- Follow SmokeBeerMinistry on WordPress.com
Tags
- 1 - 2
- 2 - 3
- 3 - 4
- 4 - 5
- 5 - 6
- 6 - 7
- 7!
- Aecht Schlenkerla
- against the grain
- aged
- Alaska
- Alaskan Brewing
- Alderwood
- ale
- AleSmith
- altbier
- Amager
- amber
- apple
- applewood
- Arrogant Brewing
- ash
- ash tray
- asphalt
- Ass Kisser
- B. Nektar
- Backpocket
- Baltic
- Baltic Porter
- Bamberg
- barley wine
- barrel aged
- Beavertown
- beechwood
- beer
- Belgian
- Belgium
- Bell's
- Benford Brewing
- BFM
- Big Muddy
- Big Thorn
- Birra del Borgo
- Birra del Carrobiolo
- Birra Troll
- Birrificio del Ducato
- bitter
- Bitterbier
- Blackberry Farm
- Black Husky Brewing
- Black IPA
- black lager
- Blind Pig
- blonde
- Blue Blood Brewing
- bock
- Bolero Snort
- boozy
- Borg Brugghus
- Boulevard
- Brasserie de la Goutte d'Or
- Brasserie Trois Dames
- Brau Brothers
- Brauerei Spezial
- Braustelle
- Brenner Brewing
- brett
- Brewdog
- brown ale
- Buffalo Bayou
- Burn'em Brewing
- cacao
- California
- can
- Canada
- Captain Lawrence
- Cedar Creek
- ceremonial
- cherry
- cherry wood
- chestnut oak wood
- Chicago beer
- chili beer
- chipotle
- chocolate
- CIB
- cider
- citrus
- Clown Shoes
- coffee
- collaboration
- collaboration beer
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Country Boy
- Dark Horse
- De Dochter van de Korenaar
- DeDues
- De Glazen Toren
- De Molen
- Denmark
- Deschutes
- Destihl
- Devil's Trumpet
- dirt
- dopplebock
- double
- Dovetail Brewing
- draft
- drunk
- dunkelweizen
- Earthen Ales
- educate
- Emelisse Brouwerji
- England
- English porter
- English style ale
- enlighten
- Epic
- Evil Twin
- Fair Isle Brewing
- farmhouse
- Fate brewing
- fig beer
- Filberts Draft Root Beer
- Firetucker
- Flanders
- Florida
- Flossmoor Station
- Flying Dog
- foam
- Fort Collins
- Founders
- Four Fathers
- France
- Freigeist
- fruit
- fruit beer
- fruit woods
- Furthermore
- Fyne Ales
- Garage Project
- Georgia
- Germany
- golden ale
- Goller
- Goose Island
- Gotlandsdricka
- Graham Cracker
- gratzer
- Great Divide Brewing
- Green Jack
- grodziskie
- gypsy
- Gänstaller Bräu
- Haandbryggeriet
- Half Acre
- Half Baked
- HammerHeart Brewing
- Harmony Brewing
- helles
- Hemp
- HI-WIRE
- Hickory
- High Water Brewing
- Holy Mountain Brewing
- honey
- hops
- Iceland
- Illinois
- imperial
- imperial Porter
- imperial stout
- Indiana
- Invercargill Brewery
- Iowa
- IPA
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jackie O's
- jalapeño
- Japan
- Jester King
- Jopen
- juniper
- J Wakefield Brewing
- Karbach
- Karben4
- Kees Brouwerij
- Kentucky
- Klosterbrau
- Klostergarden
- kolsch
- Kombucha
- Kombucha Beer
- La Baleine
- lactose
- lager
- Lakefront Brewery
