Smoked Beer Appreciation Thread (2024)

@zid Had the last beer you sent me in the trade yesterday. This one is wonderfully balanced between smoke and sweetness

 

Where are you in PA that you found that? I haven't seen the cherry wood near me in the KOP area.

 

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but I've recently enjoyed a few Rauchbiers from Tree House. Very well produced in my opinion, their Behind The Times (Dunkel Rauchbier), Slow Burn (Marzen Rauchbier), and Little Fire Oak (Helles Rauchbier) have great depth of body and mild smokiness. The Helles is light, virginia ham type aroma.

 

I got it at Shangy's in Emmaus

 

Sounds pretty good to my palate. Does the near 7% make it a little too dry that it negates that malt backbone?

 

Oh, no doubt -- when brewed right, but I've had some around that ABV that were over attenuated and it made the difference in wow or eh.

 

Really enjoying this pour at the Revolution Brewery.

Revolution Tree Trees



Brewery Notes: $7.76 16 oz nonic glass draft pour. 6.4% ABV Smoked Red Ale.

Appearance: Clear Dark Bronze base, light carbonation, tan white creamy head leaves nice cover over the base and generous thin fine lacing. 4.0

Aroma: Bold and very enjoyable smoked malt dominates. Burning campfire wood smoke, honey smoked ham. Oh My! 4.5

Taste: Consistent with aroma, absolutely delicious. Smoke a little less intense than the aroma, and comes in a bit more balanced without giving up any flavor. Getting a bit of the red ale malt build, sweet bread, caramel, but the smoke flavors is the clear leader. Intense burning wood ashes, smoke honey baked ham. Absolutely delicious. 4.5

Mouthfeel: Hash smoke butter dry feeling above all, drinks light and easy in terms of alcohol. Smoke vs. sweetness from bread caramel vibes plus honey yields a wonderful blend. Dry wood ash finish with sweetness lingers. 4.75

Overall: Love coming across unexpected smoked beers, and this is a wonderful surprise encountered picking up my final season Deep Woods allotment. Will return for more in the next few days. 4.5

 

That’s unfortunate.

Slightly off topic; have you had an opportunity to meet Lars Garshol, or try any traditional Keptinis? This “style” is very curious to me, and I’m hoping to find some someday.

https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/410.html

 

The one and only Smoke & Dagger. It doesn't fall into a specific style but nonetheless is fantastic.

 

Here is another old favorite.

 

Can you pick a favorite?

 

Hmm, I was sure I did a comparison before, but cannot find it now. My palate wasn't fresh yesterday — will need to do a true side-by-side sometime soon. Judging from memory, Smoke & Dagger is the simpler of the two but has more smoke, while Trösten is sweeter and more nuanced.

 

Picked up a crowler of Notch's new Dunkel Rauchbier, The Black Lodge, the other day. Damn good but surprisingly subtle with the smoke

 

slowly enjoying the last quarter of this.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/263/673599/

mostly agree with @John_M 's assessment

 

Here is a nice smoky Dopplebock.