I greatly enjoyed this beer. We received a 31 for bjcp category "other smoked beer" with suggestion to have entered in a slightly different category. I can post a PDF of the judges synopsis when I get home. I highly recommend this brew.
Oh my goodness, oh my damn.
At bottling we sampled. It's a beautiful, deep amber color, balanced spicy rye aroma. Juniper adds so much more than I expected. Full synopsis and pictures in a few weeks once it's fully carbed. Sneak peek leads me to believe it will be one of our best brews yet.
We are brewing a very similar recipe tonight. Our first try at Brew-in-a-bag.
Grains:
8 lbs Smoked Malt
3 lbs Rye Malt
1 lb Honey Malt
1 lb Brown Malt
1 lb Flaked Barley
4 oz Black Patent Malt
We live in Southeastern Michigan, our water is really excellent so we saw no reason to...