Spezial Rauchbier Märzen

Brewed by Brauerei Spezial
Style: Smoked
Bamberg, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

Amber coloured with a big dense head that leaves suprisingly nice lazings behind. Aroma is slightly smokey, slightly fruity and metallic in a rather nice "german" way. Flavour is rather full, fruity and slightly smoked with notes of minerals and refreshing hops. Very drinkable and pleasant, round but with slightly too many metallic notes. Body is medium and round with fine bubbled carbonation.

Bottle from Foreign Bar at Bedford BF ’09. Dark brown with a beige head. Ashtray aroma with some vegetal notes. taste is ashy malt with some liquorice. Slight dryness. Quite an understated beer that didn’t particularly impress.

Bottle at Hagges bärsklubb German beer festival (2005?). Nice fluffy head over an orange - amber beer. Medium smoke with a good body and balanced bitterness that makes this a beer you could drink lots of.

Clear deep amber with a medium to large head. Smoked aroma with roasted malt, caramel and smoke. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and smoke. Finished bitter from the grassy hops.

Bottle, 50 cl. Thx to Veerle en Jan (Lupiline) Dark amber color,with a little white head. Aroma smoke, burnt malts, caramel. Medium body. Taste caramel, some smoke, light roasted, bitter finish.

Tap at Spezial. Dark chestnut, fine champagne bubbles, golden lace. Light elegant smoke And butterscotch nose. Caramels, apples with light tarry smoke notes and minerals on top. Subdued and very well balanced. Chewy mouthfeel, fine sparkliness. Woodsmoke and grassy hops retronasal.

Draught @ Brewpub. Pours clear amber with a small creamy head. Nose is sweet of roast, toffee, caramel, smoke. Taste is light roast, caramel, bread and little smoke. Smooth palate. Smoke is in the back well hidden. A nice one.

Draught@brewpub. Reddish copper colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, mild wood, smoke and leather. Flavour is very identical along with some slight yeasty notes. Very pleasant.