Draught. Restrained aroma, doesn’t smell as smokey as it is. Full bodied flavour, the smoke prevents the malt from getting too sweet, odd as that may seem. Malty finish.

Light dull amber colour, pouring bright. The aroma is smokey (beech) but with only a light caramel malt note to back it up. Simple palate - I like it but that’s only because I’m a smoke whore.

22oz bottle-pours a light tan head and hazy dark amber color. Aroma is dark/medium malt-molasses/some smoke, some dark fruit. Taste is dark/medium malt-molasses/some smoke, quickly transitions to some spice hops. Medium body. Good effervescence.

2004 draught @ Redbones. Wow, finally another American smoked beer in the area. I was very happy to see this on draught. Aroma shows it is a smoked beer, with some charred cedar notes, light spruce boughs on the fire and some lightly salty pork notes. Flavor starts out with a very sweet, caramel malt appeal, mixed in, but not necessarily outdone by the smoke. It works well with the malt and reminds me somewhat of Rogue Smoke, but it loses similarities on the hops, as this is not a highly bitter smoked beer; which is quite ok. Some lightly nutty carapils like malts add a good backbone and provide a chewy, nutty texture. Honey flavors also are thrown in to the mix and it has just pleny of pleasing smoke flavor to wash it all down. A bit light of body, perhaps moreso than I would like, but altogether impressive for a small American brewery. Deep amber-organe colored body, transluscent with a rapidly disipating light beige head.