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Smoked Beer - Specialty Smoked Beer


A smoke-enhanced beer showing good balance between the smoke, the beer character, and the added ingredients, while remaining pleasant to drink. Balance in the use of smoke, hops and malt character is exhibited by the better examples.

Flavor Profile: As with aroma, there should be a balance between smokiness, the expected flavor characteristics of the base beer style, and the additional ingredients. Smokiness may vary from low to assertive. Smoky flavors may range from woody to somewhat bacon-like dep

Ingredients: Different materials used to smoke malt result in unique flavor and aroma characteristics. Beechwood, or other hardwood (oak, maple, mesquite, alder, pecan, apple, cherry, other fruitwoods) smoked malts may be used. The various woods may remind one of cert

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Top 10 Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
Scotch Whisky mash (58 L)
58 L 9.03% 0 1.088 1.019
All Grain 6760
Smoked Pale ale
11 L 5.69% 25.66 1.058 1.014
All Grain 5673
Grodziskie
6 gal 4.84% 22.98 1.052 1.015
BIAB 3498
Smoked Rye PA
19 L 5.95% 65.19 1.057 1.011
All Grain 3462
14 Peat Smoked Lager - partial mashing
23 L 6.33% 44.45 1.058 1.010
Partial Mash 3438
Smoked pepper IPA
5.5 gal 5.23% 73.51 1.052 1.012
All Grain 3158
Los Bee Ahumados
24 L 5.99% 29.37 1.055 1.010
All Grain 2599
Lightly Smoked Dunkelweizen V1.2
5 gal 6.94% 20.18 1.069 1.016
Partial Mash 2486
Kjeller 5 Rykende Blondine 25l
25 L 5.77% 24.47 1.053 1.009
BIAB 2467
Gotlandsdricka (Jester King Clone)
5 gal 4.6% 28.85 1.044 1.009
All Grain 2356

Newest Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes

Title Size ABV IBU OG FG Color Method Views
Somebody’s SSSMOKIN
5.5 gal 6.02% 38.51 1.055 1.009
BIAB 27
christmas in a NY hotel
5 gal 9.01% 76.66 1.097 1.028
All Grain 147
Cherrywood Smoked Porter
45 L 7.23% 13.15 1.073 1.017
All Grain 53
Tip Up Clone
5 gal 5.61% 36.64 1.057 1.014
All Grain 77
Vienna Rauc
11.5 gal 5.68% 43.33 1.053 1.010
BIAB 76
Raunchy Rauch
230 L 5.54% 18.24 1.056 1.014
All Grain 67
Storliølet - gårdsøl
60 L 6.46% 18.98 1.058 1.009
All Grain 78
Smokey Berlin
12 L 3.28% 7.22 1.033 1.008
BIAB 117
Smoke Hole
4.8 gal 4.91% 25.8 1.046 1.008
BIAB 40
Fire-peat Kolsch
5.5 gal 4.75% 17.84 1.047 1.011
All Grain 123

Fermentables Used In Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
Smoked Malt 67 Grain smoked malt 3°L
37 33% 1% - 100%
Smoked Malt 48 Grain smoked malt 5°L
37 28% 0% - 100%
US - Pale 2-Row 42 US Grain base malt 1.8°L
37 51% 1% - 90%
Briess - Cherry Wood Smoked Malt 27 US Grain smoked malt 5°L
37 21% 0% - 96%
Munich - Light 10L 26 Grain specialty malt 10°L
33 25% 1% - 96%
Flaked Oats 25 Adjunct raw 2.2°L
33 9% 3% - 24%
Caramel / Crystal 60L 25 Grain crystal malt 60°L
34 8% 2% - 56%
American - Chocolate 25 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 5% 2% - 9%
United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 23 United Kingdom Grain base malt 3.75°L
38 53% 3% - 100%
Weyermann - Beech Smoked Barley 23 DE Grain smoked malt 2.7°L
35 25% 5% - 53%

Hops Used In Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Average AA Avg. Usage Usage Range
Magnum 27 15 39% 14% - 100%
Willamette 20 4.5 34% 13% - 100%
Fuggles 19 4.5 40% 14% - 100%
East Kent Goldings 19 5 38% 6% - 100%
Northern Brewer 18 7.8 44% 6% - 100%
Chinook 16 13 37% 3% - 83%
Centennial 15 10 36% 7% - 100%
Hallertau Mittelfruh 15 3.75 49% 13% - 100%
Cascade 14 7 34% 6% - 100%
Tettnanger 14 4.5 40% 6% - 100%

Steeping Grains Used In Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Country Category Type Color PPG Avg. Usage Usage Range
Smoked Malt 6 Grain smoked malt 5°L
37 48% 24% - 67%
Smoked Malt 4 Grain smoked malt 3°L
37 57% 40% - 100%
American - Chocolate 3 American Grain roasted malt 350°L
29 31% 13% - 60%
Flaked Rye 2 Adjunct raw 2.8°L
36 15% 13% - 18%
Caramel / Crystal 60L 2 Grain crystal malt 60°L
34 46% 25% - 67%

Yeasts Used In Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Laboratory Type Alcohol Tolerance Flocculation Attenuation Min. Temp Max. Temp
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05 47 Fermentis / Safale Ales Low Medium 81% 54°F 77°F
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04 16 Fermentis / Safale Ale .0975 High 75% 54°F 77°F
Fermentis - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70 13 Fermentis / Safale Lagers .105 High 83% 48°F 72°F
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001 10 White Labs Ale High Medium 76.5% 68°F 73°F
Wyeast - American Ale 1056 10 Wyeast Ale 0.1 Med-Low 75% 60°F 72°F
Wyeast - German Ale 1007 7 Wyeast Ale 0.11 Low 75% 55°F 68°F
Fermentis - Safale - German Ale Yeast K-97 5 Fermentis / Safale Ale .104 High 81% 54°F 77°F
Wyeast - Scottish Ale 1728 5 Wyeast Ale 0.12 High 71% 55°F 75°F
Lallemand - LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST 4 Lallemand Ales High High 80% 77°F 104°F
Mangrove Jack - Californian Lager M54 4 Mangrove Jack Lagers n/a Med-High 79.5% 64°F 68°F

Other Ingredients Used In Specialty Smoked Beer Recipes (View More)

Name Recipes Type Use Avg. Usage Usage Range
Gypsum 35 Water Agt Mash 17% 0% - 100%
Whirlfloc 23 Water Agt Mash 54% 0% - 100%
Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) 18 Water Agt Mash 11% 0% - 63%
Irish Moss 15 Fining Mash 80% 33% - 100%
Lactic acid 14 Water Agt Mash 58% 1% - 100%
Phosphoric acid 7 Water Agt Mash 97% 78% - 100%
Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) 6 Water Agt Mash 0% 0% - 2%
Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) 6 Water Agt Mash 6% 0% - 33%
Wyeast - Beer Nutrient 5 Other Boil 36% 1% - 100%
Epsom Salt 5 Water Agt Mash 2% 0% - 13%

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