Category Archives: Beer

Schlafly – Smoked Stout – 5.5 smokestacks

Posted on November 2, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I’m in the garage today so I apologize for the rudimentary voodoo altar. But first, this beer. Pours like molasses. Looks like molasses. Thick. And the head on this is far darker than George Hamilton ever wanted to be (appears … Continue reading →

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Warped Wing Brewing – Creep Show smoked porter – 4.5 out of 7.

Posted on October 5, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

It’s fine. It’s smoked. You won’t miss the smoke. But it just doesn’t have that element that sets smoky beers apart from the rest. Ultimately, this beer makes the community better off, and the ministry is thankful. And I’d like … Continue reading →

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Fair Isle Brewing – Franz Meredith – 5.45 smokestacks of happiness

Posted on September 7, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Franz Meredith by Fair Isle… I need to think about giving this beer a fair shot, because just before I took a sip, I noticed the term grilled apricot and melon printed on the side of the bottle and found … Continue reading →

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New Image Brewing – Cozy Vibes – 4.4 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on August 3, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This beer smells good. Smells like an English beer. Very beer like aromas. Great image on this can. The world is drinking lots of canned beer lately. 10 years ago, when SmokeBeerMinistry was just getting off the ground, these beers … Continue reading →

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JWB UJP – J Wakefield Brewing UJP Smoked English Style Porter = 3 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on July 4, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

In the tabernacle for the first time ever is J Wakefield Brewing and their offering UJP, which is a smoked English style porter. I have no idea what UJP stands for. The smell of this beer reminds me of beer. … Continue reading →

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Pipeworks Brewing Co. – Gentle Breeze – 3 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on June 2, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Well, you can taste the lavender in this beer. Pipeworks out of Chicago, Illinois put together a saison with lavender smoked malts, peaches, lemons, and lavender, and named it Gentle Breeze. And I can confirm that the lavender comes through. … Continue reading →

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The Bottle House Brewing – Zero Mile Smoked Lager – 5 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on May 18, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

When Joe Meyer saw the word “smoked” on the can, he quickly picked this beer up and brought it to the tabernacle, all the way from Cleveland, Ohio. Exemplary ministry officiant behavior. And I give thanks. It’s great when brewers … Continue reading →

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Oliphant Brewing and Nine Mile Brewing – Swamp Thang Smoked Wee Heavy = 3.75 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on May 4, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Cracked open this can and it smelled good. Not too smoky though. And it didn’t foam up and gush out of the can, which I was afraid of for some reason. Scotch ales are usually pretty high on the fizzy … Continue reading →

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Funkytown Brewing and Is/Was Brewing Collaboration – It Is What It Was Smoked Ale = 4 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on April 7, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I cracked this one open and and took a swig posthaste which is a little unusual given all the ceremonies that typically precede a tasting. I taste creaminess in there. Wasn’t expecting that at all. Then I was immediately confronted … Continue reading →

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Brauerei Spezial Rauchbier – Lager Beer = 6.8 smokestacks

Posted on March 17, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

If a 7 out of 7 will get more people to visit Spezial, then go ahead and consider it a 7, but technically, the ministry has this one jotted down with 6.8 smokestacks. As the head ministry official, I must … Continue reading →

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Jackie O’s – Abandon the Halogens – 6 Smokestacks of happiness

Posted on March 3, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

BOOZY! This beer is boozy. To the tune of 14.5%. Oh, I love my alcohol. Why do we try so hard at our jobs, do so well with our tasks, save the company so much money, just to watch Bushy, … Continue reading →

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Brouwerij De Glazen Toren – Saison D’Erpe-Mere Gerookt Special Smoked Edition = 5 Smokestacks out of 7

Posted on February 3, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Is this a saison? Based on the taste, yeah, I’ll give them that. This beer, I call Gerookt, has quite a bit of bitters in there. And its very dry, really to its detriment. It’s a collaboration beer of sorts. … Continue reading →

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Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier – Urbock – 7 out of 7

