Draught (Helsinki Beer Festival 2009) - Black in colour. Smoky aroma, with hints of ham, dried fruit and chocolate. Smoky and roasted taste with ham and some hints of raisins. Nicely balanced.

First rating50 cl bottle thanks to Fatphil!BB 3 Nov 2009Sampled on May 9, 2009Very dark red to black color, brown head. Smoke, malty, metallic scent. Smoke, malty, dry taste. Roasted and smoke aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, dry medium bitterness.7/4/7/3/14=3.5Rerate50 cl bottle thanks to deft! On November 17, 2010BB 16,11,2011Clear dark red with black color, light brown head. Smoked malt and also sweet scent. Malty, sweet, smoked taste. Sweet, metallic, smoked aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel.A nice smoked beer!7/4/7/4/14=3.6

Dark beer with medium beige head. Aroma is delicious, tarliquirice, smoke and ammonium cloride. Flavour is balanced, not so much tar than in the aroma, slightly smoked and bitter. Quite easy to drink with nice low carbonation. Aroma is great but flavour is slightly too smoked and there are not so much delicious tar than aroma. Anyway, very nice smoked beer that don’t have to be shame beside of german’s role model.

(Draught at Hilpeä Hauki, Helsinki, on 2008-10-10) Deep dark brown. Clear. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Malty and smoky nose. Medium bodied and a bit watery palate with medium carbonation. Smoke, saltiness, malts, bitterness and sweetness in taste. Smoky and lightly bitter aftertaste.

Draught@Beer Hunters. Dark brown (close to black) colour, small beige head. Aroma is vegetables, mild smoked wood and some hints of peas. Flavour is smoked wood, cooked vegetables and some slight wooden and sweetish earthy notes. 5 4 4 3 9

Bottled (from Alko). Deep rubyish brown colour, close to black, with small brown head. Some lace. Aroma is smoky wet wood along with some licorice and mild herbal notes. Flavour is spices, some smoked wet wood, and mild grassyness in the finish. Aftertaste is quite smoky with some bitter tastes also. As it warms up also some slights notes of tar becomes present. 6 4 7 3 13.

(Draught@Beer Hunters). Dark brown color, steady creamy beige head. Light smokey, malty nose. Creamy, soft palate. Smokey (not intensive, but Bamberg style), a bit hoppy, sweet malty. Long hoppy and smokey aftertaste. A bit plain but overall clean and nice - the most promising brew from VASP so far.