- Lantz's
- lavender
- Left Hand
- lemon beer
- Lent beer
- Le Trou Du Diable
- Lichtenhainer
- light
- lime
- Little Fish Brewery
- Logsdon Ales
- Madison
- Maibock
- Manuka
- maple syrup
- Marshmallow
- Maryland
- Marz
- marzen
- Massachusetts
- Matten
- Matzenheim
- mead
- Meantime Brewing
- Melvin Brewing
- Mendocino
- mesquite
- mezcal
- Michigan
- Midnight Sun
- Mikkeller
- Mile Wide
- milk stout
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mob Craft
- Monday Night Brewing
- Moody Tongue
- Nebraska
- New Belgium
- New Glarus
- New Image Brewing
- New Jersey
- New York
- new zealand
- Nils Oscar
- Nine Mile Brewing
- Noble Beast Brewing
- non-alcoholic
- North Carolina
- Norway
- not a smokebeer
- Nøgne Ø
- O'Fallon
- oak
- oatmeal stout
- Off Color Brewing
- Ohio
- Oktoberfest
- Oliphant Brewing
- Ommegang
- One Barrel Brewing
- Oregon
- Oskar Blues
- oyster stout
- pale ale
- peach beer
- peachwood
- pear
- Pearl Street Brewery
- pear wood
- peat
- Pecan
- Pennsylvania
- pepper
- Pig Minds
- pilsner
- pineapple
- Pipeworks
- Piwo Grodiska
- porter
- Port Huron Brewing
- Pretty Things
- pumpkin
- rabbit 5 Rabbit
- Radler
- Ranger Creek
- rare
- rauch
- rauchbier
- red ale
- Ridgeway Brewery
- roasted
- robust
- Rogue
- Rooibos
- root
- root-beer
- Russian
- Russian Imperial Stout
- rye
- s 2nd Story Brewing
- saison
- salted
- Samuel Adams
- Saugatuck Brewing
- Scheldebrouwerij
- Schlafly
- schwarzbier
- scotch
- scotch ale
- Scotland
- Scottish Ale
- session beer
- shandy
- shit
- Sideswipe
- Sierra Nevada
- Siren Craft
- Sixpoint
- Sketchbook Brewing
- smokebeer
- smoked hops
- Smoked Porter
- Smoked Stout
- Smokehead
- Sound Brewery
- sour
- South Carolina
- Southern Star
- Spain
- Sprecher's
- Starr Hill
- Stillwater Artisanal
- Stone
- Stout
- strawberry
- Surly
- Sweden
- sweet
- Switzerland
- Talon
- tart
- tawny
- tea
- Tennessee
- tequila
- Terrapin
- Texas
- The Bistro
- The Bottle House
- The Bruery
- The Monarchy
- The Netherlands
- The New Albanian
- The Orkney Brewery
- thick beer
- Three 3 Floyds
- Tieton Cider
- Tioga-Sequoia
- To Øl
- traditional
- Triptych
- Two Roads Brewing
- Tyranena
- Uinta Brewing
- United Kingdom
- urbock
- Utah
- vanilla
- Van Viven
- Vermont
- Victory
- Vintage Brewing
- Virginia
- Vivant
- Voodoo Brewery
- Walnuts
- Warped Wing Brewery
- Washington
- Wee Heavy
- West O
- wheat
- Wild Heaven
- wired 8 Wired
- Wisconsin
- Woodchuck
- Wooha
- Wyoming
- X Beeriment
- Yazoo Brewing
- Yellow Springs
- Yo-Ho Brewing
- Young Blood Brewing
- Ölvisholt Brugghús
-
Recent Posts
- Schlafly – Smoked Stout – 5.5 smokestacks
- Warped Wing Brewing – Creep Show smoked porter – 4.5 out of 7.
