Smoked Chilli Dark Ale
Fyne Ales in Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: BrewDogIPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production
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Score
6.52
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In order to get the right balance of smokiness with a hint of chilli heat, quite a few experiments were conducted with chillies jammed in bottles of dark beer, and brews of chilli tea. Some of the early experiments were a bit on the spicy side; just ask our drayman Archie who got tricked into trying a bottle of Vital Spark that had been infused with a Habanero for over a week!
Vic, Andy and Marissa from Brewdog Glasgow came up to the brewery to brew their beer on what turned out to be a monster 11 hour brew day. The guys from Brewdog Glasgow quickly learned the basics of brewing; don’t get stuck in the Mash Tun, and point the ends of hoses away from your face before turning on. They were put to work cleaning out the copper, loading the grist and digging out the mash tun, and of course a few beers were enjoyed throughout the day.
The beer was named 48 Miles Later, relating to the distance between the bar and the brewery, and will be launched, alongside the 11 other beers in the festival, in all Brewdog bars on Saturday the 19th with the Fyne Ales team doing a meet the brewer at Brewdog Glasgow from 5pm.
Vic, Andy and Marissa from Brewdog Glasgow came up to the brewery to brew their beer on what turned out to be a monster 11 hour brew day. The guys from Brewdog Glasgow quickly learned the basics of brewing; don’t get stuck in the Mash Tun, and point the ends of hoses away from your face before turning on. They were put to work cleaning out the copper, loading the grist and digging out the mash tun, and of course a few beers were enjoyed throughout the day.
The beer was named 48 Miles Later, relating to the distance between the bar and the brewery, and will be launched, alongside the 11 other beers in the festival, in all Brewdog bars on Saturday the 19th with the Fyne Ales team doing a meet the brewer at Brewdog Glasgow from 5pm.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ 5th Borefts Beer Festival 2013, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Fyne Ales/Brewdog Smoked Chilli Dark Ale ].Clear dark red brown color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, fruity, light wood. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, wood, malty, frozen fruit - water. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130927]
Tried
on 10 Apr 2014
at 01:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Borefts 2013. A small bubbly dark Cola colored head on top of a dark Cola colored body. The nose is mild chocolaty with some soft hay and dark cold coffee. A bit mild on the nose perhaps, but not bad. Near flat on the mouth. Tastes alright. Stingy salty tar licorice, only subtle hint way back in the aftertaste that there has been chili on this. Wet rocks and a bits of silo grass. Absolutely decent but not very exciting to be honest. Hoped for a bit more punch. 28.09.2013
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2014
at 23:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at BrewDog Shoreditch. Pours black-brown with a foamy, off-white head. Nice smoke and cocoa character in here. Great balance, mild earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lasting cocoa and burnt wood in the finish. Good stuff.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2014
at 10:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at BrewDog Glasgow. Black body with a faint off-white cap that quickly fades. Light lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, smoke, pine and coffee. Just a hint of citrus. Flavour is similar to the aroma but with a light chilli heat in the finish. Medium body with an oily texture. Average carbonation. I don’t like it when beer brewed with chilli is overly spicy - the spice in this, though, is just about right.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2013
at 08:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap @ In De Wildeman, sold as 48 Miles Later and as a BIPA. Black color. Off white head - not much. Aroma’s: a little fruit, some roast. Retronasal more is coming out: roast, ground coffee, some red fruit. Flavor is roasted malts, light acidity, light bitterness. Body is light to medium. Finish of heavy roast, bitter. Didn’t get any chili...
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2013
at 01:04