7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a cloudy deep amber with a brown hue and s tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a bit of grass and a touch of pine with an earthy grain backbone and a hint of leaves. Flavor has earthy grain and bitter grass and a bit of light fruits resin and leaves supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2015
at 19:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Pizza Luce Downtown. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has strong roasted malts with a dark grains, some smoke and a touch of chocolate. Flavor has strong dry roasted malts supported by dark grains and a bit of smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2015
at 12:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Autumn Brew Review 2015. Black. Smoke is there in the aroma and the flavor, sweet wheat still comes through and is blended with the sweet flavors of the dunkelweizen, along with roasted malt. Smoke character could be stronger, but still a good beer.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2015
at 20:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Links, Chicago tap: pours murky brown with a white head. Aroma is ham and smoke. There is also a hint of booze and wood. Taste is moderately smoky... Really not as smoky as some other rauches. Malty backbone. With light german style hops making a little appearance. Mellow smoked.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2015
at 20:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Autumn Brew Review 2015. Nice, smooth black palate and appearance. 7.8 seems high for a schwarzbier. Some very mild smoke. Grain is heavily roasted, almost burnt.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2015
at 08:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the 2015 Minnesota Winterfest. Pours a clear gold with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of pine, light fruits, citrus and an earthy grain backbone. Flavor has a good amount of grass with some light pine, light fruit and a good amount of earthy grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2015
at 20:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At all pints north. Smoke is light. Heavy roast. Just a hint of smoke but it is dry. Could use more smoke aroma.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2015
at 16:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At all pints north. Priominent smoke flavor and especially aroma with flavors of a hefeweizen. Bananas and clove. Very good.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2015
at 16:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at New Bohemia. Pours near black with a light brown head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has a combination of smoke, bitter dark grains and a bit of roasted malts. Flavor has more smoke up front with bitter dark grains and roasted malts growing through the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2015
at 18:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed on tap at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN while eating some food with friends. Overall, it’s not bad and a unique pale ale, darker than others I’ve had, smoke adds an interesting dynamic while mix with juniper, which makes this dry. Probably wouldn’t seek this one out again though.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2015
at 11:49