Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is pepper, smoke, ash, wood. Thin mouth, brown sugar, maple, nice smoke finish, very good.

Poured from bottle hazy auburn with a quick receding head. Aromas of campfire smoke caramel and maple. Taste is smoky with hints of maple sugar and caramel.

Bottle, May 2013, drunk early Fall 2013
With only 5 months of age on it, I was kind of hoping it would be less tired than it was. Pour shows an auburn, bubbly liquid with a quickly receding head that simply can’t be coaxed to stay around. Clarity is high leaving only light sediment in the bottom (thought there’d be more of that too).
Black pepper, very light greasy smoke and touches of vanilla in the nose are rather subdued. Very persistent phenolic character must be from the maple syrup fermentation and interplay with the smoked malt phenols? Either way, it’s meaty and peppery in not such a pleasant way....
Flavor comes off a touch better on account of the dry malt texture, though the carbonation is tired and smokiness and phenol emerge quite strongly on the end. Hard to describe what went wrong, as obviously I love smokiness more than the next guy, but this is just very stale, peppery and somewhat lifeless. For being unfiltered I wouldnt expect this, but perhaps this just wasn’t a malty beer to begin with. Odd.

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours copper amber, nose is smoky, grassy, taste is light smoky maple, not bad.

Bottle courtesy of AirForceHops. Light maple and woody smoked malt aroma. Hazy amber with a moderate ivory head. Maple and woody smoked malt flavor. Light body, moderate to lively carbonation. Very nice sessionable smoked beer.

Bottle. From notes. Maple syrup and a good dose of meaty smoke. This is definitely a bottle to share.

Bottle at home... Copper orange.... Light smoke... Light grassy nose... Soft fruits... Soft toffee... Light mapple.. Ok

31st July 2013
Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Cheers to Leighton. Hazy amber beer, little bubbly white head. Palate is light and soft and dry. Smooth and light creamy malt. Floral note. Smoke is pretty obvious but never gets acrid. Light dry finish. Pretty tasty and a little different.

500 ml bottle. Cloudy brown color, white hubby head that produced a good retention. Nose is nice maple syrup, caramel with just a hint of smoke. The lactose sugar gives the maple an extra sweetness that really tones down the smoked malt. The body is medium with the sweetness being a major aspect. Maybe my favorite smoked beer I have sampled to this date.