Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

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

500mL bottle. Pours an oily, mahogany / burgundy color; thin off-white head with a perimeter of tiny bubbles; some viscosity. Very pleasant smoke-filled aroma (though not as intense as the marzen): smoked meats, charred wood, some oiliness; dried fruits and a touch of sweetness at the core. Medium-to-full, viscous mouthfeel: loads of chewy dried fruits, smoked meats, char and ashiness; in the Marzen, it was a simple display of awesome smokiness; here, the malt core is more apparent: chewiness, dense malt character, and plenty of viscosity; quite heavy in the mouth for 6.5%; still, very drinkable with a gorgeous smokiness. I actually prefer the spiciness and high drinkability of the Marzen. Lengthy finish: char, smoked meats, and toasty malts.

Pours dark ruby red with off white head. Strong aroma of smoke. Flavor is more smoke and beef jerky. Tastes like liquid BBQ, kind of strange. This is definately something I could only drink once in a while. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Smoked beers are just too wierd for me.

Holy cow! This beer smells like Texas barbecue! In the words of my coworker, "it smells like a turkey leg!" After ignoring mumblings of "bacon in a bottle", I poured this unique brew into my glass, with its orange-amber semi-clear color and medium white head. Its smoky, yet not overdone, aroma, combined with its meaty flavor was impressively distinctive. Definitely a sipping beer. It was hard to taste anything outside the smoke. "It’s not bad... iiiiit’s bacon!", I heard as I took my last sip. Certainly something different, and true to my memories of rauchbier samplings in Bamberg. Truly a well done brew.

Bottled. Part of blind tasting, but there was no second guess what this was. Strong aromas of can be most simply put as beef jerky... old leather, meat, bbq. Taste is almost identical to smoked salmon... even leaves the same texture in the mouth. Fun to try.. and damn good! but don’t know how often id be in the mood for this guy.

Bottle pours dark garnet brown with a small head; not much lace. The aroma is of smokehouse pulled pork dinning in. The flavor is malty, chocolate, roasted, smokey, lingering salt on the lips, and a lingering smoke. I swear I just burped up smoke. The palate is nice and rich. Wow, this is nice.

Dec. 2007 - Beer pours dark brown with really good head and lacing. Tremendous aroma of BBQ. The flavor was not as smokey and overpowering as the aroma, but lots of smokey BBQ potato chip flavor with a good hop bitter finish. I’d say this is about as good as it gets for style.

Bottle, Brother Tucker’s. Beefer than the brewery’s more ubiquitous marzen, more substantial palate, saltier, roastier, and fuller-bodied. Quintessential refined rauch intensity. Gorgeous.

Bottle (not sure how many oz, but more than 12). The body is blackish brown. The aroma is smoked salmon, beef jerky, and burnt bacon. The taste is smooth, and roasty. Haha, what a beer.