Yukon smoked brown ale

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Thursday May 11, 2006 11:10 pm

I brewed this up the other week and it smelt very smokey out of the tin. I bottled it the other day and was surprised at how smokey it still smelt. I'm wondering if I made a mistake investing in this beer. Any comments?

Auscol · Post by **Auscol** » Friday May 12, 2006 11:30 am

Dont even think about opening 1 for about 6 weeks, the smokey flavor will be a bit more subtle.

The Carbonator · Post by **The Carbonator** » Friday May 12, 2006 12:51 pm

i reckon its nice.
i would make it a bit smokier if I could....

The bloke at the HBS puts 2 cans in - imagine that!

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Friday May 12, 2006 4:48 pm

Remember that wis old saying...."Ain't no uch thing as bad beer....just somes better'n others".

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Friday May 12, 2006 10:14 pm

I have made this kit once my comments are here

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... ight=yukon

and here

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... sc&start=0

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday May 12, 2006 10:40 pm

Post by **Oliver** » Monday May 22, 2006 10:32 pm

They don't call it Yukon Smoked Brown Ale for nuthin'!

My dear wife calls this Bacon Beer.

Oliver

The Carbonator · Post by **The Carbonator** » Tuesday May 23, 2006 1:02 pm

IMHO, the esb smoky belgian ( 3kg tin ) is better than the Yukon.

http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... =esb+smoky

In that thread, I was a bit shocked by the flavour, but I have now come to love it. I reckon it has a more intense flavour than the Yukon.
I found the Yukon to taste more like charcoal, and the ESB to taste more like food - bacon and eggs.

Its all very interesting

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday May 25, 2006 11:28 am

Smoked beer, is just beer that's been burnt to the bottom of your kettle.

The Carbonator · Thursday May 25, 2006 12:43 pm

I dont think You can make egg and bacon smoke flavour by just burning malt........

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thursday May 25, 2006 3:19 pm

maybe if you cooked bacon & eggs in the bottom of your brew pot first!

The Carbonator · Post by **The Carbonator** » Thursday May 25, 2006 7:56 pm

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Thursday Jun 08, 2006 8:08 pm

Well I gave this beer the taste test. It's ok. I wouldn't mind trying a big thick stout with a bit of this smokey flavour.

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Thursday Jun 08, 2006 8:20 pm

Hmm, might do this as a 2 can brew with a coopers stout

Post by **Oliver** » Saturday Jun 17, 2006 6:16 pm

Tipsy wrote:Well I gave this beer the taste test. It's ok. I wouldn't mind trying a big thick stout with a bit of this smokey flavour.

Tipsy,

Check out my No.26 Dockside Smoked Stout. The way I made it (can of Yukon and can of stout) was a really big beer that wasn't exactly easy drinking. It was VERY heavy.

If you want a stouty smoked beer, I would be inclined to make the Yukon Brown Smoked Ale with half a kilo of dark malt and perhaps 250g light malt and 500g dextrose. Some extra hops might help things along. Perhaps 15g of Fuggles, boiled for 10 mins?

Let us know how you go.

Cheers,

Oliver

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Sunday Jun 18, 2006 5:41 pm

Thanks Oliver, I will definitely give that a go, I just have to do a few lagers first to take advantage of the weather. So many brews so little time.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Wednesday Sep 13, 2006 5:48 pm

Just put a yukon in with 400gms malt ( end of a pack) and 600gms dex, ive heard mixed reports on here and i just had to try one for myself, Apparently it smells like BBQ bacon but when i whacked it on to boil i reckon it smelt like soya sauce

Hope it doesnt taste like that, if it tastes like bacon and eggs then i might make it my breakfast brew

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday Sep 15, 2006 11:05 pm

I've got to say Lethal, that I've got a lot of these still to drink and I always seem to push the bottles aside for something better.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Friday Sep 15, 2006 11:10 pm

Tipsy wrote:I've got to say Lethal, that I've got a lot of these still to drink and I always seem to push the bottles aside for something better.

not much to look forward to then hey

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday Sep 15, 2006 11:22 pm

They could get better.........