- Fair Isle Brewing – Franz Meredith – 5.45 smokestacks of happiness
- New Image Brewing – Cozy Vibes – 4.4 out of 7 smokestacks
- JWB UJP – J Wakefield Brewing UJP Smoked English Style Porter = 3 out of 7 Smokestacks
Liturgical
December 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Archives
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- February 2021
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- October 2019
- September 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- August 2014
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: rauchbier
Karben4 – Night Call : Smoked Porter (bottle) – 4 out of 7
Smells like smoked malts. Cool looking bottle. No head, which may be hampering me from pulling out any other distinct flavors. It tastes like an okay porter. It’s as dark as all get out with my phone’s light barely able … Continue reading
Pipeworks – The Long Hair Affair – 1.8 smokestacks out of 7
If you must put the word hair in the name of your beer, write it like Pipeworks has and make it illegible. The Long Hair Affair is a kolsch beer brewed with hemp seeds and mesquite honey, fermented in oak. … Continue reading
XBeeriment – #44 Smoked Stout – 4.8 smokestacks out of 7
XBeeriment’s #44 Smoked Stout, brewed to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, is the non-barrel aged beer in the series. A few years back I reviewed the barrel aged edition, which you can read … Continue reading
Big Thorn Farm – Smoked Lager – 2 out of 7
Watery. The kind of water without carbonation, you know, water. This beer smelled okay at first, but those hopes were quickly dashed by the taste. I thought that the keg was getting low and would have perhaps kicked myself for … Continue reading
Braustelle – Freigeist Pear Abraxxxas Lichtenhainer – 4 out of 7
This review is the 5th and final part of the Freigeist Bierkultur beer reviews, where Eherenfeider, Hoppeditz, Apple, Pear, and regular Lichtenhainer, were all reviewed consecutively… Good beer, but still of the same cut of wood as the Freigeist Apple … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, Braustelle, Freigeist, fruit, Germany, Lichtenhainer, pear
Leave a comment
Braustelle – Freigeist Abraxxxas Apple Lichtenhainer – 4 out of 7 smokestacks
Apple? Apple lichtenhainer? Well, I guess so, but I hope you weren’t expecting something comparable to a cider, because I’m not getting much apple at all. And I’m barely getting any smoke for that matter, and I just had the … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, apple, Braustelle, fruit, Germany, Lichtenhainer, sour, wheat
Leave a comment
Braustelle – Freigeist Hoppeditz – 4 out of 7
Here’s part 2 of the 5 Freigeist reviews. Hoppeditz is another beer that has the word smoke printed on the label, and was therefore rightfully delivered straight to the Ministry officials at SmokeBeerMinistry for a proper smoke rating. And while … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, ale, altbier, Braustelle, Freigeist, Germany, Goller, not a smokebeer
Leave a comment
Braustelle – Freigeist Ehrenfelder – 4 out of 7 (not a smokebeer)
Here’s the first installment of a 5 part series where Freigeist beers are reviewed. And this beer, Ehrenfeider, an unfiltered altbier, is oddly enough tagged in the not a smokebeer category. Why review it? Well, the description on the label states … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, altbier, Braustelle, drunk, Freigeist, Germany, Goller, not a smokebeer
Leave a comment
Stillwater Artisanal – Fear of Ghosts – 5 smokestacks (out of 7)
Stillwater Artisanal’s Fear of Ghosts beer is a smoked sour farmhouse wheat ale, and that description written on the bottle is half of my review right there. Sour notes found their way to my olfactory glands seconds after popping the … Continue reading
New Glarus – Smoke on the Porter – 6.7 smokestacks out of 7
People of Wisconsin speak highly with conviction of the great accolades of New Glarus Brewing. One thing that New Glarus does better than anyone is please the masses alongside the beer snobs (level 5 beer snobs). Spotted Cow, now available … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 6 - 7, cherry wood, New Glarus, porter, Wisconsin
Leave a comment
De Dochter van de Korenaar – Charbon smoked vanilla stout – 3 out of 7 smokestacks
Charbon smells and pours fine, meaning nothing stood out as notable at the start. This beer tastes belgian, like a smoked belgian, with a funny vanilla in it, and do I detect juniper? And now that I have reviewed the … Continue reading
Rogue – Fresh Roast – 4 out of 7 smokestacks
