Unplugged Smoked Rye Bock
An amazing smoked beer. Well worth the wait to get my hands on it. After 18 months, I was lucky enough to secure a bottle. Pours out to a medium cloudy golden bronze color with a medium head of big white bubbly foam. No lace, medium low carbonation. Aromas of smoked bacon, yeast, malt and sweet cooked molasses fills the nose. Hints of autumn wood and earth. Nice. Taste is medium bodied and has good complexity; sweet grain quickly turns to malt and woody smoke, with a husk and rye character in the wings that finds fruition toward the finish. Mouthfeel was suprisingly more on the full side that I expected; very solid and slightly chewy. Drinkability? for 12% ABV, this beer is dangerously drinkable. Proof that the Smoked beer isn't the same as a Rauchbier, but great in a way of it's own. Highly Recommended.