CS6 - Brown Dog

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Permalink Reply by Stu H on November 6, 2010 at 7:43pm

Delicious. I've never drunk a smoked beer before, but would definitely go there again. On the nose: Burnt toffee, caramel. My girlfriend reckoned it smelled like some kind of syrupy liqueur. It tastes really smoky, but not overpowered as well. Nice balance of hops to malt. Lingering bitterness. I'd buy this.

Permalink Reply by vdog on November 7, 2010 at 11:01am

Really liked this, much more than I expected to (of the two smoked beers I've had previously, I loved Big Smoke and didn't enjoy Smokin' Bishop at all).

Great aroma - caramel and smoke all bound up together. It reminded me a lot of my mother-in-law's smoked snapper, but without the fishiness (if that makes sense?). Very well balanced and hugely drinkable. The smoke is very definitely there but not overwhelming at all, and the body is just right. It's not something I could drink pint after pint of but as Stu says "I'd buy this".

Permalink Reply by JoKing on November 18, 2010 at 6:53pm

Was this the Weyermann smoked malt?

I thought is was nicely balanced between the bacon bit flavour and the bitterness - maybe could have been a bit cleaner in the mid palate... I thought it was a little bit confused in that department. I wanted it to be a bit brighter - like a smokey scotch ale or something. It was good - don;t get me wrong: the flavours all melded together fairly well. I especially like how the smoke changed throughout the glass... going from bacon, to smoked fish, to smoked malt and at the end of the glass back to bacon again. Bit of a joyride really.

Great to have a taste - and the Barleywine was awesome too!

Cheers Stu.

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on November 22, 2010 at 10:48am

barleywine?

Permalink Reply by JoKing on November 22, 2010 at 11:48am

Yeah - there was a bottle labelled "NZ Barleywine". I thought it tasted really nice.

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on December 2, 2010 at 8:19am

hmmm... I gave one to Simon... did he not like the look of it?

Actually, that beer had something in common with the smoked one.

Permalink Reply by Simon David kelly on December 2, 2010 at 12:26pm

I did indeed like it ... as you put two bottles in I sent one up to Jo.

Very strong and really well brewed. Quite dry in comparison with the American ones which I find way too sweet. I'd quite happily of done two or three more (and put up with the hangover).

Permalink Reply by Matt on December 21, 2010 at 4:58pm

I drank this so long ago Ive got nothing insightful to say about it other than it was damn tasty. Havent tried a lot of smoked beers but definitely enjoyed this, I recall it being remiscent of the smoked almonds (aka bacon nuts) I had in my pantry at the time. Amen to the ability of smoke infusion to make something tasty even tastier.

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on December 21, 2010 at 5:42pm

cheers... not sure anyone still has to drink theirs but I suppose I can now tell everyone that it was made with made with Weyermann extract!!!  Leftover from when I owned www.libertybrewing.co.nz. Jabout 50% of the fermentables were Weyermann Smoked Malt and the rest was the Rauchbier extract.

 

And Jo/Simon, that "barleywine" was too!  Same again - 50% grain and 50% extract (Maibock, if I remember rightly)?

 

I thought it smelled a bit like lipstick - some weird combination between the hops and the smoked malt.  Occasionally it turned me on a bit but mostly it annoyed me.

 

 

Now you know why I've been so apologetic!

Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on December 21, 2010 at 6:51pm

When you doing a Heavily Peated Barleywine Stu?

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on December 22, 2010 at 7:56am

after the heavily peated tripel...

Permalink Reply by Mike Neilson on December 22, 2010 at 3:31pm

You could Smoke the Invert sugar with Whisky soaked oak chips as well aye!!

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