Sue
Yazoo Brewing Company in Madison, Tennessee, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.33
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The south is famous for smoking everything. Why not beer? Sue is a big, rich, smoky malt bomb of a beer, with mellow smokiness coming from barley malts smoked with cherry wood, and assertive bitterness from Galena and Perle hops to cleanse the finish.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
a: dark brown body | thick but fast-dying tan head
a: soy sauce | nuts | roasted grain
f: oatmeal | smoked | bitter throughout
t: earthy | umami | brewed coffee on end
o: robust throughout | simplistic | caramelised sugars deep
12 ounce can | Lowe's Foods: Raleigh (Brier Creek), North Carolina | 15-March-2025 | US$1,99 (part of a mixed six pack) | no can date | sampled: 23-November-2025 after returning from Busch Gardens, Christmas Town with my family of five!
a: soy sauce | nuts | roasted grain
f: oatmeal | smoked | bitter throughout
t: earthy | umami | brewed coffee on end
o: robust throughout | simplistic | caramelised sugars deep
12 ounce can | Lowe's Foods: Raleigh (Brier Creek), North Carolina | 15-March-2025 | US$1,99 (part of a mixed six pack) | no can date | sampled: 23-November-2025 after returning from Busch Gardens, Christmas Town with my family of five!
Tried
from Can
from
Lowes Foods - Hickory
on 24 Nov 2025
at 04:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Notes from March 2011 Bottle from my country music star JohnQVegas. Hibernating in my neighbor's kitchen cupboard for what I was led to believe, was over a year. Bottle notch says third week of December(09?). WTF was that guy waiting for?! Improper Carlseberg pils glass. Full, tan head. Black body, ruby hued. Minimal lace. Constant froth. Smell is grilled, meaty charred fat, with a bit of sharp dark chocolate. Touch of lactose it seems. Spicy, though subdued hops, round it off nicely. Taste is subtle roast, rich malt, licorice, earth & soot. A tree bark bitterness. Unwarranted coffee as it warms. Grain & ash finish. Full feel. Mild carbonation. Balanced alcohol. Does this come in a six pack? Nice. Send me another one D. :)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2024
at 01:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark chocolate and dark coffee nose. Mild tannines, faint smokey, woody flavors at finish
Tried
on 30 Aug 2022
at 13:21
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2022
at 18:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
At BXL. Black. Licorice, smoke, meaty and earthy. Feels quite light for the abv. Dark and roasty beer that’s almost BBQed.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2022
at 14:20
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2020
at 14:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Matt's
Brown color, almost no head. Deep smoke aroma, chocolate, wood. Smooth mouthfeel, good body strength, moderate sweetness, the malt and caramel flavor is deep enough, a bit nutty, a bit earthy.
Excellent.
Brown color, almost no head. Deep smoke aroma, chocolate, wood. Smooth mouthfeel, good body strength, moderate sweetness, the malt and caramel flavor is deep enough, a bit nutty, a bit earthy.
Excellent.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2018
at 07:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, light smoke, chocolate and coffee notes. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2018
at 04:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle at Matt's. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is smoked and roasted malt notes. Taste is low ro moderately sweet with dark fruits and roasted malt. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2018
at 22:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown colour, without a head. On the nose, it's quite smoky, like hickory or something. This has a fairly sticky sweet brown sugar/toffee sort of character. So definitely aiming for a barbeque sort of thing. Might be a bit thin on the palate, still with a lot of smoke, and then there's a bit of chocolatey burnt stuff as well. So it's not bad, but there are some issues.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2018
at 22:39