Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

Bottle. Pop the cap and it smells like smoked almonds, but the flavor will prove to be more subtle. Appearance is like a schwarzbier or porter. Slightly light on the carbonation. Quite sweet with mellow smoke, but I don’t know how old my bottle is--perhaps it should be smokier. Sort of a BBQ sweet+smoke thing going on, where the smoke holds the sweetness in check.

Magnificent, it was probably mopre smoked and less annoying after few sips than the märzen but it’s awesome.

Dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of heavy smoked meats and roasted malts with notes of caramel and fruit as well. Taste is obviously smoky with salty smoked meats, toffee, mild smoked wood but overall a nice balance between smoke and sweetness.

A tad disappointing given the reputation but still a good, smoky beer. The beer is a dark mahogany-red with a slowly dissipating head. The aroma is smoky but more restrained than expected. It’s the smoke aroma of a subtle refined smoked meat. It’s complex and sweet; malt manages to peak out from the smoke. The flavor is good and smoky without being completely dominated by meat or smoke. The malt is a bit lighter and simpler than expected, but there’s more hops and bitterness. It’s warm with notes of fruit (berries), sweet coffee and citrus. The mouthfeel is a tad thin but not too bad. I do enjoy a smoked beer, though, and this one is fairly delicious.

Cask at GBBF 2009: one of the best beers i’ve ever tasted, truely amazing beer, very malty, some dark chocolate, loads of oaky smokyness which is perfect, smoked cheese, salami, bacon, pork sausages, great balance between all the flavors, i could drink this all the time and never get bored.

~Pours a dark clear brown with red tints and creamy tan head. ~Smoked bacon and woodsy aroma with undertones of a malty bock. ~Aggressive smoke flavor that is quickly mellowed out by the crisp malty bock. Good balance between the two. ~Light refreshing feel, smoky malty sweet finish, a bit dry. ~Another delicious brew. I did enjoy the Marzen better. This one is much maltier and sweeter.

Pours a very dark chestnut brown color with amber/mahogany edges when held up to a light source and a huge frothy dark beige head that has excellent retention throughout, leaving large chunks of lacing throughout the glass. Beautiful smokey aroma with smoked chocolate malts, charcoal, BBQ, burnt wood notes and subtle hops. Very smooth drinking medium body, especially since it is so smokey. Huge smoked malt flavor with hints of oatmeal, chocolate malt, barbecued bacon, charcoal and subtle hop presence. The smokiness is not overbearing and I actually wish there was more of it. This beer is awesome!

Bottle.Pours dark brown with a small tan head.Aroma of smoke , ham/bacon ,sweet malt with some burnt and roasted notes.Flavor is sweaty meat ,smoky/burnt and sweet malt.Medium body.didn’t notice any significant bitterness but that’s probably because I found the ruach/smoke a little overwhelming .Interesting