Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

Brewed by Brauerei Heller
Style: Smoked
Bamberg, Bayern, Germany

Smells like a house fire, looks like burnt would and tastes like smoked gouda.

oh baby, This is a GREAT beer. It’s like drinking a bottle of campire smoked bacon. For such a complex taste it drinks pleasntly smooth, A must drink for anyone who enjoys smokey beers, or anyone who likes smoked meat, thats what she said

500 ml. Chestnut with ruby highlights. Small head settles to a lasting, partial circle of mist. Satisfying aroma of holding a plateful of bacon and molasses next to a campfire. Maybe a hint of wheat also. Wow, flavor is chunky, smoked lean bacon with an occasional nibble of some crisp apple to cleanse the palate. Some earthy-metallic mineral hints also provide some balance from a different direction. Nice drippy lacing on the glass. Medium body seems thin, but this may be a good thing with the strong flavors. Lightly carbonated, yea!

draft at plan-B cph. appears dark brown, ligtr brown head. aroma is smoked stuff, bacon, malts, aroma is pretty much centered around smoked bacon. flavor is a lot of smoked notes, smoked ham. charchoal. malts. caramel.

50cl bottle. Much cleaner looking than the Weizen. Pours a dark red mahogany with no haze or cloudiness. Inch thick, beige, fizzy head that dissipates quickly and leaves a decent amount of lacing. Not the funky look of the Weizen. Aroma is more of a sweet smokiness. Still has a nice bonfire aroma, but not as meaty as the Weizen. More woody. Some deep caramel and nuttiness as well. Flavor is nice, I already know I like this more than the Weizen. Initial roasted bitterness, sweet and deep caramel middle with some molasses too, finishing a bit nutty, smoky, and bitter. Slightly salty and pretty dry, however, much more enjoyable drying finish when comparing to the Weizen. Palate is medium to full and very smooth. Overall, this is a damn good beer. Great complex flavor and extremely well balanced. This is less smoky than the Weizen and actually works much better with the sweet maltiness. Enjoyable bitterness makes it that much better. Very good, hopefully the Marzen is similar to this instead of the Weizen.

Pleasant smoked aroma. Reminds me the slovakian smoked parenica cheese. Dark mahogany red color. Dirty brown colored medium sized well lacing head. Well balanced, complex flavor. The roasted, sweet caramel or maybe coffe flavors quickly turns into warming liqueric dryness. Medium to full bodied, decent carbonation, dry salty finish. This one is less smoked in flavor than the other products from this brewery. The malty sweetness and the smoked dryness are brilliantly balanced in this particular brew.

Bottled: Intensive somked aroma, notes of bacon, dark smoked meat and smoked cheese. Some sweet malt aromas. Dark brown color, small creamy, brownish head. Flavor is light sweet, malty with grain notes. Taste as you lick a charcoaled tree limb. Black smoked meat notes. Astringent, bitter and intensive smoked. Very good balanced, few alcohol remarkable. Bitter end with smoke and roasted malt. Very pleasant smoked, give me more of this stuff.

Heavy and very very smoky. everything ok but some strange flavor reminding me of a burnedbad quality grilled sausage.