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Brown Paper Bag Project

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From:
Brown Paper Bag Project
 
Ireland
Style:
Smoked Beer
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.73 | pDev: 4.56%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 11, 2015
Added:
Jan 30, 2015
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.82 by dryndantheman from Ireland

Jun 11, 2015
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Reviewed by NilocRellim from Minnesota

3.49/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a conditioned bottle. It was very carbonated, clear yellow with a large, white head.

Smelled wheaty with a slight tart/sour aroma with earthy, slightly spicy, hops.

VERY carbonated with a very mellow flavour when compared to the smell. Dry, slightly tart with a slight hint of wheat in the aftertaste.

Would I buy it again? Probably not.
Apr 24, 2015
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Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York

3.89/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
*from notes
Glowing cloudy chiffon with heaps of glass noodle webs of lace that fade to a film. 4
Snappy phenolic smoke nose with some cream of wheat and maybe lemon zest. 3.75
Crusty white loaf, a whack of light oaky smoke, very slight cheesey sourness, lemon balm, and an herbal end. 4
Noble bite to finish and lemon boiled sweet linger.
Cream, fizzy, light, crisp. 4


Smoke is very judicious, and it’s clean white smoke - no peat here. I’m wondering where the lemon is coming from - 30 IBUs is pretty high for any traditional Euro lager style (except pils) so I suspect they might’ve gone a bit American with the hopping. An I understand Gratzer is sometimes tart, but not so much here - tough to see where smoke ends and sour might start. Clean, if overly simple, and a good intro to the style. 3.75
Jan 30, 2015