Smoke & Dagger - Coffee
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.32
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Jack Abbys, Framingham. Colour is clear dark brown with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Smoke, some coffee, some chocolate and some bready malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at the brewery, great aroma roasted grains, deep ground earthy coffee and yeast. Flavor is a perfect copy of the aroma. Coffee is earthy, toasty and flavorful. Body is medium with a nice ashy feel. Damn fine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at brewery. Label thanks to brewery. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose/taste of coffee, smoke, cocoa, yeast and touch of green pepper. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
50cl bottle from the brewery pours a watery, cola brown with some thin, white head. Nose has bright, fresh, delicious smelling coffee beans, some bread crust, toast, a flick of barbecue smoke, a little cocoa bean. Flavor is very well balanced, malty sweetness, some chocolate, a little licorice, bread crust, coffee grounds and then a lingering light smoke at the end. Clean, dry finish. Incredibly drinkable despite the complex flavors.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Chriso. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma with weak smoky hints. Roasted malty coffee flavor with smoky hints. Has a roasted malty coffee and caramel finish with smoky hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Chriso tasting, thanks Chris, 18/11/12. Dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head that clears to the edge and leaves a small film atop the glass. Nose is coffee forward, big coffee bean hit, roast malts, espresso coffee. Tastes follows the nose but the flavours are a little thinner. Coffee predominates, toffee, roast malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasted finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Chriso Tasting, London. Thanks to Chris for more MA beer. Pours clear brown with a small, beige cream head. Filter coffee nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with earth, moderate coffee, light roast, some chalky chocolate. Light to medium bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Moderately sweet finish with toasted dark sugars, some bitter coffee. Great balance. Another strong showing from Jack.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
50 cl bottle. Pours golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is coffee malty, herbal and light smoked. Sweet, coffee, mild smoked and caramelish to chocolate. Mild bitter, smooth coffee and chocolate.