Beer-a-Day #111
The sixth and last (*sigh*) beer from Smoky Mountain Brewery brought to me by my good friend Ellen.
Very dark brown and nearly opaque in the glass. Not much head, which is a creamy brown color. Roastiness and a lot of chocolate in the aroma. The flavor reverses it, with a bit of chocolate and a lot of roastiness. I like it.
Thanks Ellen!
Beer-a-Day #110
The fifth beer from Smoky Mountain Brewery given by my good friend Ellen. The label proclaims it be an American Brown Ale.
The color of iced tea, with an off-white head. Big malty aroma with a bit of roastiness. Medium body with significant malty profile with some roastiness in the finish. Browns aren’t generally my favorite but I like this one.
Beer-a-Day #109
This is the fourth Smoky Mountain Brewery beer brought to me by my good friend Ellen. The label proclaims it a “Premium American Lager” and 110 calories.
It is extraordinarily clear and pale. My six-year-old says it looks like apple juice. My nine-year-old says it looks like yellow water. (They are wise beyond their years.) Very little aroma, if any. It’s light and…wet. (Maybe my palate is too used to big high-gravity beers.)
Beer-a-Day #108
This is the third Smoky Mountain Brewery beer brought to me by my good friend Ellen. The label proclaims it a “Classic Bohemian Pilsner”.
Straw-colored; a finger’s worth of white head. A little sulfur in the aroma, but malty. A bit of bite in the taste, but refreshing.
Beer-a-Day #107
This is the second Smoky Mountain Brewery beer brought to me by my good friend Ellen.
Clear amber with two-fingers’ worth of ivory head. Grapefruity aroma from the hops. Malty flavor with a bit of nuttiness.
Beer-a-Day #106
My good friend Ellen recently travelled down to Alabama to visit her family. Along the way, she made a stop in Tennessee at one of the location for Smoky Mountain Brewery. Even though they’re a brewpub (three actually), they do bottle some of their beers, but they’re not widely distributed.
See, that’s why Ellen’s my good friend. She brought me some.
First up is Velas Helles, which the label proclaims as a “light German style lager”.
Pretty, clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is surprisingly fruity. Raspberries? Light on the tongue; clean finish. That’s rather good. I almost wish it was ninety degrees outside.
