Braustelle Rauchweizenbier

Brewed by Gasthaus-Brauerei Braustelle
Style: Smoked
Cologne-Ehrenfeld, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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The head is ok, the color brown. It smells a bit smokey, wheat. The taste is a little bit smokey not that intensive and the same wheatmalty. Could be more intensive. 10/9/9/8/-/9

Sorry for the german rating, but this is a lousy rating from my "newbie" time (2007-2009), and it’s not worth of being translated. I just added it for the statistics, and to complete my backlog!
Im Glas steht ein schönes orangegelbes Weizen mit guter, feiner Krone. Der Geruch ist hefig fruchtig, nur minimal rauchig. Der Antrunk erfolgt hefig bananig, ein saures Fruchtaroma dominiert. Vom Rauch noch keine Spur. Erinnert kurioserweise an ein Kirsch-Bananen-Saft mit Kohlensäure. Erst zur Mitte kommt ein dezentes Raucharoma durch, das im Verlauf zwar etwas ausgeprägter wird, aber nicht wirklich dominant wird. Positiv zu erwähnen sei die ungemein gute Süffigkeit dieses Weizens.

Small swing-top bottle. Sour lemon, banana, and woody smoke aroma. Cloudy brown-yellow color with small head. Light smoke and sweet-tart lemon and banana aroma. Not a lot of smokiness but tastes nice.

0.33 l bottle. Hazy yellow color. Hazy yellow color with brownish tint. Sweet smokey aroma with banana and tart fruitiness. Smoky sour and grainy flavor with tropical fruits, lemon and bacon. Oily and grainy mouthfeel. Tart or sour flavor is detracting with smoke. Very surprising and weird combination.

Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Hazy orange colour with mediumsized creamy white head. Big time Bamberg smoked nose when opening the bottle. Once poured in the glass it’s nicely smoked along with some acidic wheat and caramel as well. Flavour is citrusfruits, smoked malts, mild acidic notes as well as some herbs, wood and quite zesty in the finish.

Der hefige Antrunk wirkt nicht ganz frisch, zudem dünn. Die Rauchigkeit ist zwar angenehm, kommt aber nicht gegen die Wässrigkeit an, schade. So ist sie dann eher hintergründig, von der Intensität her mit der der Hefe zu vergleichen. Deutlich bananig-herb. Zum Ende fester, die Wässrigkeit ist aber immer noch zu stark. 10/8/9/9/9/9

Bottle 330ml. w. swing top. @ home.
Unclear medium orange color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, smoke - burnt plastic - rubber, fruity - exotic citrus fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, smoke - burnt rubber. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100323]

Flip top bottled (Bierzwerg, BB 07/2010)
Hazy orange color, steady creamy off-white head. Strong butterscotch-diacetyl aroma with hints of smoke, banana and grain. Medium-bodied. Flavor has banana, a bit sour/citrusy notes and lactose. Finish is smokey. Quite different than rauchweizens from Bamberg.

(swing top bottle, 33cl; Sudnummer 07-10) Cloudy, orange-golden colour with a medium-sized, slightly off-white foamy head. Yeasty and fruity (citrus, lime) malty aroma with more or less discreet smoke-malty notes and a rather restrained wheat-character. Moderately sweet flavour with a tinge of acidity, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation for a Weizen. Slightly yeasty fruit-accented, shy wheaty taste with well-integrated smoke flavours; slightly sweet and sour-fruity, mildly smoke malty finish. Lacks a bit wheat-character, but is all in all well done. 12.III.10