Ashes To Mashes, Nuts To Butts | Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse

3.38/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

2.5/5  rDev -25.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 1.5

Like tonguing an ash tray. Waaaaayy too much smoke.

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2.5/5  rDev -25.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

4.3/5  rDev +27.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

3.86/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Pours an effervescent & chill hazed orange/caramel with a thumb of tan head. A little better than average head retention & lacing

S: Smokey not much else getting through

T: Dry, smokey, with a caramel sweetness, some rough barrel & pears up front. Smokeyness ( beechnut & bubblegum ) & dryness as this warms, I do pick up some astringent walnut shell notes too. Finishes dry, smokey & with some woody bitterness, along with some bubblegum

MF: Semi-chewy, fairly restrained carbonation

Drinks pretty easy, this would work as a Rauchbier for me. Still way too fricking pricey

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3.68/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75