Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

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

~Pours a dark clear brown with red tints and creamy tan head. ~Smoked bacon and woodsy aroma with undertones of a malty bock. ~Aggressive smoke flavor that is quickly mellowed out by the crisp malty bock. Good balance between the two. ~Light refreshing feel, smoky malty sweet finish, a bit dry. ~Another delicious brew. I did enjoy the Marzen better. This one is much maltier and sweeter.

Pours a very dark chestnut brown color with amber/mahogany edges when held up to a light source and a huge frothy dark beige head that has excellent retention throughout, leaving large chunks of lacing throughout the glass. Beautiful smokey aroma with smoked chocolate malts, charcoal, BBQ, burnt wood notes and subtle hops. Very smooth drinking medium body, especially since it is so smokey. Huge smoked malt flavor with hints of oatmeal, chocolate malt, barbecued bacon, charcoal and subtle hop presence. The smokiness is not overbearing and I actually wish there was more of it. This beer is awesome!

Bottle.Pours dark brown with a small tan head.Aroma of smoke , ham/bacon ,sweet malt with some burnt and roasted notes.Flavor is sweaty meat ,smoky/burnt and sweet malt.Medium body.didn’t notice any significant bitterness but that’s probably because I found the ruach/smoke a little overwhelming .Interesting

Dark red brown with a decent sized off-white head. Aroma is of pepper, bacon, brisket and smoke. Taste is of ground black pepper, smoked meat, malt and beef jerky.

Pours brown with a small off white head. Aroma is mostly smoke with a little sweet malt. Flavor is again mostly smoke with a bit of meaty saltiness, and some sweet malt hiding there as well.

500 ml bottle. Clear, reddish amber body with a big, dense, beige head. Aroma is totally dominated by smoke but also a hint of caramel. Flavor dominated by smoke, campfire sausages, skin from mackerel, bacon, and also some sweet malt and hops. There is some kind of complexity here well hidden behind a wall off smoke. Interesting but not exactly my thing.

Keg at the GBBF 2009. Not as dark as the bottle version which is inky black. Outstanding aroma of fireside smokiness, hay and a touch of a meaty quality. Lovely, rich umami flavours, touching on smoked beef jerky (in a good way). There’s some caramel and licorice as well. Absolutely fantastic.

Cask@GBBF, 2009. Dark brown/almost black looking beer. The aroma is very smokey and mildly malty, and the flavour is smokey, mildly bitter and malty. Overall a nice smokey beer.