Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale

Yep, a beer based on a doughnut.

And not just any doughnut: a bacon maple effort. Hence the frankly awesome bottle. It's a smoked beer at heart, with maple syrup in there too. The label actually suggests there's actual bacon in there too, which puzzles me somewhat. Do they put it in the mash?

Regardless, both key elements stand out on the aroma, and in flavour - it really does smell and taste like smoke, vague bacon, and maple syrup. Which sounds like a "hurr hurr funny" sort of a beer that you can't really drink, right?

Wrong. It's actually pretty bloody drinkable too. Odd, yes. Difficult, absolutely not. Top stuff, much respect! Only real problem is the nagging feeling of loss that we can't get those donuts here as a combo.. 8.5