Smoke in a Bottle

That’s right, a plan is in the works from our boys at Surly to begin bottling Smoke, [edit: with more than 4000 bottles] ending up on liquor store shelves. I guess that new bottler is getting quite a work out!

Nic Skrade at Uptown Tattoo did the art work, Al McCarty of Blue Nile fame wrote the text, but final label approval is pending from the, er, good folks at the TTB. So….release date TBA.

More details as they roll in…but really, what else do you need to know?!

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Category December 11, 2009, 12:59pm :: Posted by Eric in general beer

27 Responses to “Smoke in a Bottle”

Trav wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 1:05 pm:

Cool. I love rauch/smoke beers. This could be an actual rauchbier, as its a lager. The smoke aspect seems to vary a good bit from the times I have had it. Sometimes I think its way smokey, while other times I could barely detect any hint of smoke.

beerfan wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm:

Would any of you think it was ironic if I were to say: Woot!

What’s the bottle run on this? Will it be hard to get?

Eric wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm:

More than 4000, just updated the post

beerfan wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 1:48 pm:

So it shouldn’t be extremely hard to get?

Trav wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:02 pm:

Easier then Darkness anyway, only 2500 of those went out.

beerfan wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm:

Yeah, but didn’t most of those go to one store in Brooklyn Park?

Chris wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:15 pm:

The Haskell’s in White Bear had two cases, if that’s any help at all.

Trav wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:19 pm:

Im not sure exactly how many went to BC liquors. No matter the case, this should be easier to get.

Nick wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:27 pm:

How about that, I was just searching the Surly website today, to see if they are releasing bottles of Smoke, and was disappointed to see that is kegs only.

Speakling of Smoke, how about a “where’s Smoke” post so people can find it @ bars? I’ll start:

Cafe 28
Common Roots
Brasa St. Paul (not sure if still there)

Matt wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 2:42 pm:

Damn good beer, and it’ll be nice to have a couple of bottles around.

Ben wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 4:14 pm:

Just had 2 glasses of Smoke with Fischer’s Farm Pork in Adobo at Cafe Twenty-Eight. Awesome pairing. I highly recommend it.

al wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 6:13 pm:

Add Blue Nile to the list (where I thought it’d be cool to cut’n'paste my label copy onto the tap menu, until I read it and the irony revealed itself).

Surly Smoke and Surly Four bottles coming in early 2010 | Beernews.org wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pm:

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coozies wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 7:29 pm:

I am really impressive with your post.
It is so special.
It is the most interesting post I have read !

Jono wrote on December 11th, 2009 at 7:40 pm:

For anyone else looking to find Smoke on tap: Grumpy’s on Washington has it as well, just had some yesterday.

Chip W. wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 1:52 am:

As the risk of being called out for loving Surly – I can’t wait.

Doug Hardy wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 9:15 am:

How do we get this in San Francisco? I miss Surly since I moved here.

digit3 wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 9:22 am:

I had it on Saturday (late morning) at Acadia Cafe on the west bank. I thought that it was decent if not subdued for the usually over-the-top Surly offerings. I recently had a Schlenkerla Weizen (bottled) and was burping smoke all day! I could hardly taste the smoked malt in the Surly.

Trav wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 10:06 am:

Schlenkerla Urbock is one of my fav. beers of all time. Ive only had the 09 Smoke at D day, and I thought it was way more smokey then last years batch. Ill have to try it on tap somewhere.

Matt wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 11:19 am:

The subtle smoke is what I like about this beer. I hate overly smokey beers, I actually dumped 1.5 bottles of Furthermores Three Feet Deep.

digit3 wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 11:43 am:

I like subtle smoke too. Just didn’t expect it from Surly!

Ben wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 1:29 pm:

Acadia serves it up pretty damn cold (others do too). Need to give it about 15-20 minutes to warm (bar staff even were recommending it when I stopped by for Darkness). Didn’t have much in the way of a smoked flavor at the release party at Brasa but I’ve had it a couple times since (several at Cafe Twenty-Eight) and the smoked flavor has come out a lot more.

al wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pm:

there’s the trusted had-cupping method (says someone also guilty of serving it too cold)

al wrote on December 14th, 2009 at 5:24 pm:

“hand-cupping.”…hand.

Ben wrote on December 15th, 2009 at 11:58 am:

I do a lot of hand cupping to warm my glasses. Maybe it’s time to invest in the 20 pairs of hand warmers for $15.
http://dealnews.com/lw/artclick.html?2,334061,1073935

al wrote on December 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pm:

Lately, I’ve been warming glasses with hot water from the coffee machine…if I have time to walk over there and back.

Surly Brewing: two more beers to hit 750 mL bottles in early 2010 – Beerpulse wrote on May 15th, 2010 at 4:58 pm:

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