Fumata Nera
High & Mighty Beer Co in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Paper City BrewerySmoked / Rauchbier Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.09
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Not that long ago, all beer was smoked, but as malting technology improved smoked beer fell out of favor almost everywhere. But in and around Bamberg, Germany (in Franconia the northern part of Bavaria), traditional smoked beer lives on, and, damn, it’s tasty. We’ve modeled our smoked black rye lager after our favorite examples of the style, which have a delicate smoke flavor, but we’ve
made it our own by adding generous amounts of heavily-roasted malts, and loads of noble hops.
made it our own by adding generous amounts of heavily-roasted malts, and loads of noble hops.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Sander’s place, NYC. Breakfast beer! Pours black with a foamy, tan head. Aroma is true, pleasant smoke, rocks, and subtle rye tang. Flavor is alright but doesn’t quite live up to the nose. Light to medium sweet, fine roast and smoke, some slight tangy rye. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Dry, bitter roast finish, light smoke, light ham, light burnt sugars. Alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 08:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours mahogany-tinged black into a Sam glass. Mocha head recedes leaving spider lacing to coat surface. Sweet pumpernickel and smoke aromas. Crisp with sourdough and pumpernickel upfront turning to smoke in the lasting dry finish.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 18:21