To Be Blunt: Marshmallow Animals ("Strain Games" Series)
Carton Brewing in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Series|
Score
7.09
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ABV: 6.2%
IBU: 50
SRM: 13
Style: Blunt Ale
Conceived: 2025
Water: Atlantic Highlands
Hops: Simcoe, Columbus, Amarillo
Yeast: US-05
Pairs Best With: Snacks
Smoke malt is one of the more dubious tools in a brewer’s bag because thresholds are vastly different. What to one palate is a hint of bacon, or whiff of BBQ, to another is ashtray or Band-Aids. How can Carton ignore playing this game? Where can smoldering aromatics go off the beaten craft? In To Be Blunt we have reassembled the deconstructed aspects of blunt wrap. Rich, dark malts brought smoke by the addition of oak smoked pale wheat, touched with a petting zoo of animal shaped marshmallows and a heavy plug of Simcoe, Columbus, and Amarillo hops. Drink To Be Blunt and hand me down a 50- pack
IBU: 50
SRM: 13
Style: Blunt Ale
Conceived: 2025
Water: Atlantic Highlands
Hops: Simcoe, Columbus, Amarillo
Yeast: US-05
Pairs Best With: Snacks
Smoke malt is one of the more dubious tools in a brewer’s bag because thresholds are vastly different. What to one palate is a hint of bacon, or whiff of BBQ, to another is ashtray or Band-Aids. How can Carton ignore playing this game? Where can smoldering aromatics go off the beaten craft? In To Be Blunt we have reassembled the deconstructed aspects of blunt wrap. Rich, dark malts brought smoke by the addition of oak smoked pale wheat, touched with a petting zoo of animal shaped marshmallows and a heavy plug of Simcoe, Columbus, and Amarillo hops. Drink To Be Blunt and hand me down a 50- pack
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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 oz can from Carton, 5/10/25. Pours a dark brown color with a mid sized medium brown head. Smoked malt and roasted malt dominant. Light, resiny hop notes and a touch of sweetness. Leans dry, with a touch of sweetness on the finish. Pretty banging rauchbier honestly, though the description and whatever they added aren't really that noticable. Doesn't have that ash tray thing some of if their blunt beers had in the past. Quite good.
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on 11 May 2025
at 00:10