Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

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

Pours adeep brown with nice tan, foamy head. Nose is barbeque smoke with a touch of molasses and malt underneath. Tastes like Texas barbeque in liquid form, roasted malt, and possibly some brown sugar. Medium carbonation, just about right. Very good brew, is not going to be for everyone but definitely worth a try.

This one is different. Smoky as hell, like eating a smoked ham sandwich...in liquid form. Medium bodied with significant carbonation. They say you love it or you hate it, but I am in the "it is decent" camp.

Pours like a flat cola. Dark brown, clear, carbonated, but no head. Has the aroma of a smoked ham, brown sugar, apple, caramel. Liquid smoke, thick, smooth, and very well balanced. The finish is very chocolaty, with nice coffee and malt roastiness. Very tasty. Palate is thick smooth tasty. Wonderful beer.

Poured a nice brown color with hints of ruby and a small tan head that dissipated quickly. The aroma was pure smokiness. Flavor is dominated by the woody smoke flavor, but a bit of grain and caramel maltiness are detectable. Mouthfeel is of a medium-bodied beer. I found it very drinkable and enjoyed it immensely.

Pourd deep ruby and clear. Medium-sized head is creamy and white in colour. Aroma is distincively deep and roasted with sweetish smoked ham-like malts, some ash and a hint of hops. Rich flavor is full of smoked, sweetish malts and the finish is medium bitter. Some sourish, coffee-like roastedness in the finish too. Palate is supersmooth and silky, medium bodied and slick. Fuller and more biter than märzen. Urbock is almost too easy and pleasant to be interesting anymore.

Pours a dark reddish brown color with a big tan head. nose is bacon and chocolate salt and sugar. Mouthfeel is medium and smooth taste is roasted and meaty. This beer is a bit of a novelty but I dig it.

Dark brown with a nonexistent head. A very strong aroma of tar and smoke that’s continued in the flavor. Deserves credit for being a rauchbier that actually tastes like beer too. Raised the score a bit since I learned to like the flavor.

Deep reddish brown colour, thin off-white head. Nice aroma of smoke, tar and roasted malts. Sweet smoky malts and salty liquorice in the flavour, warm and dry ashy finish. Smooth and pleasant mouthfeel. Delicious.