Weird Beard Brew Co. Smoke

Smoke

 

Weird Beard Brew Co. in London, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Smoked / Rauchbier Autumn
Score
6.93
ABV: 5.1% IBU: - Ticks: 31
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
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
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
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
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
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


7.2
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
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
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
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


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a hazy straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is big roasty smoky salty bacon. The flavour is light bitter, earthy grainy herby malt with a light watery, acid, woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2017 at 12:22