Dark amber-styled ‘rauch’ beer stays creamier than drier Aecht smoked beers. Beechwood-smoked peat malts gain hard salami slab absorbed by maple honey nut easement conveying heady sweetness. Sappy pine-combed hop toastiness bastes omnipresent wafting cedar-redwood sear. Strangley, at busy cured meat finish, hints of cherry rhubarb pie or tangelo detected.
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UNIBROUE RAFTMAN SMOKED BEER
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER URBOCK
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER WEIZEN
Lacey-headed, flaxen-bodied, water-softened German with noticeable yeast viscosity, pungent burnt wood frontage, smoked salami waft, and peppercorn finish. Off-dry hop effervescence caresses buttered mocha and distant prune nuances beneath. Carbonation holds up well, though advertised ‘wheat’ prominence lags.
BAMBERGER RAUCHBIER
BROWN’S RAUCH BIER
CHRISTIAN MERZ SPEZIAL RAUCHBIER
Less assertive than Aecht’s similarly styled German smoked lagers, formidable dry-bodied rauchbier retains sooty wood-kindled peculiarity Rogue Smoke A Rauch fans will enjoy. Hop-charred beechwood and burnt cedar gist receive peat-y rye malting, leveling off honey glazed ham, cured meat, and leathery beef jerky nuances.
HARPOON RAUCHFETZEN
Wispy moderate-bodied German-styled rauchbier places beechwood-smoked peat malts ahead of peppery Hallertau hop spicing and faded salami-bacon singe. Latent lemony orange sourness desiccates nutmeat illusions ’til rye bread finish picks up herbal dusting. On second passing, fizzy lime Seltzer soaping overwhelms any true German rauchbier character.
IRON HILL RAUCHBIER
KAISERDOM RAUCHBIER
O’FALLON SMOKE (SMOKED PORTER)
Peculiar maple-cured bacon, barbecued beef jerky, and singed hickory fumes inundate superfine porter that compares favorably to Germany’s Aecht rauchbiers. Upon pouring, chunky spume forms lusciously cascading tan head atop velvety brown-bodied bottom. Efficient cedar-smoked black chocolate prelude receives dry char-hopped tar-like coffee midriff, ancillary tobacco-molasses-walnut respite, and nimble black cherry trifle.
(PRIVAT) RAUCHENFELS STEINBIER
Intriguing mocha-scented dry-roasted smoked beer with wood-burnt beechwood spicing, toasted barley-oats sashay, and ashy tobacco undercurrent. Scotch malt sweetness lingers through sour yeast splurge and smoky cocoa malting above polite soft water base. Lacks strength, depth, and sufficient finish of better rauchbiers. Brewery defunct: 2009.