Smoke & Dagger
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.16
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Smoked Black Lager. Cloaked in Mystery, Brewed with imported Bavarian malt, smoked and roasted malts. Step Infusion mash. Traditional old world ingredients and cutting edge lagering techniques bring you this devilishly good lager. It's smooth smoky, and perfect for whatever happens in the dark of the night.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle drank at Hill Farmstead while waiting for the Harvest Festival VIP session to begin, Vermont. Pours clear, rich brown with a big, tan cream head. Burnt brown sugar nose with some earth and light ham. Medium sweet flavor with some dry earth, light smoke, toasty bread, light bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation, faint smoke, rich toasted bread, burnt earth, some bitter cocoa. Great balance, decent character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a solid dark brown with a huge creamy off white head that persists forever. Smells of bread and chocolate mostly with a hint of smoke and coffee. The flavor has little bit more roast and coffee than I expected. Huge notes of chocolate and caramel in each sip with a light smoky essence in the background. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet slick mouthfeel. Very flavorful, smooth easy drinking dark lager. Its nice that they didn’t go overboard with the smoked malt like everyone seems to be doing these days.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2012
at 19:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap: Poured a dark black color ale with a dark brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of light roasted malt with light smoke notes and some dry black chocolate. Taste is an interesting mix between black chocolate and smoke with light lactose notes. Body is slightly fuller then average with medium carbonation which suits the style. Well brewed and somewhat unique. I would love to have a more regular access to this beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2012
at 12:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Sunset grill. Pours hazy brown with a small white and creamy head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and light smoked. Bitter, roasted and dry malty. Light smoked. Ends bitter, smoked and roasted.
From cask. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toffee malty, caramelish and breadish. Smooth malty, smoked and light meaty. Bitter and dry toffee malty. Ends roasted malty and light bitter finish.
From cask. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toffee malty, caramelish and breadish. Smooth malty, smoked and light meaty. Bitter and dry toffee malty. Ends roasted malty and light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2011
at 17:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
A dark brown ale with a thin brown head. In aroma, nutty butterscotch with light berry notes, a bit cloying. In mouth, a light peaty sweet malt with nutty notes, butterscotch, oily mouthfeel, grassy and murky. On tap at Sunset Grill, Oct. 8 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2011
at 06:17