Posted on January 20, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

 Back with the upper levels of the hierarchy, actually, the highest level. Aecht Schlenkerla always delivers. Bamberg, Germany houses the best smokebeer breweries in the world; it is the motherland, and I am a witness. This particular bottle was delivered … Continue reading →

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Half Acre Brewing – Smoking Gull Pale Ale = 4 out of 7 honorary smokestacks

Posted on January 2, 2023 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Not a smokebeer. But why am I happy? It’s good beer! Why is there a drawing of a seagull smoking a cigarette on the can? I don’t know, but I bet there’s an employee at Half Acre with a personal … Continue reading →

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Klosterbrau – Bamberger Rauchbier – 6 Smokestacks of Happiness

Posted on December 13, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This beer was brought over from Germany by hand, my hands, stashed in luggage, refrigerated, tasted, and written about. Written on some scrap of paper that has long since been lost because I was drinking, but the memory lives on, … Continue reading →

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Weyermann® – Nr. 1 Schlotfegerla® = A strong 6 smokestacks out of 7. Definitely trademarked.

Posted on December 2, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Weyermann® – Number 1 Schlotfegerla® is a strong trademarked beer by a company (Weyermann®) that makes the best malts in the world. The sell their malts to breweries mostly, and decided to branch out and make beer at some point … Continue reading →

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Young Blood Beer Company – Smoked Porter – 4 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on November 17, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

So they named their company Young Blood? At least they had the sense to not print the word blood on the front of the label. YB Beer company is better. Maybe change the name to Young Bold? Well young bloods, … Continue reading →

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Melvin Brewing – Velvet Rut Imperial Smoked Porter = 5.5 Smokestacks

Posted on November 3, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Gone are the days of reserving bottles for the good beer. Brewers are perfectly happy with putting good beer in cans. And I guess they kinda have to be cause everybody’s out of glass right now (Its a mess out … Continue reading →

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KEES Brouwerij Smoked Pecan Porter = 4 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on October 1, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Kees beer Smoked Pecan Porter tastes ok. It’s a little musty. Sweet, but not too sweet. Not too smoky. It’s more roasted than smoky I’d say… It’s ok. The beer is dark, but not too dark. I am getting light … Continue reading →

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Jackie O’s – Bourbon Barrel Wood Burner = 5 Smokestacks out of 7

Posted on September 2, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Wood Burner is a good beer. Confession right off the bat however, I let this beer sit a bit too long down in my smokebeer bunker. But true smokebeer experts can backdate their palates, and tell you what the beer … Continue reading →

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Logsdon Farmhouse Ales – Helles For Sinners = 4.7 Smokestacks out of 7

Posted on August 19, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

What’s a helles lager? This is a helles lager. A helles lager is a lighter beer; helles is German for light, and this one’s got a bit of smoke, which is not normal, but it seems normal to me. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Orkney Brewery – Skull Splitter – 4 out of 7 notasmokebeer smokestacks

Posted on August 4, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This beer is pretty good for a beer that isn’t a smokebeer. I stumbled across multiple descriptions and posts online linking Skull Splitter to the realm of beers that taste like smoke, compelling the celebrant to deliver it to the … Continue reading →

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Brasserie Trois Dames – Bise Noire (Black Kiss) – 3.5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on July 14, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Smells like sorghum. Looks like it too. This beer smells familiar. Familiar like malt, wheat, and an abused college bar at 10AM Sunday morning. But less familiar are the notes of caramel, burnt sorghum (which is already burnt I think) … Continue reading →

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Schlafly – Raspberry Chipotle Brown Ale – 3.2 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on June 19, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

St. Louis’s well liked brewery Schlafly brewed this experimental Raspberry Chipotle Brown Ale that didn’t do too well, too bad. And it started off great with smoke on the nose right upon opening it, but then when I poured it … Continue reading →

