Lillie1128 for this bottle!
I think I've seen the cop from the label before... Anyway, this stuff pours a very dark black-brown (closer to the former than the latter) topped by a half-finger of dirty off-tan foam. The nose comprises toasted malts, light beech smoke, light char, and a few pinches of black pepper in the background. The taste holds notes of toasted wheat, light smoke, black pepper, and a nice wave of banana in the finish. The body is a light-leaning medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a lightly grainy feel. Overall, a nice brew, proof that even dunkelweizens can be successfully smoked.
Feb 21, 2012Thanks to Lillie1128 for this bottle!
I think I've seen the cop from the label before... Anyway, this stuff pours a very dark black-brown (closer to the former than the latter) topped by a half-finger of dirty off-tan foam. The nose comprises toasted malts, light beech smoke, light char, and a few pinches of black pepper in the background. The taste holds notes of toasted wheat, light smoke, black pepper, and a nice wave of banana in the finish. The body is a light-leaning medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a lightly grainy feel. Overall, a nice brew, proof that even dunkelweizens can be successfully smoked.
Reviewed by zaq001 from Georgia
4.15/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
It pours a dark-chocolate brown. Slightly transparent with thin some light passage around the edges. Has a wheat to grain aroma with a very slight smoky undertone. Flavor is more like a mocha port with a a smoky overtone. Clear can distiguish the hefe flavor. Very drinkable. Very smooth texture and just a slight fizzy head.
Serving type: bottle
Dec 22, 2011Serving type: bottle
Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia
4.2/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Wheaty aroma has a firm yeasty note and a smoky undertone with a hint of molasses. It pours a barely transparent dark-chocolate brown that lets light in only at the edges, looking more like a porter than a wheat. Yeasty, wheaty flavor has a smoky overtone with a touch of caramel - sort of like a decent porter blended with a good hefe. Distinctive and very drinkable! Smooth texture has above-average body and just a little fizz, leaving a nice wheaty and smoky finish.
Dec 17, 2011Reviewed by Bendurgin from Maine
3.77/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.77/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks for this one Grant. Poured into a tulip. This one pours a very dark brown with a finger of light tan head. It settles leaving some sticky lace.
Smokey chocolate in the aroma with a little bit of a banana aroma in the background. I dig it. Nice wheat flavor with a good smoked aroma in the background. More subtle on the pallet with a little bit of chocolate sweetness finishing it out.
Medium body with good carbonation. Overall a solid offering. Real easy to drink.
Dec 15, 2011Smokey chocolate in the aroma with a little bit of a banana aroma in the background. I dig it. Nice wheat flavor with a good smoked aroma in the background. More subtle on the pallet with a little bit of chocolate sweetness finishing it out.
Medium body with good carbonation. Overall a solid offering. Real easy to drink.
Smokey from Jailhouse Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
25 ratings
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