Shiner Smokehaus

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Smoked
Shiner, Texas USA

It took a lot to even finish a bottle of this one. Completely overdone on the smoke flavor. This is a lot like what I think drinking a bottle of liquid smoke would taste like.

Pours a clear gold color with a small white head. Aroma of smokey malts. Flavor matches the aroma with a very metallic finish. The wife did not like this at all "Should not be tasting meat in a beer." Not bad, but definately not my style.

Pours very clear and bubbly into my stein with an orange-amber tint to the Helles-style lager body. Foamy white head, very airy and vocal. Slick, fast falling lacing. Aroma of smoked malts, flavor of a rauchbier. At first touch to the tongue it wakes up your taste buds. Sweet flavor with lingeringly bitter lager characteristics. Palate is very smoked, but fortunately not overdone. Just enough to leave a pleasant smoked aftertaste. I’m a fan of smoked beers, and wasn’t sure what to think of this One from shiner... Turns out it’s great and, in my opinion, has more character than many of their beers. Thumbs up!

Very soft smoke flavor, much less than I would have liked, although in the early going it was discernibly mesquite-y. Standard Shiner composition in all other respects. Drinkable and at least a bit more interesting than regular Shiner, though that isn’t saying much. Bottle.

Bottle. Has the aroma of a sasuage meat market. Save the jokes guys. Gold body with dirty white head. Some smoke meats in flavor but also present is a milk/metalilic tank from the dairy days back in Wico. Alright but where is the hickory not is this bottle.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with blutt59. Pours a slightly hazed brilliant gold with a moderate white head that lasted through the first two sips and left scant lace. Mild smoky aroma along with a bit of malt. The flavor is a combination of malt and smoke that I found suited me just fine. The malt is a bit on the sweet side, while the smoke is mild leaning more towards the wood fire variety as opposed to smoked meat. A bit light bodied, otherwise no complaints.

Clear light amber with a fleeting head. Decent smoked meat and cheesesteak aromas. Lightly sweet pale malt flavor with mild fried eggs n’ hash brown. Not real smoky, more like greasy spoon breakfast food.

12 oz bottle shared at Moosetoberfest. Poured a clear golden body with a small foamy white head. Aroma became better with warming and eventually took on a nice smokey syrupy mesquite quality. Flavor was smoke, grains and seltzer. Thinner body with very lively carbonation and a watery finish. Not bad but this one cant be drunk to cold or all the smoke is hidden.