Mac FannyBaw
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.82
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Truly a ground breaking beer, this Barrel aged Rauchbier was an attempt to replicate the flavors present in Islay Scotch Whiskey. We used Munich malt as a base and added copious amounts of Beechwood and Peat smoked malt, which provides the intense smoky and earthy peat flavors found in Scotch. Then the addition of Alderwood smoked salt lends a crisp brininess that is reminiscent of the sea air in the Islay region of Scotland. Aged in used Angel’s Envy Bourbon Barrels to give an intense caramel, vanilla and whiskey flavor.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle thanks to Travlr
Pours cloudy light amber with a medium off-white head, some lacing. Aroma is woody, smoky and bourbon. Flavors are woody, ash, whiskey, salty and vanilla
Wow, this is a great smoked beer. Well balanced, just the right amount of barrel aging.
Pours cloudy light amber with a medium off-white head, some lacing. Aroma is woody, smoky and bourbon. Flavors are woody, ash, whiskey, salty and vanilla
Wow, this is a great smoked beer. Well balanced, just the right amount of barrel aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2014
at 20:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 65cl de Bierhhale Dekoninck, splt with Tomaz. Light gusher. Ambrée, col fin blanc-cassé. Arôme de malté fumé tirant légèrement sur la tourbe. Petit bouquet bourbon plus en retrait, j’attendais un peu plus de ce dernier. Levure également présente. Palais est haut en effervescence nuisant un peu au caractère de la bière. Fumé modéré avec encore un léger côté tourbé. Bourbon perce sans vraiment donner un profil que j’attendais plus balancé sur la vanille. Léger malté grillé et caramel, le tout couronné par une amertume délicate. Pour le prix, c’est décevant.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2014
at 03:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ DØE Meeting. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, wood, mild smoke, leather, bourbon, vanilla notes. Flavor is quite sweet, malty, caramel, smoke, wood, bourbon, light chocolate, vanilla. Medium body, lightly overcarbonated, some warming alcohol. 151014
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2014
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy, dark glowing golden body under a dense, finger-thick head. Lightly smoked aroma with bakers yeast, some pale malts and a touch of fruityness. Mostly fruity flavor, a nice bitterness in the back, with some smoke notes and a yeasty touch. The peat is just lurking in the far back along with the alcohol. Lasting finish with some warmth. Full body, pleasant carbonation level. Sure interesting, but not my kind of beer. 141018
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 14:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ Geokkjer
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, smoke, vanilla, some fruits and oak. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long slightly warm, smoked, vanilla, fruity and oak finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, smoke, vanilla, some fruits and oak. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long slightly warm, smoked, vanilla, fruity and oak finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 14:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
650ml bottle. Clear copper colour with average to huge, thick, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lasting, off-white head. Complex aroma delivers subtle fruity "original beer" notes of peach, nectarine, mirabelle, slightly surpressed by Islay Whiskey notes of peat, a touch if TCP, additional ’backgroundish’ woody and vanilla hints of BA. Taste is caramel malty with Bourbon notes of vanilla, oak and leather, a touch of peat and TCP; long lasting, dry, oaky, and peaty finish. Very well balanced, assiduously and gently composed, not overdone in any direction. More peaty than really smoky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2014
at 10:11