Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

Brewed by Brauerei Heller
Style: Smoked
Bamberg, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Deep mahoganay color with sticky tan head -- lots of lacing. Smoke scents dominate the nose. Smoke malt throughout pair provides a unique but not overpowering flavor. This pairs superbly with caramel sweetness and toasty malts. Faint copper flavors. Finishes with mild lemon-like bitterness. Smoke notes last long into the aftertaste. Snappy carbonation, medium bodied, semi dry finish. The standard bearer for the style.

UPDATED: MAY 16, 2013 Un liquide brun assez transparent , un petit col sans dentelle. Au nez ,le fumé,style smoke meat,saumon fumé,la boucane de bois ,que ça sent bon!!!!!!!! gout,très près de ses flaveurs et un sensation fumée qui signe et persiste en bouche,moi j’adore ça !Pour moi,cest la quintessence des bière fumé.Vive les Rauchbiers !

Aroma: dark and somked malts. Appearance: Amber orange with rigid foam. Taste: dominate smoked flavours, well balanced. Palate: carbonation is quite soft. Overall: Classic smoked beer with traditions. Everyone should try it, even only once.

coffee-dark brown colour, medium beige head; aroma and taste of smoked ham/cheese with some malty sweetness and bitter/sourish aftertaste; excellent marzen

500ml bottle - Lovely deep mahogany body, thin white head, good clarity. Aroma is bonfire, rich smokiness that captures the nostrils, sadly this doesn’t carry through to the taste. It comes across very weak and watery, not very robust, and not much going on afterwards.

Appearance: Brown with red tint and white head. Aroma: Sweet smoke, hickory and soy sauce. Flavor: predominately smoky with some maltiness. Overall: An excellent rachbier

Dec 2012 - cold bottle. Nice smokey flavour like the others, but a bit watery towards the end. No bitterness, just sweet smokiness to start and then a slightly disappointing finish. Still nice though.

Appearance: Nice amber color with a off white head that leaves a fine curtain lacing.
Aroma: Rich smoked.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a fine bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: First of all there is a lot of smoked flavor. When I search a bit I also find a solid malty background. Some hopps and light fruity.
Overall impression: My second attempt on this one. First rating was so bad that I got a angry mail from our kind Norwegian moderator. Maybee I have grown up? Not that bad, but still nothing I will be rushing out to buy some more off.
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo, Norway.

Pours dark brown, nice cream head disappear fast, strong smoked at nose, but very disappointing in mouth, uninteresting after 100ml...

Pours dark amber with half finger cream head- dissipates quickly. High carbonation, compared to other Heller beers, taste is flimsy with sweetness. Aroma of smoke with sweet background. No complexity.