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Bottle from ericandersnavy. My first TN beer. Pours really dark brown with a 2 finger creamy/bubbly tan head. Clearly the aroma is smoke. Almost bacon. Near full bodied. The flavor is smoke and some underlying chocolate and burnt malt. Rather smooth. Quite delicious.

Bottle. Pours black. Light tan head. Nose of smoke, roasty chocolate and vinous grapes. Taste is soapy ashy chalk, medicine, vinous grapes, smoke and chocolate. Off.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is smoked, tarish and sulphorish. Dark roasted malty, smoked, slight acidic and lingering tarish. Mild sulphorish and subdued cherry. Ends dry and malty.

clear very verydark brow, smooth light brown head. smoked aroma, licorice, roasted stuff. flavor is smoke , roasted stuff, licorice, wood, very fait fruity or flowery balance.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of lithy/TheCheeseMan. Pours almost black with a warm reddish glow and a light brown head. Very peaty aroma, greasy tar and charcoal. Solid body, hard roast malt, salty licorice and heavy peat with a slight tartness. Subdued bitterness. Interesting. 150311

Rating #2,000. 12 oz bottle sent to me by my 2010 Winter Secret Santa. Bottled on MAR Week 3 according to notches on the label. Pour is black with a nice khaki one inch head that is quite lasting. Some nice carbonation bubbles stream up the slide of the glass. The aroma is fire ember smoky, along with a soft roastiness. The smoke and roast play together nicely to form a very soft smoke - subtle, but also present. Really clean. The taste follows the nose, integrated roast and dying fire smokiness, along with a bit of sweetness near the finish. The alcohol is also present in the dry chalky finish. The taste is not quite as clean as the nose, though it is really nicely balanced between the smoke and Porter elements. The palate is medium bodied, with gentle fine carbonation. The aforementioned sweetness through the finish detracts a bit, but still a really nicely constructed beer. Thanks for sending this one my way Phil!

A quick note about why I chose this beer for #2,000. This beer represents much of what I have learned and enjoyed at ratebeer. This is a style of beer (smoked) I knew pretty much nothing about brewed by a brewer (Yazoo) I had never heard of obtained through a means (trading / Secret Santa - thanks Phil!) I would have never dreamt of. I even drank it out of a glass I would never have seen without this site (Duvel mini tulip, thanks Eugene!). In short, this is a tribute to all the great knowledge I have acquired on this site, as well as the great people I have met. This one’s for my Kansas City crew, the great ratebeer folk down in Houston, and all my great ratebeer friends out in Seattle. Further, big thanks to the folks I have traded with and the admins that work tirelessly keeping this site great. Finally, thanks to Joe for making this site what it is. Like all the great spots in the world, it’s not perfect - but it’s got character and I have a lot of fun hanging out here.

Bottle @ Miami Fandango ’10 gathering. Pours dark brown, off-white head. Plenty of smoked malts here along with some chocolate and roasted malts leaning on the mocha along with a light grainy palate. The hop profile remains very subdued. Overall, this is one tasty rauch, easy to drink and loaded with smoke goodness.