Let’s start off with roasted DOES NOT EQUAL smoked, but, the image of flames and malts on the bottle incited too much curiosity to resist. Plus, for $5 or $6 it didn’t seem like too big of a risk. Therefore, … Continue reading
Benford Brewing – Smoked O’Hickory – 3 out of 7 smokestacks
Only the 5th smokebeer I’ve ever seen in a can (and 2nd this week). That’s unusual. It’s also unusual to see silt pour out of a can, but with beer companies throwing everything and the kitchen sink into the market, … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 3 - 4, Benford Brewing, brown ale, can, Hickory, Pecan, South Carolina
Leave a comment
Wild Heaven – Funkenrauch – 5.85 out of 7
Funkenrauch is a smoked wild ale aged in bordeaux barrels which smells great with moderate notes of campfire wafting around; smells better than it tastes, not to take anything away from the taste (5.85 overall is a solid score, and … Continue reading
Burn’Em Brewing – Smoke That Shizz – 2.5 out of 7
False advertisement I tell you. If you bought a BMW and brought it home to discover that you’d been given a Mercedes, you’d be a little bitter (like the beer). Both great cars, but not delivered as advertised. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 2 - 3, Belgian, blonde, Burn'em Brewing, Four Fathers, imperial, Indiana
Leave a comment
HammerHeart Brewing Co. – Von Winterherz Verhasst (Oak Smoked Wheat Hefeweizen) – 4.5 out of 7 smokestacks
SmokeBeerMinistry will visit HammerHeart soon… soon after winter. SBM stumbled across Von Winterherz Verhasst at HopCat in Lexington, KY and the real takeaway is HammerHeart has their eye on the prize. Seemingly half of everything HammerHeart makes is smoked, if … Continue reading
Terrapin Beer Co. – Smoke on the Porter – Overall score 2.5 smokestacks out of 7
Thank you very much Terrapin for giving smoked beers a chance in your line up, now please get serious about making a good product. I don’t understand how any brewery can put out 60 plus beers (and 25 retired beers) and … Continue reading
Jester King – Gotlandsdricka smoked farmhouse ale – 5.5 out of 7
Gotlandstricka “Drink of the Land of Goths” or “Drink of the Good Lands” presents a beer inspired by the beer that the Vikings may have had. This beer is different, and good. Smoke smell wafts out upon opening the bottle … Continue reading
Aecht Schlenkerla – Eiche 2010 – 6.5 out of 7
Here’s a big deal in our world. The Schlenkerla team has stepped up and delivered a beer pre-aged. The Oak Smoked Eiche beer was bottled and stored in the rock cellars of Schlenkerla for 5 years before releasing this to … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 6 - 7, Aecht Schlenkerla, aged, dopplebock, Germany, oak
Leave a comment
Jester King – Simple Means farmhouse altbier w/ smoked malt – 2.5 out of 7
Dry, bitter, tart, with silt. Faint musty smoke smell way down in there. I wondered, “Is there any alcohol in here?” Apparently 5.6%. I like Jester King, they make a great product most of the time, but they didn’t get … Continue reading
Evil Twin & BFB – From Tennessee With Smoke – 5.6 out of 7
From Tennessee With Smoke is a collaboration beer courtesy of Blackberry Farm Brewery and Evil Twin Brewing. Labeled as a Smoked Farmhouse Ale this beer emits great campfire smell right off the bat. It pours like a thin, bright, blond … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 5 - 6, Blackberry Farm, collaboration, Evil Twin, farmhouse, Hickory, Tennessee
Leave a comment
Pretty Things Beer -FUMAPAPA Smoked Imperial Russian Stout – 5.5 out of 7
You can’t get this one anymore, these guys went under. This is the second time that SmokeBeerMinistry has reviewed a beer after the brewery has closed down which is both an indication of our backlog of beers to review, which … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 5 - 6, boozy, imperial, Massachusetts, Pretty Things, Russian, Stout
Leave a comment
Green Jack Brew – Red Herring Smoked Ale (draft) – 4 out of 7
Red Herring beer by Green Jack Brew has been revived to little acclaim. Found at Sergio’s of Louisville, KY USA, this beer came off as a mildly smoky mildly sour beer. It was good smoke though. Nice campfire notes with solid … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, ale, beechwood, draft, Green Jack, oak, United Kingdom
Leave a comment
Brouwerij De Molen – Ball & Chain – 5.5 out of 7
This De Molen beer was found at Sergio’s World Beers in Louisville, KY. The big surprise was Sergio’s where there was one of the most impressive selections of beer I’ve ever seen under one roof, and also the beer was … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 5 - 6, bock, collaboration, De Molen, double, Sound Brewery, The Netherlands, Washington
