8 Wired The Big Smoke
8 Wired The Big Smoke
Rated 3.429 by BeerPals
Brewed by 8 Wired Brewing Limited
Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand
Style: Smoked Ale
6.2% Alcohol by Volume
45 International Bittering Units
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Now what is this? A smoked beer?? It really isn’t as crazy as it sounds. 250 years ago virtually all beers were smoked (it’s true, Google it!), but with the dawning of the industrial revolution most of the smoke lifted. However, in the German town of Bamberg the flame has quite literally been kept alive and to this day the town’s brewers produce world renowned beers brewed with their own special rauchmalz (beechwood smoked malt). We’ve taken our best porter recipe and added a good measure of that same Bamberg Rauchmalz. The smoke mingles beautifully with the rich, dark roasted chocolate flavours of the porter without being overpowering. Although it pairs extremely well with smoked seafood, barbeques, strong cheeses and hearty stews, its food friendliness isn’t limited to savouries; chocolate and caramel based deserts are great companions too! Trust us; it really isn’t as crazy as it sounds.
ID: 45647 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 13 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 4714 |
| Overall Percentile | 91.5 |
| Style Rank | 45 of 273 |
| Style Percentile | 83.5 |
| Lowest Score | 2.8 |
| Highest Score | 4.2 |
| Average Score | 3.750 |
| Weighted Score | 3.429 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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4 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Shared 500 ml gusher bottle at local tasting. Nearly black colour, large off-white head. Dryish and "thin" smokey aroma, notes of smoked meat, woody hints too. Too much carbonation. Smokey and dry flavour too, mild roasty notes in the background.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
Nice treat from a real nice brewery. Pours stout like, black with ginormous khaki head. A little overcarbonated, but leaves a nice film after on the palate, and nothin some swirlin wont take care of. Sweet wood, smoke, licorice, roasted malts. Really beautifully done aroma and flavor. Light impression of smoked meat...like Alaskan but beef instead of fish. Will get again. 4.25.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Pours a deep, opaque dark-chocolate brown with a thick, though not persistent, dark tan head. It fizzes a lot, but more like cola than beer. Aroma has roast coffee and semi-sweet chocolate notes, plus hints of molasses and caramel. Smoky flavor has malty, woody and coffee notes with a hint of caramel. Texture has plenty of lively, soda-like fizz but not much body. OK as far as porters go - not the best, but worth at least a try.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
Bought @ Steins in New Orleans .. . very happy to see this and excited to have this in front of me .. . light roast, smokey roast, tar, and sweet charcoal .. . nice mouth, good level of roast and good touches of smoke .. . coming from New Zealand, i was impressed and happy to see that the All Blacks can brew some awesome brew .. . Eric! Are you training that pony to please you?!