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Jester King – Figlet – 5.25 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on May 15, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Everyone likes Jester King. Not everyone like figs, certainly not smoked figs, so why would anyone make a beer out of that? Well, for whatever the reason, it worked out well. The folks at the highly respected Jester King Brewery … Continue reading →

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Little Fish Brewery – Enginuity – 2 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on April 6, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Little Fish Brewery of Athens, Ohio has a good number of smoked beers to choose from. On this day SmokeBeerMinistry made it out to Ohio and got to test out Enginuity, a 5.8% abv smoked porter and it was a … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook Brewing Company – Grodziskie – 5 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on March 3, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I smell smoke. I don’t even have to try. A carefree wisp wafts out of the glass. Such a great start after having a bit of a difficult time with the last beer from Sketchbook (nothing personal). Today’s beer, Grodziskie … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook Brewing Company – Smokey Jack – 3 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on February 4, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I’ve liked about one out of every seven pumpkin beers I’ve had and this is not one of them. This beer was hand delivered to me by my old roommate, who was committed to finding a smoked beer that had … Continue reading →

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Bolero Snort – Imperial Moountie – 5 out of 7 Smokestacks

Posted on January 8, 2022 by SmokeBeerMinistry

In the year of Our Lord 2022, SmokeBeerMinistry will try to come out of pandemic hibernation and start drinking and reviewing beers that taste like smoke again. Oddly enough, SBM’s heaviest traffic days have come in just the last few … Continue reading →

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Pipeworks – Smoked Helles – 5.8 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on February 15, 2021 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This works! By Pipeworks, Smoked Helles. Helles means Light, according to the inebriated employee at a random Kentucky liquor store, (I don’t recall ever verifying that Helles statement). And this Smoked Helles by Pipeworks really fits the genre better than … Continue reading →

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Freigeist and Against the Grain Breweries – Zerbster Bitterbier (A Traditional German Style Smoked Beer) – 4 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on August 1, 2020 by SmokeBeerMinistry

The darker one. In a can is kinda rare. What the hell are you reading? This is the most comprehensive beer site in the world dedicated entirely to beers that taste like smoke. And the beer up for review today … Continue reading →

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Against the Grain – Lichtenhainer (A traditional German style smoked sour beer) – 3.9 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on July 25, 2020 by SmokeBeerMinistry

The brewery that seems financially sound, but has to reel in countless other brewers to produce a decent beer (and then make crude diarrhea jokes about it), has produced two canned smoked beers that have been marginally approved by The … Continue reading →

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Amager Bryghus – Black Donald – 3.3 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on June 30, 2020 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Jumping right in on this one. This tastes like a cigar made out of tobacco roots. The flavor is packed with peat, dirty peat, tar and peat. I taste a boozy (11% abv) smooth burnt caramel square. Is there liquid … Continue reading →

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Unity Vibration – BrewGyver Kombucha Beer – 3 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on October 3, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I’m in so deep with this smokebeer thing that I branched out and bought a smoked kombucha. Or is it kombucha beer? Kombucha is a fermented, slightly alcoholic, fizzy, sweetened drink that Whole Foods customers think have health benefits, (they … Continue reading →

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Samuel Adams – Cinder Bock – 5 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on September 13, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

It’s OK. I’ve had this beer before. I’ve not only had a Cinder Bock by Samuel Adams before (in 2008 if I remember correctly), but I’ve also had beers from other breweries that taste exactly the same as this one, … Continue reading →

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Deschutes – Baltic Porter – 4 Smokestacks (out of 7)

Posted on July 17, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Smells like beer, not smokebeer, but good beer, but sometimes I get really trashed and drink good beer and then I’m too drunk to enjoy it, or it goes to waste one way or another, taking me over the edge… … Continue reading →

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Ganstaller Brau – Schwarze 90 = 5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on June 14, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This beer doesn’t taste smoked. And that’s mostly because it’s not a smoked beer, but it is made by one of the most reputable brewers who happens to have a solid selection of smoky beers, so you can say that … Continue reading →

