The Big Smoke
Brains Craft Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.74
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Brewed in the style of a German Rauchbier (smoked beer) using traditional beech wood-smoked malt from Bamberg, The Big Smoke blends a sweet and smoky malt flavour, with a woody spice from the noble Hallertau and Saaz hops.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber caramel colour, white head. Aroma of straw, smoke and malts. Malty flavour, straw, smoke, caramel and twigs. Finish smoke and malts.
(From draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
(From draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2015
at 16:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brains The Big Smoke ].Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, meat, sweet smoke. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2015
at 03:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is slight herbal, toasted malty. Bitter, mild smoked and mild wooden. Bitter, toasted and caramelish. Light smoked far finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2014
at 00:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak smoky aroma. Fruity malty smoky flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty caramel smoky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2014
at 02:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF
Clear dark golden with a small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is caramel and mild smokiness. Flavors of caramel and fruity, smoky in the finish
Decent
Clear dark golden with a small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is caramel and mild smokiness. Flavors of caramel and fruity, smoky in the finish
Decent
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2014
at 16:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear orange golden color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, pretty smoky but still quite balanced so it doesn’t taste offensive, lightly bitter. A pretty good smoke beer imo.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 10:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask - Lightly smoked malts, more on the Bacony side, but you can smell the grains quite well. Clear orange gold with no head. Lightly smoked grains and malted hops. Very different as the smoke adds to the complexity rather than dominates and overwhelms.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 07:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Red amber coloured pour with a halo of off white hair as. Aroma is berries, nuts and leather. Hint of rauch malt. Flavour is caramel malts, nuts and some German beach wood smoked malts, lingering dried fruits. Decent stuff. Palate is med sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 07:16