Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

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

has a smokey finish. not too thick for such a dark beer. pretty malty but not really that sweet. has a large frothy head. unique for a marzen but tastes really great. couldn’t drink too much of it though. i dont think the maltiness quite matches the carbonation. it should be a little thicker.

Bottle from BevMo in Mountain View. Pours a dark brown color with a small but lasting creamy off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is lots of smoke, hickory-smoked bacon, ham, and roast. Reminds me of a BBQ in a good way. Flavor is smoked ham on rye, roasted malt, caramel, some plum and fig, tobacco. Just like a ham sandwich. They really call this a marzen? Palate is smooth with medium body and lingering smoke. A novelty for sure, but overall I like it.

Not just fer plain guzzlin, this is uptown all the way! .. . pours a dark barrel brown .. . fantastic head! and lacing is like a doily factory parade.. . refined with such a punch of sweet delicious smoke! god, fuck me, its good... i love smoked beers and this s, h, a , r, p!! i gotta visit that bamburg! ..

500 ml bottle.Pours brown/red with a small dissipating off white head.Aroma of smoked ham ,burnt wood.Flavor is the same burnt wood ,smoky ham with some nice sweet malt.Medium body.Really interesting and very nice.

Bottle thanks to mike for sharing. Brown ale with tan head. Smells like bacon,. Taste is of dark malts smoked flavors, and ends again with bacon would love to see a bbq with as part of the main marinade. Definitely a different than normal beer.

My new love for Islay Single Malts should influence my love for this beer. Well, the smoke her is nothing like the peat bombs that I crave - a different beast all together. Deep chestnut brown, light tan head is thin, nice ropy lacing. The aroma is a lot of smoke. Soooo much smoke.. but this time, unlike years ago, I can go beyond and see what else this beer has to offer. Burning logs that have had a bucket of water tossed on them, lots of salt.. in fact this beer is very beef jerky. Damn! That is it! There is also an underlying fruit that may be plum? So much salt - that is really making this beer awesome for me. The flavour is immediately NOT smoke. Serious. Plums I think hit first or something similar... have I just killed my taste buds? The smoke is much more mellow on the taste. My breath, however, will tell a different story. A story that includes 3 packs of cigarettes. Notable hops hit early on as well. A milder version of liquid smoke makes an appearance finally, solid bitterness... very solid - more than I expected. Lots of malts now, almost a dull chocolate but I’m drunk so who really knows what I’m tasting. More fruit that is a bit different now, ash, tobacco, tons of roasted malts.. what else? kitchen sink. Light medium bodied, a bit thin on a couple of sips but other than that its smooth and soft with some lingering bitterness shadow and what I’m assuming is a months worth of going to a Blues bar of smoke in my mouth. My dump tomorrow will be of epic proportion. Maybe I’ll just shit out a pack of Players. Very good beer. So much beyond that overwhelming smoke aroma. A real beer exists under that blanket. I could drink a ton of this in one sitting but I’d be divorced by mid morning at the latest. I love this beer.

Bottle. Smoked wood and tar in aroma. Unclear lightbrown colour with beige head. Smoked malt and nuts in flavour with nice bitterness. This must be a sailor beer.

poured brown with a small tan head aroma was nice and smokey flavor was smoke but the aftertaste was like i had a ashtray in my mouth and it wouldnt go away. definetly not my kinda smoked beer...