Dark Horse Brewing Company Fore Smoked Stout (365 Day 302)

By scot in 365 Days of American Craft Beer, Beer on Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout

I originally reviewed Fore Smoked Stout by Dark Horse Brewing Company before I switched the grading system from the single 10 point system to the four category system that is currently in place. The four category system allows more flexibility in grading.

No matter what I do or how I change the grading system on the site, I don’t like smokey beers. Peat, ash, generic smoke, etc isn’t what I like to taste in my beer. In spite of Fore being in the cellar for a good year, there was still some smokey qualities, not as much as there is fresh, but enough to know. Knowing there is less smoke in the taste made me enjoy this beer more than I did close to two years ago. Solid but that is going out on a limb for my taste buds.

I do have a few more smokey American craft beers in the cellar that will be shared with friends because I don’t want to hog for myself. Enjoy!

Aroma: 7 (25%), Taste: 7 (25%), Look: 7 (15%), Drinkability: 7 (35%), Overall: 7.0

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