Capacious smoked oak chip frontage settles to chocolate-cocoa nicety, safeguarding sweet beechwood-aided butterscotch warmth. Seared wood proclivity tones down roasted barleymalt restraint without sacrificing mocha-vanilla subtlety.

Lusciously syrupy Bavarian dark beer matches aromatic Scotch sweetness to burnt wood chip essence and smoked barley-oat spine. Frisky spiced hops enhance ashy mouthfeel while persistent caramel-maple malts sweeten well-rounded composition for lean full-bodied heavyweight.

Peculiar maple-cured bacon, barbecued beef jerky, and singed hickory fumes inundate superfine porter that compares favorably to Germany’s Aecht rauchbiers. Upon pouring, chunky spume forms lusciously cascading tan head atop velvety brown-bodied bottom. Efficient cedar-smoked black chocolate prelude receives dry char-hopped tar-like coffee midriff, ancillary tobacco-molasses-walnut respite, and nimble black cherry trifle.

Intriguing mocha-scented dry-roasted smoked beer with wood-burnt beechwood spicing, toasted barley-oats sashay, and ashy tobacco undercurrent. Scotch malt sweetness lingers through sour yeast splurge and smoky cocoa malting above polite soft water base. Lacks strength, depth, and sufficient finish of better rauchbiers. Brewery defunct: 2009.

Lacking the breadth of Rogue’s Smoke A Rauch and less audacious than Rogue’s XL, this sweet beechwood aged ale boasts smoked chipotle-hickory torrent strengthened by earthen hops and white pepper tinge. Herbal residue daubs cured meat illusion at backend.

Wonderful charcoal-charred tawny amber ale (updated as less audacious Rogue Smoke Ale) with thick grain post, smoked salami insurgence, seared beech wood char, and mild creaminess perfect for seafood complement and boat cruises. Though carbonation fades and burnt hop bitterness dissipates, remains absolutely delicious!

Burnt wood chips, resinous hops, and mineral-grained sediment coalesce with silken barley sweetness above charcoal bittering. Beechwood malts punctuate smoky finish. For acquired tastes, since it packs a helluva punch. Great with fish or barbecue dinners.

Dreary ‘one-time ’08 release’ too light up-front to maintain effective rauchbier oeuvre. Singed rye malts bring wood-smoked maple-glazed bacon and beef jerky illusions to dark spicing in need of pricklier hop jab. Lacking prolonged smoked malt intensity of better German rauchbiers, this soapy Side Project’s indistinct.

Pour slowly classy limited edition brown-bodied 9.2% alcohol-smitten smoked beer (to avoid over-carbonation). Whiskey malt sweetness, orange peel bittering, and subtle hop restraint develop better flavor profile if allowed to breathe in the glass. Pleasant barley strand emerges alongside medicinal backdrop where citrus-aided prune juice motif enjoins busy mix. Despite limited appeal for mainstream crowd, experienced pros will enjoy fascinatingly unpredictable splendor.

Dark amber-styled ‘rauch’ beer stays creamier than drier Aecht smoked beers. Beechwood-smoked peat malts gain hard salami slab absorbed by maple honey nut easement conveying heady sweetness. Sappy pine-combed hop toastiness bastes omnipresent wafting cedar-redwood sear. Strangley, at busy cured meat finish, hints of cherry rhubarb pie or tangelo detected.

White foamy-headed yeast-encrusted pale amber given full-bodied froth by peat-smoked whiskey malts, spicy sour mash, and quaint quince-orange quip. Weighty wheat insistence puts this closer to German Weiss than typical water-based Canadian beer.

Fantastical burnt wood tones and smoked chocolate malts soften brisk-watered black coffee dryness. Syrupy yeast sweetness strengthens brown sugar resolve and black chocolate splurge boosting efficient meat-cured hickory char at dry cocoa bean finish.