Scarlet Fire
Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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Exotic yet mild lager... Sublime complexity and intriguing malt character glow from this traditional amber lager. The hallmark beer style of Germany's Franconia region, this beer features beech-wood kilned malts for a softly smoky and rich flavor. Overall mild and mellow, this one's a fascinating treat!
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught from ell tigre. Orangey red brown pour, mild head, smoked wood/bacon bits aroma - comparable to a Spezial rauchbier more so than a Schlenkerla, if you’re keepign track. Really good, one of the better american ones I’ve haad.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 00:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at BTBF. A reminder that my ratings are hedonistic, and I am scoring it to my preferences and not necessarily how I would score it per style. Pours with a clear bronze hued body with a white head. Aromas are smoke, earthy, bacon. Moderate malt complexity past the smoke. Somewhat cleanish yeast character. Flavors are smokey, earthy and nutty with a clean yeast character. Can be a bit harshly smokey at times, a bit earthy. Lively carbonation, off dry. All smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2013
at 17:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draft: pours amber-red with a light tan head. Aroma is ham smoked with a slight plastic/vinyl note initially, which soon fades. Flavour is malty, smoked meat..... NICE.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2013
at 16:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at DLD13. Smoky caramel malt aroma. Reddish amber with small head. Smoked ham and barley malt flavor. Good, straight-forward smoked beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2013
at 17:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ DLD. Honey smoked ham aroma. Chestnut with a creamy, moderate off-white head. Honey ham and smoky malt flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation. Very nice balanced smoked beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2013
at 08:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Powerful smoke, bacon, salted ham, biscuit malts, too. A fairly clean beer, meaning the not overly caramel, molasses, or fruity flavors, just biscuit malts and smoked malt. I wish I had been in the mood for a smoked because it is a very nice rauch but since I wasn’t it made a full pint nearly impossible. Good brew though. Very good.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2011
at 10:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty grainy smokey aroma. Fruity sweetish malty grainy smokey flavor. Has a fruity malty smokey finish with some weak bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2011
at 07:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is smoked ham and dark malty. Meat, bacon, ham and roasted breadish malt. Smooth smoked and slight bitter into a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2011
at 09:07
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on draft at Smokin Joes this beer poured a caramel-amber color with a small beige head that left good lacing. The aroma was strong hickory and bacon and light notes of smoke and soot. The flavor was woody with notes of hickory, smoke and light tangy apples. The finish was long, woody and smoky. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2011
at 20:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
on tap at the brewpub, pours dark red with a thin off white head. Aroma is light smoke and roasted peppers. Flavor is heavy on the smoke, with toasted malts, biscuit, and peppercorns ending with a mild spiciness.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2010
at 12:12