Notes
Opened: 1758
U.S. Importer: Merchant du Vin
Contributor: Mario Kornmesser
Why do people rave about these beers? At least the recent samples have been better than the earlier ones.
Updated: January 8, 2023
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Beer List
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7.00% abv.
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Date: January 5, 2008 (#6794)Package: bottledPlace: Beertopia, Omaha NEScore: 16 pointsAppearance (3)
Jet black. Moderate dense head.Aroma (3)
Burnt. Sweet roasted-scorched malt. Chocolate. Some solvent.Mouthfeel (8)
Big body, smooth. Huge chocolatey maltiness. Fairly bitter and intensely roasty. Some solvent. Huge grassy hop flavor gets even huger at the end.Overall Impression (2) -
Date: March 20, 2001 (#3848)Package: bottledPlace: BJCP Training Course, De Pere WIScore: 12 pointsOverall Impression (2½)
Black, moderate head. Licorice aroma, ethyl acetate odor. Medium-big body, bitter and black, lots of acetate (nail-polish). Very warming - fusels? Oxidized - cardboard.
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5.00% abv.
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Date: May 10, 2008 (#7003)Package: bottledPlace: Beertopia, Omaha NEScore: 15½ pointsAppearance (3)
Bright copper color. Thick head.Aroma (2½)
Grassy hops, and...cookie dough?Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Lots of sweet caramel malt and lots of grassy, resiny hop flavor. Moderate bitterness fades in the finish.Overall Impression (2) -
Date: February 13, 1998 (#2394)Package: bottledPlace: Shipley's Alehouse, Manoa HIScore: 12½ pointsOverall Impression (2½)
Golden, low carbonation, thick white head. Sweet aroma, maybe herbal if you try really hard. (Although my first impression was "ketchup".) Good body. Very one-dimensional oily bitterness. Not as bad as some of the other Smith's beers, but only barely drinkable.

5.00% abv.
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Date: January 11, 2008 (#6810)Package: bottledPlace: Beertopia, Omaha NEScore: 15 pointsAppearance (3)
Bright red-brown. Huge creamy head.Aroma (2½)
Enormous distinctive grassy English hops.Mouthfeel (8)
Medium creamy body. Intense grassy hop flavor up front. Biscuity sweet malt, toasty. Fairly bitter — finishes grassy and resiny and just a bit warming.Overall Impression (1½) -
Date: February 27, 2001 (#3777)Package: bottledPlace: BJCP Training Course, De Pere WIScore: 12½ pointsOverall Impression (2½)
Red-brown, good head. Fairly smoky aroma. Medium-light body, big skunkiness, mildly roasty. -
Date: March 18, 1996 (#1334)Package: bottledPlace: Moloka`i Wines and Spirits Unlimited, Kaunakakai HIScore: 9 pointsOverall Impression (2)
Dark copper opaque, good head. Very sharp odor, much worse than Pale Ale (17-1333). Smells like grass clippings fermenting in the sun. OK brown flavors, reasonably nasty hops. Sticky.