I have no idea what this is. It was an extra..that’s for sure. Nice looking bottle, impossibly hard to find this in RateBeer. Enjoyed at 60F in a tulip.

A - Total freaking gusher! I should have saw this crap coming. What a disappointment when you get 12 ounces of beer and it gushes like...that trip from Switzerland was brutal aka..your’e not worthy to try this beer. HUGE 4 finger tan head. Gorgeous lacing, raising purple / brown appearance. Nice clarity.

S - I can smell ripened cherries and plums from a few feet away. On the nose, I don’t get any smokiness at all. There’s this really nice belgian strong ale..sort of La chouffe / Duvel nose on it. I get Ommegang yeast as well. This Belgian weird tart farmhouse character.

T - First off, tart cherries and figs. Followed by an intense liquid smoke, malty oaky sort of chewiness. I hate smoked beers but it’s still mild compared to some smoked beers I’ve had. finish is tart and sour again which is nice.

M - Medium body, high carbonation.

O - This isn’t a bad beer. It’s quite nice..minus the smoke.

Bottle - A bit sour fruit and alcohol on the nose. You can get some malts but the acid overwhelms. Cloudy dark orange with a thin head that doesn’t dissipate. Acid and alcohol prevail with the smoke of tea creeping in. Very interesting and complex, not a daily drinker but worth trying.

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma with weak bretty hints. Fruity malty yeasty slightly tart flavor with smoky hints. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty weak smoky finish.

75cl, anno 2011, courtesy of Rémi. Ambrée opaque, col épais ocre, léger gusher. Arôme est fumé malté avec ce bouquet agréable de Tarry Suchong, note de sucre, grains et houblons. Palais, malt fumé qui se marrie bien avec ce profile herbacé de feuilles de thé fumé, le tout laisse une pointe mi-aigre de foudre de chêne rappelant une jeune Rodenbach. Ressent aussi une pointe de sucre brun, palais est épais et clairement non-filtré sur un fini citronnelle fleuri. Le côté fumé est bien placé sans être surfait et toujours ce fini épicé/aigre léger venant peut être de la levure.

Pours cloudy amber into a snifter. Off-white head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet tea and vanilla aromas. Thin with sweet and sour summer fruit with a bitter pith finish.

Bottled shared by maniac at the 14th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 3/19/11. Pours a clear amber color with a thin creamy tan head. Fair head retention and lacing. Spicy aroma with notes of caramel, leafy hops, nutty notes and tea. The taste is tart fruity notes, tea, a faint bit of smoke, some nutty notes and bitter hops. Spicy finish. Medium bodied.

Im seichten herben Beginn kommen die Rauchnoten angenehm herüber, wirken aber zerbrechlich und werden so schnell von der Herbe übertrumpft, ohne dass sie sich deutlicher hätten ausbreiten können. Sie kehren im Mittelteil zurück, vollmundig aber weiterhin nicht sehr intensiv, so dass sie kurze Zeit später erneut unterbrochen werden, diesmal von milden Bitternoten. Zum Ende dezent säuerlich während die Rauchigkeit abnimmt. Dezentes Rauchbier, dem ein wenig mehr Rauchigkeit wohl nicht geschadet hätte. 10/10/11/9/10/10

33 cl swing top bottle purchased at The Wine and Cheese Place in St Louis, Missouri. C and 9 notched on the label. Pour is a hazed browish golden with a small tan head. Aroma is light smoke, soft leafiness and a mildly sweet apple fruit nose. There is an element which has a bit of intentional oxidation to it. Taste is the smoke / Suchong tea taste right off, followed close behind with some herbal malt sweetness, transitiong back to the smokiness and finishing with the leafy earthiness. The herbal / meeicinal sweetness re-appears in the longish finish. Flavors are decently integrated, quite a bit going on in this one. Palate is medium to thin bodied, a bit of a slick mouthfeel, higher level of carbonation, and the medicinal herbal sweet aftertaste. Interesting, a fun experiment.

Pours a dark reddish amber with nice thick offwhite head. Nose of dry tea and Japanese spices. Taste of dry tea and dried fruit. Some mild spices.

Bottle 750ml. @ home.Clear medium to dark amber orange color with a large, initial frothy - creamy later open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, orange, light to moderate yeasty, light smoke, plastic - rubber notes. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration, funky yeasty and fruity, light smoked - rubbery but in the nice way. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100528]