Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Ale - Rogue Ales

teromous

Virginia

2.68/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Dark copper colored beer, with a thin light-tan creamy looking head. Mild lacing. Lots of tiny carbonation bubbles. The beer is slightly hazy.

S: Haha well there definitely is maple in this. With the first whiff I am slammed with the scent of maple syrup. I also get a vanilla bean flavor very strongly. If you ever open a fresh bag of vanilla beans and it has this slightly off-scent from the beans, that's what this smells like. No roasted scents.

T: The flavor closely mimics the scent. Tons and tons of vanilla and maple flavor to this. I don't know if they actually use vanilla beans but it tastes very strongly of vanilla beans. The grains, hops, and any smoked flavor are not present. I'm not really sure why they consider it a smoked beer because I get zero smoky flavor. I also don't get any bacon flavor.

M: It's bordering between light and medium in mouthfeel. It's pretty highly carbonated. The beer is a bit hard to drink because of the strong flavors. It doesn't really have enough bitterness for a smoked beer, in my opinion.

O: Overall I thought it was a pretty tasty beer, but it's something you'd probably want to sip and share with friends instead of drinking a bottle on my own. It has a large maple syrup sweetness. It would be a great breakfast beer with pancakes, but at the end of the day this would be hard to drink unless you're feeling like a waffle house meal at 10pm. If you're a fan of Rauch beers, you probably won't be too fond of this. It is a beer for everyone to try, but I wouldn't buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 17:45:17 | More by teromous

BigTrubble

North Carolina

2.5/5  rDev -15%

05-22-2013 01:01:42 | More by BigTrubble

AL89BR

New Jersey

1/5  rDev -66%

05-21-2013 21:51:51 | More by AL89BR

Andreias21

Florida

1.75/5  rDev -40.5%

05-21-2013 17:11:13 | More by Andreias21

Sivad

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +36.1%

05-20-2013 17:10:07 | More by Sivad

BeerDreadz

Louisiana

3.5/5  rDev +19%

05-19-2013 22:31:09 | More by BeerDreadz

Turbo

Minnesota

1/5  rDev -66%

05-19-2013 22:30:01 | More by Turbo

aLenwell

Florida

2.25/5  rDev -23.5%

05-19-2013 22:24:54 | More by aLenwell

supa0525

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev +10.5%

05-19-2013 13:33:55 | More by supa0525

jplopez21

Illinois

1/5  rDev -66%

05-18-2013 12:31:00 | More by jplopez21

rcdt76

Illinois

4/5  rDev +36.1%

05-18-2013 01:19:12 | More by rcdt76

darvinlikemarvin

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev +19%

05-17-2013 18:15:09 | More by darvinlikemarvin

hopsolutely

Ontario (Canada)

3.33/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Definitely a different beer - I struggled through the first glass, but am now starting to enjoy it at the end of the bottle... ?! Heavily smoke-forward, there are definite maple and bacon notes - but overall a bit of a mess.

Pours a hazy light brown with yellowish tinges. Minimal head that disappears quickly. Aroma of smoked meat, with an industrially sweet maple backbone. The flavour starts sweet with a malt basis, albeit no "donut" that I can discern. This transitions rapidly into a smoky, smoky finish – almost overpowering.

A very different beer and glad to have tried it, although buying one bottle would have been enough!

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 00:38:25 | More by hopsolutely

Carpentiere

New Hampshire

3/5  rDev +2%

05-16-2013 12:17:27 | More by Carpentiere

Absolut

California

1.5/5  rDev -49%

05-15-2013 21:15:09 | More by Absolut

Zimm

New Jersey

3/5  rDev +2%

05-15-2013 17:13:21 | More by Zimm

lucasj82

Indiana

3/5  rDev +2%

05-15-2013 02:06:16 | More by lucasj82

InfragilisBrew

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev -15%

05-14-2013 06:22:34 | More by InfragilisBrew

ChaserBD04

Washington

1.36/5  rDev -53.7%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25

A pretty rough beer. I, for the record, have had the bacon maple bar from Voodoo, and it is delicious. When you try to put it in beer form, it is terrible. The smell is off putting right from the start: a heavy smokiness with a hint of sweet. I read a review on here that says it tastes like dirty grill water, and that's about right. The overwhelming smoke flavor sticks, in a bad way. It stays in your mouth too. Thank god I had other beer in the fridge. I poured out a twelve dollar bottle of this stuff. The only decent thing is the appearance, with a nice thick head and good lacing. After that abandon ship.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 05:22:49 | More by ChaserBD04

ToddHolder

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -6.5%

05-14-2013 02:49:04 | More by ToddHolder

ScottyDuzntNo

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +44.6%

05-14-2013 02:03:59 | More by ScottyDuzntNo

leftstagebrew

North Carolina

2.25/5  rDev -23.5%

05-13-2013 17:00:29 | More by leftstagebrew

drabmuh

Maryland

3/5  rDev +2%

05-13-2013 15:29:11 | More by drabmuh

zonker17

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +27.6%

05-13-2013 01:02:35 | More by zonker17

whallgren

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +2%

05-12-2013 19:20:17 | More by whallgren