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De Dochter van de Korenaar – Sans Pardon – 4 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on May 24, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

SmokeBeerMinistry first learned about these guys back in January of 2017, and since then they took my advice and put some effort into their website, at least I’d like to believe that it was my advice that they acted on. … Continue reading →

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Half Batch – Peppersprout Smoked Porter – 3 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on April 12, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I remember this one. And I cannot believe that I liked the smoked pumpkin beer more than this beer which I had on the same day. The Tap House in Chattanooga, TN seems to be on the right track with … Continue reading →

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Fat Bottom Brewing – Fire Starter smoked pumpkin porter = 4.5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on March 15, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Chattanooga is cool. Chris Calhoun is probably alright too. While his straightforwardly business name The Tap House might lack creativity, his beer menu does not. At the time of this drinking, The Tap House had 2 smoked beers on tap, … Continue reading →

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Blind Pig Brewery – Bamberger Smoked Helles – 4.5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on February 15, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This beer smells like beechwood smoked malts straight out of Bamberg. Although The Blind Pig Brewery resides in Champaign, IL, which is a cool 3 places in the recently revived Champaign downtown. 1)the brewery, 2) the brewery extension that has … Continue reading →

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Amager Bryghus / ATG – Kentucky Sausage – 2 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on January 11, 2019 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I found this beer in the discount bin. It always helps to spend less, although we must stop short of saying that we are saving money; you can’t save money by making purchases. Amager Bryghus of Demark is a reputable … Continue reading →

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Port Huron Brewery – $1Million Smoked Maibock – 4 Smokestacks out of 7

Posted on December 21, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Port Huron Brewery of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin produced this here $1M Smoked Maibock in a bottle, which I’ve had on tap in the past, but had to test this bottle out for some reason. This beer smells like a four … Continue reading →

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Pearl Street Brewery – Smokin’ Hemp Porter – 4 out of 7 smokestacks

Posted on December 7, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Smells like a 4, tastes like a 4 (on a 1 – 7 scale). Reminds me of Stone smoked porter, but with more roasted flavors (when I want more smoke). This beer is kinda thin, dark, but not dense with … Continue reading →

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High Water – Campfire Stout – 3.5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on November 23, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

I sure smell marshmallows in this beer, and the second smell is graham crackers. Smoke smell is in there somewhere, but it has a lot to compete with. It may even be only roasted notes that are tricking me into … Continue reading →

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Dovetail Brewery – Flanders Rauch X01 -5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on November 16, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

This is the last review of the Dovetail Brewery tabernacle takeover month, where SmokeBeerMinistry reviewed 4 different beers from Dovetail that are all smokebeers in some capacity. And this review in particular spilled into the next month because I didn’t … Continue reading →

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ATG and Holy Mountain – Ashes to Mashes – 4.1 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on November 2, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Against The Grain brewery out of Louisville, KY has delivered another collaboration beer with moderate success.  This time with a crew called Holy Mountain, whose name alone would grant them entry into the tabernacle, however, in this case, they have … Continue reading →

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Dovetail Brewery – R&R – 3 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on October 19, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

One of the Rs stands for Root Beer, and the second R, well, if you can get anything out of this other than root beer, hats off to you. Its a blend of rauchbier and root beer, however, the root … Continue reading →

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Dovetail – Rauchbier – 5.5 smokestacks out of 7

Posted on October 12, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Week 2 of Dovetail’s tabernacle takeover month delivers another properly named beer. Rauchbier by Dovetail Brewery is the name of this beer and Rauchbier is the name of this kind of beer, leaving no unanswered questions to customers who also … Continue reading →

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Dovetail Brewery – Grodziskie – 5 out of 7

Posted on October 5, 2018 by SmokeBeerMinistry

Another tabernacle takeover month with Dovetail Brewery this time. This crew buckled down and cranked out 4 unique smokebeers at the same time, much to SmokeBeerMinistry’s surprise. And, you gotta love the names of these beers. Calling a spade a … Continue reading →

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