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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Borefts 2013. Opaque very dark brown to black color, small beige head. Smell malts, dark malts, smoke and bready. Taste malts, dark malts, smoke, pretty bitter and a bit dry. Medium body, low carbonation.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2013
at 06:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Re-rate from keg at Brewdog Manchester - This is more or less a full flavoured strong stout with a hint of warmth/heat left on the tongue in the aftertaste 6-4-7-3-14=3.4. ------------ Borefts 2013 - Looks like flat cola. Aroma of smokey, roasty malts. Thin, watery body. Flavour is bitter, roasted, malty, coffee. A very slight warmth in the finish 7-1-6-2-13=2.9
Tried
on 30 Sep 2013
at 07:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled draft @ Borefts 2013. Black oily, flat liquid. Oily molasses in the nose, sweet, sugary, light vegetable chilli. Taste is oily molasses, cold coffee, light vegetative chilli, soy sauce, malts, brown sugar. Totally flat & oily, bit watery, sounds better on paper than in your glass. This is overall a BrewDog beer. Doesn’t seem like it worked entirely.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2013
at 03:42
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap/cask at BBF ’13. Brown to black colour, no head. Aroma of cola, some green chili, earth, quite sweet. Flavour is quite sweet, weak, cola, hint of chili, brown malts, hint of chocolate, earth, bittersweet finish. Light-bodied. Meh..
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2013
at 12:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Had this at Borefts, Beer Festival, De Molen Brewery, Bodegraven, Netherlands, Friday 27th September 2013 Pours almost black with light beige rim. Wonderfully roasty with a pleasant and gentle warmth. Very pleasant beer, nice coffee flavours good stuff. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
on 29 Sep 2013
at 05:35
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at BBF13. Pours near black we a bubbly ring beige head. Aroma of fruits and chocolate. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter, unfortunately missing the expected smoke and chilli. Watery and thin with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2013
at 03:56