That’s the description from the menu board in the taproom. I can’t find anything online for it, even on Untappd—possibly because they just tapped it this week, and I don’t recall that they’ve ever brewed this beer before. They’ve done smoked beers on many occasions, but the name Smoky Kuloski doesn’t ring a bell, and I don’t have any smoked beers from Black Acre on my list. This is also my first Grodziskie, which the interwebs tell me is a Polish beer with pronounced smoke flavor and aroma, high carbonation, and low alcohol. The Black Acre version subverts this model somewhat, with low carbonation and moderate alcohol (6.7% ABV)—along with that caramel, though I don’t get any specific flavor of caramel. It does have a very smooth, almost creamy, finish, though, and I suspect that might be what the caramel is bringing to the table. There’s something vaguely fruity up front in the first sip or two—to the point that the first sip of the first one I tried made me think that the bartender had poured their orange hibiscus cream ale by mistake; and the smoky flavor doesn’t jump out at you. But then you get to the second sip…and the third; and that’s when the smoky flavor begins to declare itself. The aforementioned something fruity lingers just a touch on the back end, for what is either balance or misdirection—I can’t decide. This is one of the best new things I have tried at Black Acre in a long time.
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