4 The Love Of Peat
BJ's Restaurants & Brewery
- From:
- BJ's Restaurants & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 18, 2005
- Added:
- Dec 18, 2005
- Wants:
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- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by Gueuzedude from Arizona
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Sampled at the Tucson BJ's
Once again I am served with a frozen pint glass at BJs, sometimes this pisses me off so much, why don't I learn to ask for a room temp glass; I still can't believe they make good beer and choose to abuse it so. Anyway, the beer sits a lightly hazy, full amber color with copper highlights and a wispy pale head. The aroma smells predominantly of sweet crystal-type malts; I get notes of caramel, toffee, and a bit of raisin like fruit notes. I also get hints of phenolic smoke towards the end of the aromatics, but the beer might need to warm up a bit more for this to really open up.
The beer taste a lot drier than the nose suggests; it does still have notes of sweet caramel, toffee and the raisin like fruit notes. The body is medium, if perhaps a tad thin. There is a certain phenolic note that carries throughout this beer; perhaps it is that touch of peat smoked malt that makes itself subtly known. As the beer warms up both the peat and the sweet malt notes become more pronounced; they remain with the same relative balance though.
This beer really starts to open up and become more satisfying as the beer warms up. I like the extra hint of complexity that the smoke adds to what is otherwise a simple crystal malt driven flavor profile.
Dec 18, 2005Once again I am served with a frozen pint glass at BJs, sometimes this pisses me off so much, why don't I learn to ask for a room temp glass; I still can't believe they make good beer and choose to abuse it so. Anyway, the beer sits a lightly hazy, full amber color with copper highlights and a wispy pale head. The aroma smells predominantly of sweet crystal-type malts; I get notes of caramel, toffee, and a bit of raisin like fruit notes. I also get hints of phenolic smoke towards the end of the aromatics, but the beer might need to warm up a bit more for this to really open up.
The beer taste a lot drier than the nose suggests; it does still have notes of sweet caramel, toffee and the raisin like fruit notes. The body is medium, if perhaps a tad thin. There is a certain phenolic note that carries throughout this beer; perhaps it is that touch of peat smoked malt that makes itself subtly known. As the beer warms up both the peat and the sweet malt notes become more pronounced; they remain with the same relative balance though.
This beer really starts to open up and become more satisfying as the beer warms up. I like the extra hint of complexity that the smoke adds to what is otherwise a simple crystal malt driven flavor profile.
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