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Heavy Seas - Smoke On The Water
Heavy Seas Beer
- From:
- Heavy Seas Beer
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Smoked Beer
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 10.84%
- Reviews:
- 87
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 14, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2010
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by bluejacket74:
Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
3.6/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
22 ounce bottle. Served in a nonic pint glass, the beer pours dark brown/black with an inch tan head. Head retention is good, lacing is decent. Aroma is roasted malt, bittersweet chocolate, molasses, caramel, and smoke. The taste is similar to the aroma, it tastes like roasted malt, chocolate, smoke, and some coffee and burnt/charred malt. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit creamy and has moderate carbonation. Drinkability is good, it's smooth and goes down easy. I think it's a good porter, but not quite smoky enough for me. For being a smoked porter, I think it should have more smoke aroma and flavor in the brew. I've had both Weyerbacher Fifteen and Nils Oscar Rökporter recently, and I think those are both much smokier than this brew. With that being said, I still think this is a pretty decent beer overall.
Aug 07, 2010More User Ratings:
Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
3.47/5 rDev -6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Served in a flared glass at Rapture. From notes. Reviewed 14 September 2011.
A: Thick, creamy head. Black-dark and nearly opaque. Dark for a porter. Great lacing.
S: Neutral. A trace of berries? Little to no smoke or roastiness.
T: Much sweeter than expected and less bitter than many porters. Vanilla/cream slinks though the maintaste. Only on the aftertaste does the roasted (hardly smoky) bitterness emerge.
M: Smooth, moderately substantial, and sometimes carbonated. Good.
O: Underwhelming and misnamed. Easily the least impressive of the Mutiny Fleet I've encountered (and the only one on-tap).
Dec 05, 2013A: Thick, creamy head. Black-dark and nearly opaque. Dark for a porter. Great lacing.
S: Neutral. A trace of berries? Little to no smoke or roastiness.
T: Much sweeter than expected and less bitter than many porters. Vanilla/cream slinks though the maintaste. Only on the aftertaste does the roasted (hardly smoky) bitterness emerge.
M: Smooth, moderately substantial, and sometimes carbonated. Good.
O: Underwhelming and misnamed. Easily the least impressive of the Mutiny Fleet I've encountered (and the only one on-tap).
Heavy Seas - Smoke On The Water from Heavy Seas Beer
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
143 ratings
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