Grape Swisher
Carton Brewing Company
- From:
- Carton Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Rauchbier
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 8.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 20, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 13, 2015
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Smoked malt is one of the more dubious tools in a brewer's bag because thresholds are vastly different. What to one palate is a hint of bacon or a whiff of BBQ to another is ashtray or Band-Aids. How can Carton ignore playing this game? Where can smoldering aromatics go off the beaten craft? In Grape Swisher we have reassembled the deconstructed aspects of a flavored blunt. Rich, dark malts rendered smoky by the addition of oak smoked pale wheat touched with concord grapes and a heavy plug of the hops that smell like their cousins. Drink Grape Swisher and hand me down a 50-pack.
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Reviewed by SammyJaxxxx from New Jersey
4.36/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a growler.
A: Deep Amber/light brown body with a finger and a half of thick off white head
S: Tobacco sweetness
T: Smoke/ash tobacco/canabis with just a hint of sweetness
MF: Smoke flavor lingers. No alcohol burn
O: I don't like rauchbiers but I like this. Just enough smoke to get the swisher sweet across. Leaves my mouth tasting like I just smoked a cigar.
This beer needs to get pretty close to room temp. When I was drinking it cold there was very little going on. As it warmed this beer hit its stride.
Apr 01, 2016A: Deep Amber/light brown body with a finger and a half of thick off white head
S: Tobacco sweetness
T: Smoke/ash tobacco/canabis with just a hint of sweetness
MF: Smoke flavor lingers. No alcohol burn
O: I don't like rauchbiers but I like this. Just enough smoke to get the swisher sweet across. Leaves my mouth tasting like I just smoked a cigar.
This beer needs to get pretty close to room temp. When I was drinking it cold there was very little going on. As it warmed this beer hit its stride.
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