Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

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

Bottle. Dark brown colour, brownish head. Smoked nose, smoked cheese, smoked pork meat, speck, burnt wood. Taste is smoked too, like smoked ham. Creamy mouthfeel, slight "clear-your-palate" sour finish, maybe from roasted malt. A beautiful beer!

You smell the aroma of an old fashoin smoke house as soon as you start pouring this,taste was like smoked summer sausage. It had a smooth mouthfeel, the heavy smoke taste did seem to recede a little. This would be great to eat with jerky or sausage, you appreciate it more with each glass

Pours a nice dark browish red color. Great smokey aroma.Great smoke flavor weith a nice malt bakcing to it.Nice lasting flavor too.Wonderful!

The smokebeer. I’ve heard so much about them so I had to track one down. Pours a beautiful bronze colour with a long lasting tan head and decent lacing. Being a smokebeer, there’s no surprise the nose smells of smoke. Wood smoke, like a campfire, and traces of leather, almost cheesy. I know, it sounds disgusting, but it really does smell pretty nice. Taking a mouthful, the smoke flavour persists in a malty, even bitterness straight through to the finish. A very interesting beer like nothing I’ve ever had before. I liked it. (500ml bottle)

Bottled. A deep brown coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma obviously has smokiness but not as much as expected, it is much more subtle than that. It is a meaty smokiness, and this really comes out in the taste which is devine. It is so, so tasty; my only criticism being that it needs a little more body. A World classic beer. Score 4.4
Subsequent rating scored 3.8. Average becomes 4.1

This is definitely the Lapsang Souchong (tea) of the beer world. Clear deep amber in colour. Lots of smokey smell and flavor, with just a hint of hops. Surprisingly refreshing, but perhaps just a bit unbalanced, as it could have used a bit more "beer" flavor. Still, this will be my new campfire favorite!

I was told I must try a rauchbier, because it’s like drinking liquid carbonated bacon. This one’s not overcarbonated, it pours with a head like a good whipped cream or soft-serve ice cream, and it tastes like a smoked meat. What could be better and manlier than a beer that tastes like meat? Not much. You really have to be tough to drink an entire 1 pint + bottle of this tasty baconey delicious smokey beer, but I am that tough. Hulkamania rules.

Bottle. Scored from the local Polish store. Deep brown and bordering on black in color. Ruby notes when backlit. Scant head formation. Holy smoke aroma Batman. Smells like smoked meats and old smoldering campfire. First flavors are malty and sweet eroding to a very present smoke flavor. Pleasant little hop twang in the finish. Damn nice smoked beer!!!