After a really strong start to my experience with Great Divide over many years, inmore recent times there have been some very mixed results. Unfortunately, this is another relative disappointment which doesn’ make the mark for me.
Pour is pretty much as expected with a low carbonated, jet black body that doesn’t produce much head or lace after the initial, aggressive pour.
Requisite light, charred malts but the smoke is disappointingly restrained. I don’t necessarily want a massive Rauch assault, but I DO want to get a decent amount of smoke to define the beer – frankly, it never arrives. The beer is quite sweet (which I like), but it never comes together to give a very satisfying experience for me.
This style (the smoked versions) is/are some of my favorite beers, but this one lacks the presence of say, a Left Hand Smoke Jumper (and YES I DO know there is a difference in terms of ABV for those beers).