Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

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AlexD in reply to @Gewürzt

I’ve only tried proper smoked beer once - it was definitely one of those your glad you’ve tried but aren’t necessarily in a hurry to try again. Am I right in thinking that’s more or less how beer would have tasted hundreds of years ago when smoking was the only way to dry stuff out in wet climates?

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Thrustvector in reply to @AlexD

To a degree - I've had beers made with wood-fired malts before (e.g. Goose Island's Obidiah Poundage), and the woodsmoke is pretty subtle; I think smoked malts might be partially cold-smoked.

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AlexD in reply to @Thrustvector

I wish I could remember the name of the one I had. It was in the craft ale bar/shop in Lyme Regis some years ago. It was very smoked! Was pretty hard going in fact as it was such a pungent flavour.

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