Smoke Ale
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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Rogue Smoke is brewed with Great Western Harrington, Klages, Munich, Hugh Baird Crystal, Carastan (30-37 and 13-17), Chuck’s Alderwood Smoked Munich and Bamberg Beechwood Smoked malts; plus Perle and Saaz hops.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled at RBESG. Dark amber. Rich beechwood style smokey aroma. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel. Intense smoke flavour accompanied by buttery malt. Unusually bitter finish for a smoke beer. Straightforward and uncomplicated, but for a rauchbier lover like me very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2005
at 05:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Dark brown beer with a constant head. The aroma is pleasant and not too stongly smoked whilst the flavour has a nice long lasting light dry finish with a body full of smoked ham. Overall a smoked beer that is not over bearing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2005
at 17:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Chestnut colour. Good fruity malts, smoked meats and slightly bready. Really nice beer, but I was drinking it whilst watching the cricket at Canterbury so wasn’t really paying attention
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2005
at 11:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2004 bottle. Oh ya, here we go. Pours a lovely amber-auburn color. But wait, where’s all the sediment? Not saving it right away. But that’s understandable, it takes a while to dig in to the sediment. This one was light reddish-amber to murky beige towards the end. Aroma reeks of alderwood. Nuts, caramel, almonds cashews and then it hits! The hops??? What the hell? This is an APA with smoked malt. At first I’m disgusted at the lack of style guidelines, but then I come to and realize how well they did with this one, and then I also remember that I don’t care about style guidelines. Beautiully balanced. Hoppy? Yes, but it’s perles. You can handle perle hops. Moderately clean finish, light smoke. Great stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2004
at 22:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear light brown beer with a medium bubbly off-white head with average retention. Aroma is comprised of subtle smoke and some malt, I was expecting a bit more smoke but I’m not complaining since smoke beer is not my favourite style. Taste can also be described as lightly smoke with some nice malt to support the smoke. Overall, this is probably a more balanced smoke ale then what is generally known as smoke ale which I appreciated since this is not my favourite style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2004
at 09:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Rogue’s Portland taphouse, sampled 4 August 2004. Copper orange-red body, thin light cream/off-white head. Smoked malt flavor (duh) and grain (toast) but that damned house yeast still dominates the flavor profile! Medium-bodied. Nice twist but Pacman rules all.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2004
at 13:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This starts out with a big head on a deep copper beer. Heavy smoke aroma that will please the smoke lover but is enough to turn away anyone that doesn’t like the style. Smoke is strongly present in the flavor as well, but overall there are hops and malt to balance this out nicely.
Tried
on 03 May 2004
at 07:40