Leave a comment
Moody Tongue – Applewood Gold (draft) – 2.5 smokestacks out of 7
Not much to say about Moody Tongue’s Applewood Gold smoked beer. It scored ones and twos across the board. It was really set up for a win having just stumbled across it at a cool BBQ joint in Louisville, KY. … Continue reading
Yazoo Brewing – SUE – 6 out of 7 smokestacks
Here’s an interesting review. Four ministers of the ministry were on hand for this tasting. Phrases overheard in the style of Gregorian chant were as follows: “Smooth. Great label. Roasted. Soot. Mellow. The closest thing to the beer I had … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 6 - 7, boozy, cherry wood, Tennessee, Yazoo Brewing
Leave a comment
Pipeworks – The Roister – 2 out of 7 (not a smokebeer)
For starters, roasted does not = smoked. But plenty of good smokebeers come with full-on roasted tastes, plus I stumbled across the word smoke in reviews and descriptions of this beer, and even on The Roisters own label, so I … Continue reading
Marz Brewing – Smoak Simcoe IPA- 3 out of 7
Smoak Simcoe by Marz Brewing of Chicago is a slightly floral, slightly short on smoke smelling, mostly skunky, less than mediocre IPA beer. A nice frothy head arose which fizzled down to what you see here, which held on for the … Continue reading
Pipeworks – Kwingston’s Kitty Cat INA – 2 out of 7 smokestacks
“Kwingston’s Kitty Cat-INA A meow-Gartita inspired pale ale brewed with agave nectar, smoked wheat, lime, orange zest, and salt” is just about the dumbest thing I’ve seen printed on a bottle since someone put an image of a guy shitting himself on … Continue reading
Evil Twin Brewing – The Cowboy smoked pilsner- 4.3 out of 7
Floral hoppy notes on top of a nice frothy head. I smell an outdoor celebration beer. The taste jumps in with a bit too much bitterness that I was concerned about given the hops. There is smoke in there, deep, … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 4 - 5, Connecticut, Evil Twin, gypsy, pilsner, Two Roads Brewing
Leave a comment
YO-HO Brewing – Tokyo Black – 4 out of 7 smokestacks
Dark beer. The head fizzled quickly for me. Smoked malts smells rise up right away. Ashy notes. Hops are done just right, with limited range. This beer is malty, watery (which is fine, especially when you’re thirsty), carbonated. Charcoal flavors. … Continue reading
Founders – Dirty Bastard – 5 out of 7 (non smokebeer smokestacks)
Revisiting the first ever smokebeer tasting (as seen in “Madison photo and spreadsheet”) you’ll notice Dirty Bastard in the lineup. Reason being, the brewers description includes the phrase “hints of smoke and peat” which is often all it takes to … Continue reading
X Beeriment – Black Force One Smoked Imperial Stout – 4.8 out of 7
I found a similar beer called #44 barrel edition from XBeeriment a while back, but wasn’t able to get the regular #44 to compare the two, which I even mentioned in the review. Well, persistence paid off because just 2 years … Continue reading
Tyranena – Benji’s Smoked Imperial Porter brewed with chipotle pepper – 4.9 out of 7
I like this beer. I don’t like the word ballsy on the label, which is their way of describing the entire Brewer’s Gone Wild series of beers. Beer culture does have an irreverent angle to it, but I’d like that … Continue reading
Mikkeller – Chipotle Porter – 3 out of 7
Below are my thoughts that were jotted down while drinking this beer: Thick beer. Dark thick head. The head is so thick I can’t see my light for the opacity rating. Musty. Hot. Thick. Has Mikkeller ever made the same … Continue reading
5 Rabbit Brewery – 5 Vulture – 2* out of 7 (not a smokebeer)
So, to start this one off, please note this beer is NOT A SMOKEBEER, and therefore should not be judged against other smokebeers. Therefore this review uses the same metrics, but gives the overall score as if it were a … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Educate, Enlighten, rauchbier, Smokebeer
Tagged 2 - 3, Illinois, not a smokebeer, pepper, rabbit 5 Rabbit
Leave a comment
The Bling Pig Brewery – Rauchweizen – 5 out of 7
Gotta keep this one brief… Tastes like a wheat beer with smoke down in there somewhere. You will not miss the wheat, it’s a big wheaty beer, which is just fine, pretty sweet. Rauchweizen really reminds me of Crop Circle … Continue reading
Marz Brewing – Smoke Wheat Everyday – 5.7 out of 7 smokestacks of happiness
If you know Grodziskies (Gratzers), then you’re prepared for this beer. The wheat composition and light power of alcohol compels you to rock back, slouch, and soak in the setting sun. After working all day in my yard, it’s easy … Continue reading
SmokeBeerMinistry 