So from the pepto-pink bottle to the Baron Samedi-looking character on the front.....Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut bacon maple ale has it all. Except a good taste.
It's naturally done, and Rogue is nice enough to spell out the ingredients on the label. About halfway down it says applewood-smoked bacon. There's definitely some smokiness to it....but it's just gross. And that's too bad, because the maple has an excellent flavor here. You taste that up front, but then the bacon takes over. I'm not sure what part of the bacon they're claiming. Did they use the fat? The drippings? The actual meat, perhaps strained out later? It does not taste like the kind of bacon I'd want accompanying my eggs, pancakes, or peanut butter sandwich. It's almost chemical-tasting instead.
My grade: D
The somewhat amusing name "Weed" describes an amber ale that did not seem to contain any marijuana whatsoever. (I'm sure someone somewhere has tried the ol' "wait, those aren't hops we just added.....duuuudddde" at some point. Would yeast even do anything with pot lumps in a brew vat?) Anyway, this beer was solid, if not particularly distinguishable. The "Try LEGAL Weed" expression on the bottle just seemed silly, though.
My grade: B
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