Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

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

Bottle@home Apperance: Ruby-red with a small, white head. Aroma: Bacon, Ham, Caramel, Smoked wood. Flavor: Smoked ham, Caramel, Grain, Smoke and some pleasant bitterness at the end. Palate: An easy drink which goes down way easy for being a smokebeer. Nicely balanced.

Aroma: Smoky, sweet malt with hints of banana, dried apricots and hops. Very well balanced with a delicious smokyness.
Flavour: Smoky and sweet initially and throughout. A grilled flavour takes over after about half a second, although this is mostly taking part in the nose. There is a pleasant bitterness of hops on a carpet of smooth, but elegant malts. Surprisingly mild however.Slightly sourish and bananlike aftertaste. Lastly there is a very pleasant taste of smoke left in the mouth, somewhat earthy and coal-like.
Appearance: A very dark, reddish brown body with beige, bubbly head that quickly sets but clings slightly to the glass. It looks quite nice.
Palate: Thin but somewhat oily, feels weaker than it really is. This beer is really good, but is somewhat lacking in depth and potency – flavourwise.

Bottle from Systembolaget. Pours a dark brown color with a medium-sized beigewhite head. Aroma is smoky with charcuteries, mostly smoked meat, but it’s also almost some smoked fish. Behind this you can find a sweetish maltiness with dark bread and liquorice. Flavour is smoky and malty. It’s lot of charcuteries which is balanced by a a nice sweetness and liquorice-like notes. Medium to full bodied. Pretty smooth mouthfeel. Good and balanced smoked bock.

A nose of firewood, smoked sausage, iron, some sweetness, and lots of tar. Taste is of roasted malts, iron, smoked ham or sausage and caramel. Some acidicy and bitterness initially, but it is replaced by a distinct smokeyness and a kind of dry character in the finish. The regular märzen is a bit boring; this Urbock is what its all about! I usually don’t like smoked beers, thinking the sweetness don’t mix with all the smoke, but this brew is really balanced in that aspect.

50 cl bottle via trade with smith4498 - Pours a dark brown color with a one finger thick light tan head. Very light lacing. Aroma is smoke. That’s about it. And it’s awesome. Well, flavor is smoke too. Bottled bacon! Gotta love it. What I really like about this beer is the balance. Not overbearing or under whelming. Medium body. One of the best Smoked Lagers I’ve had. Thanks Jason.

smoke, molasses, red, brown, tan foam, heavy cloying sweetness, medium body, soft carbonation, long finish, good peat,

Brown coloured beer with small off-white head and no carbonation. "Jambon Fumée" aroma. Finish is smokey with only a litte taste of ham.

Bottle. Pours dark, clear copper with a light tan head that diminishes quickly. Good rauchbier nose of smokey bacon, salt, peat, smoked ham and a little bit of malt. Flavour is very similar to the aroma but with more malt plus some toffee and nutty hints. Medium body and a long smokey finish, without much bitterness. Well balanced, great beer. Easily could have gone over the edge, but pulls back just in time.