Smoke
Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Autumn|
Score
6.93
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Our take of the quintessential smoked lager style from Bamburg using Beechwood Smoked Malt that gives the beer its distinct aroma and flavour.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating from Feb 2015 - From the tap at the Cambridge Blue in Cambridge. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of smoked bacon, citrus & smoked malt. Medium body. Smokey finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Apr 2025
at 13:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Weird Beard online shop. Hazy orange pour with a white head. Charred coals, citrus, whiff of mango in the nose. Taste is smoked bacon, citrus, apricot. Smoky sweet dry finish. Rather enjoying this one. An extremely good take on the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2020
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from eebria. Reddish orange colour with a white head. Aroma smokey cheese. Taste light sweet and smoke. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2019
at 20:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, many thanks chriso! Slightly unclear golden color with white head. Aroma is light ham, vegetal, grains. Taste is ham, grains, earthy hops. Silky mouthfeel with high carbonation. Not great. 6-3-6-3-10 - after swirling out the carbonation, it opens up and I like this much better. Hardly anything vegetal there anymore, just plain ham goodness! 7-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2018
at 08:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Brewdog Helsinki, Weird Beard tap takeover. Pours golden color with a thin white head. Sweet malty, smoke, ham in nose. Flavor has smoke, sweetness, malts. Gentle smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2018
at 17:55
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2018
at 21:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Taplokaal Gist. Almost clear golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of smoked sausage (rookworst), bit grainy malt. Slight smoked in taste, but more soft bitterness and grainy maltiness. Very enjoyable rauchbier. --- Beer merged from original tick of Smoke on 19 Feb 2018 at 09:13 - Score: 7. Original review text: Rookworst
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2018
at 08:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Cronx Bar, Croydon. Orange gold, slightly hazy with no head. Slightly banana-laden, floral and honeyed scent with the smoked malt more in the background than in many rauchbiers. Sweet taste but this doesn't hide the smokiness in the latter half of the sip. Gluey flavours in the short finish. A good and unusual beer for the style.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2018
at 13:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Unclear, yellow colored, medium white soapy head. Aroma is of some malt, bit fruity, doughy bread, smoked ham. Taste is medium sweet malt and smoked ham with some woody smoke, doughy bread, bit fruity, light bitterness. Medium- bodied, average carbonation.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2017
at 16:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught keg at Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. This beer was a real game changer in my beer life. Literally tasted EXACTLY like bacon crisps. Like drinking pure bacon crisp. I’m not a huge fan of bacon crisps but I still love this more than near,y every other beer, it’s hugely intelligent and moreover, unlike most famous smoked beers, it is light, not malty with a bit of carbonation. Delightful from start to finish. Keg at Craft Beer co covent garden. A sweet finish. 4.7 to 4.3.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2017
at 08:07