Smoke - Surly Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.14
pDev: 12.56%
Reviews: 251
Hads: 255

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Surly Brewing Company

Minnesota, United States

Style | ABV
Baltic Porter | 8.20% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (173), on-tap (77), growler (1).

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Reviews by OleJohnnieAle:

OleJohnnieAle

Minnesota

4.22/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Pours a deep dark brown with nice tan head. As I was pouring it it looked like used motor oil. Seems a bit syrupy.

S: Well, I know why they call it smoke!! Very Smoky and charred wood up frontm almost like a camp fire, with a little sweetness coming through.

T: Well just as the nose would lead. SMOKE!. Very smokey and charred, almost was like I was drinking liquid smoke. There are nice sweet malts that come through that mellow the smokey burnt flavor out. A bit too much for me though. Could be because I am not much of a smokey beer guy though.

M: Smooth a bit too smokey, a real sipper.

O: This is a good one to open with a group. Definately a sipper, a great change of pace from what I gravitate to. Got another bottle I am aging and may pick up a couple more to rest to see what evolves from this.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2012 01:39:23 | More by OleJohnnieAle

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afrokaze

California

3.75/5 rDev -9.4%

05-18-2013 22:15:25 | More by afrokaze

iHeartMNBeer

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4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

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illy0sis

Texas

4/5 rDev -3.4%

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4.25/5 rDev +2.7%

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MADPolo

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4/5 rDev -3.4%

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ALifeWellWasted

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3/5 rDev -27.5%

05-04-2013 03:21:41 | More by ALifeWellWasted

beereality

Illinois

2/5 rDev -51.7%

04-26-2013 23:25:43 | More by beereality

SpeedwayJim

New York

3.84/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

2012 vintage. Thanks to Jeff for this one. 750ml waxed bottle into a Founders snifter. Shared with schen9303.

Pours a 1 finger coarse cream colored head with moderate retention. Beer is an opaque pitch black. Lacing is patchy, layered and thick. Thin legs. A real nice looking beer.

The nose lives up to the name. Molasses, brown sugar, roasted malt, cocoa powder, and loads and loads and loads of smoke. Some bitter chocolate too. Weird but decent for the style... which I'm defining as a smoked beer.

Opens sweet molasses, roasted malt, chocolate, booze, and smoke. Like smoky maple bacon. More smoke and roast in the middle with fudge and chocolate sweetness to balance things out. Some dark fruit emerges right at the end. Finishes accented chocolate and cocoa. Aftertaste of maple, molasses and more smokiness. Like the nose, weird but I kinda like it.

Medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation. Smooth and robust in the mouth with a sprinkling of bubbles. Goes down smooth and oily. Finishes pretty clean with a long, lingering, sticky aftertaste. Solid.

I'm not sure why this is categorized as a baltic porter instead of a rauchbier but either way, its a strange but ultimately, pretty pleasant and very interesting offering from Surly. Smokiness is balanced nicely by the chocolate and maple/molasses sweetness. I'm glad I got around to this one. Worth trying.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 01:30:06 | More by SpeedwayJim