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Fireside Ale
Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- From:
- Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Smoked Beer
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 11.44%
- Reviews:
- 274
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 23, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2009
- Wants:
- 24
- Gots:
- 12
No description / notes.
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Ratings by twiggamortis420:
Reviewed by twiggamortis420 from Texas
3.8/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle pours a dark brown color with a creamy cap of tan head. Retention is pretty good, not much lacing.
Nose is sweet and nutty with a nice chocolaty malt background. Smokiness probably wouldnt be noticed without seeing it mentioned on the label.
Tastes kinda like an English Brown ale, has a nice nutty presence and the malts are lightly toasty but mostly sweet, light chocolate. Nice little hop grab on the tail end. There is a bit of fruitness in here, muscat grapes and plums. Smoke is very light, if noticeable at all which is a bit disappointing. Otherwise, I thought this was a pretty enjoyable little brew. Id probably pick up a sixer each year if I lived up North.
Dec 18, 2011Nose is sweet and nutty with a nice chocolaty malt background. Smokiness probably wouldnt be noticed without seeing it mentioned on the label.
Tastes kinda like an English Brown ale, has a nice nutty presence and the malts are lightly toasty but mostly sweet, light chocolate. Nice little hop grab on the tail end. There is a bit of fruitness in here, muscat grapes and plums. Smoke is very light, if noticeable at all which is a bit disappointing. Otherwise, I thought this was a pretty enjoyable little brew. Id probably pick up a sixer each year if I lived up North.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brown muddy color.
Tiny off-white head; slight lacing.
Caramel malt nose; where's the smoke?
Medium mouthfeel, bordering on thick.
Mild flavor of sweet malts, like an English Barleywine. No smoke present.
Pleasant but ultimately forgettable.
Mar 23, 2019Tiny off-white head; slight lacing.
Caramel malt nose; where's the smoke?
Medium mouthfeel, bordering on thick.
Mild flavor of sweet malts, like an English Barleywine. No smoke present.
Pleasant but ultimately forgettable.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From tasting notes. L: Pours brilliant dark amber to chestnut with a 1” cream colored head that dissipates to film. S: Light to moderate smoke on the nose with caramel and malt. T: The smoke approaches Schlenkerla levels and seasons sweet dark sugars, fruit, a little cola, a suggestion of anise and some bitterness in the aftertaste. F: Creamy, full bodied, medium carbonation. O: While a little sweet, fairly well balanced between the smoke and other flavors.
Aug 18, 2015
Fireside Ale from Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
368 ratings
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