Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and smoked wood. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. 160213

22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild citric and smoked. Smoked, ham, wood and light hops fruity. Bitter, citrusy and medium dry smoked. Toasted malty and smoked finish.

Bottle. Hazy yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, smoke and a little meat. Flavour is malt, sweet, smoke, meat, fruit, hop and a little bitter.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are smoke, bacon, ashes, malt, fruits and hops.

Bottle @ The 4th Annual Fastelavns-Smagning Ulfborg, 2013. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head. Phenolic and fruity. Lots of salami and campfire. Medium bodied. Dry and bitter finish.

Hazy golden pour - sweet baby Jesus this is some smoky shit - nose of intense smoke and not much else, aside from some semisweet malt - smells like an intense campfire - soft carbonation and medium body - strong smoke character, but none of the acidity or astringency that sometimes plagues smoked beers - dry maltiness - slight unwelcome acidity, but otherwise awesome - can’t remember the last time I had an American beer that used smoked malt so well - fucking tasty.

Tap @ brewery. Moderately hazy, golden yellow appearance with a touch of brown and a cream colored head. Mild to moderate BBQ smoky, woody, mild wheat, slight veggie aroma, though the veggie smell isn’t a hint of an off taste but more something from the smoking of the malts. Initially a light wheat, smooth flavor that develops into a BBQ smoky taste as the beer progresses through the mouth along with a little floral hoppiness. Some of the burnt, woody characteristics come through towards the finish. Roasty, slightly burnt, a touch aftertaste. Very easy drinking beer. The smoke characteristics are more like BBQ smokiness than a charred smokiness. Very tasty beer and again it’s really awesome that these guys are bringing back some old styles and being pretty innovative. (4.1)

Bottle @ Exira Beer Summit III. Picked up at Wilbur’s Fort Collins. The aroma and flavor don’t have nearly as much BBQ or meat smoke as last time I had it on tap last year. Kind of a more burnt woody flavor. The carbonation and wheat malts seem to be a bit more dominant this time. Still a fun beer to drink, but not as good as last time. (3.7)