Smoked O'Hickory
Benford Brewing in Lancaster, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.67
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Our Brown Ale uses both German and home-smoked grains, performed at the Benford Farm.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Hazy, dark coppery-brown with a frothy beige head. Ham, fruit-wood, caramel aroma. Taste is smoky caramel malt, with a dry, woody/herbal bittering. Pretty decent.....great scent, but a slightly watered-down flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2016
at 17:33
5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Undated can into a pint. A: What little isn’t foam is the color of cola with similar carbonation and slightly darker head. Alas, it’s a whole glass full of foam. S: Faint smokiness and bitter chocolate. Meaty and nutty notes. T: After waiting several minutes for that ridiculous head to subside I wiped it away to taste bitter chocolate, tart nuts (hazel/chestnut?) and smokey grains. Slight sweetness on the finish. M: Medium light, slick and fizzy, finishing slightly sticky. O: Carbonation is a problem here but taste isn’t bad. This actually comes off in every way much like a smoked cola but with an obnoxious head. Ultimately worth a revisit but glad I did not buy a 6 pack. Points taken for no dating.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2016
at 13:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Smoked ham, brown sugar, toffee malt, and hay aroma. Dark brown with giant light tan head. Mildly sweet brown sugar, smoked toffee malt, and mildly bitter herbal hay flavor. Body on the light side. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2016
at 18:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can Clear mahogany brown with ruby highlights under a tan head. Soft aroma of wood smoke. The flavor is light smoke, just right, it’s there but nt too much and delivered on a soft, lightly sweet malt foundation. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2016
at 18:22