Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

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

Bottle. Creamy offwhite mostly lasting he ad. Brown colour. Powerfull arona, you can feel the smoke. Also in the flavor. I fancy this beer.

didn’t quite know what to expect of rauchbier but i wasn’t disappointed in the flavour department. black bean at the bottom of the wok. reminded me a lot of australia’s own sheaf stout except for that it was actually enjoyable to drink

Bottle. Smoky aroma; perhaps a bit of cheese. Dark brown color with an off-white head that ringed. Not very thick in body with fine, creamy carbonation. Flavor is essentially smoke, and it seems a touch woody. Finish is smoky, with some light bitterness. Interesting drink.

Poured into a mug. A very dark brown and red coloring with a large white head that fades to a constant small scum. The aroma is fairly intense with smoked wood, and some wheat. The taste is light and refreshing. Not as smoked as it smells. The taste has wheat, grass and some light smoke in the background. This almost has a lttle bit of honey sweetness. Very interesting, not as overpowering with the smoke as the Urbock.

Very heavy smoke aroma. A true bacon-beer. Very dark but clear reddish-brown with a finger of fully-diminishing large-bubbled white head. Some lacing. Initial smoky flavour gives way to a wonderful supporting maltiness in this medium/light bodied marzen. Aftertaste is all smoke. A very enjoyable beer although I think the smoke may be a bit over the top for some. Not your everyday lawnmower beer. Bottle.

Thanks to MJames and his Baconut forum for finally get me off my ass and rating this beer. I was rating while enjoying a maple cured bacon, sharp cheddar, egg, and homemade pumpernickel bread sammich. YIPPIE 4 Beer!

Displays a nice mahogany hue with fading fizzy head and some lace. The aroma comes right out and lets you know what to expect with a heavy smoked bacon and burnt wood overtone and some esters of salt, minerals, and caramel. The taste follows suit mostly with a big woody and meaty overtone with just a dose of light bitters to keep ya interested. One-dimensional, sure, but it does it spot on. The feel is actually thin and fore giving which allows you to finish the whole bottle. (I think the sammich is helping here as well). Good and the paring worked well with my 1st dinner. Still I like the Weizen and Urbock better (and the Fastenbier, well that was other-worldly)

bottle at home ... brown coloured ... odd smokeyness mixed with Dashi (japanesse fish stock) ... malt fruits Basic malt beer with the meaty smokeyness coming in back and linger. cant quite get what flavour is. Much more drinkable that id expect but no desire to retry.

Dec, 2002 Bottle Smokey and greasy - bacon then turkey with a touch of kippers. A little Lapsong Souchong (my favourite tea). The progression in the nose is: smoke (wow!) rancid bacon (ugh!) then sweetness like a decaying corpse (interesting!). The body is smoke (now a little chemical) grease (and here you reflect on all the smoked food products you’ve tried) and then the hops come in with the Lapsong tea taste (mmmm). The body is thin and is at odds with the power of the smoke. At one time all beers would have been smoke flavoured, but that would have been balanced against a very sweet ale malt base. Using the traditional malt smoking with the more recent cold lagering results in a pig’s ear of a beer - neither fish nor smoked red herring. Interesting? No doubt about it. Your favourite beer? Quite possibly. World class? Jackson thinks so, and this is the most famous example of a smoked beer, so it’s certainly a must have beer. [2.9]
Aug, 2003 Gravity Cask, GBBF 2003 Smokey bacon aroma. Smooth yet tingly mouthfeel. Soft and delicate flavour. Watery finish initially, but becomes quite smokey. Aroma is way better than the taste. [3.3]
Sept, 2009 Bottle at Greenwich Union. Bottle had been kept in very cold fridge, so this took a long time to warm and find the flavours. The aroma is famous, and deservedly so - all sorts of smoke - wood, bacon, smoked mackerel. Taste (when it came) was chocolate - smooth and almost stout like. No awareness of hop bitterness, the bitterness balance coming from the smoke. There were old trainers and burnt rubber and treacle and malted milk biscuits and caramel. The flavour is decent enough, and I enjoyed the flavour more than on previous occasions. [3.5]