Eiche
(has 2 batches)
Heller-Bräu Trum in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.64
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Following century old recipes all malts made at the Schlenkerla brewery are dried by wood fire. While for the classic Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier traditionally beech has been ? and still is ? used, the malt for Schlenkerla Oak Smoke is kilned with oak wood. The resulting Oak Smoke Malt has a smoother and more multi layered smoky note than the intensely aromatic Beech Smoke Malt. The hence complex smokiness in Schlenkerla Oak Smoke is paired with the multifaceted bitterness of finest Hallertau aroma hops. With 8% alcohol and amber color it matures for months in the deep brewery cellars underneath Bamberg into a special treat for smoke beer lovers for Christmas.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
50 cl bottle poured into a Dimpled mug. Dark amber colour with golden hues and thin white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, bonfire, salami, bacon, oaked notes and a herbal bitterness. Taste is sweet. Full bodied. Drying smoked finish with caramel malts and salami. Fine, well balanced Smoker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2020
at 18:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber red with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a rich wood smoke with a bit of bacon and a touch of sweet grains underlying. Flavor has a rich sweet wood smoke with a bit of bacon and a light sweet grain note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2020
at 23:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (no date) pour from Manchester Wine and Liquors. Appearance is clear dark amber-red with lazy, light sparkle, finger-width creamy beige head with excellent retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong bacon-campfire smoke. That's it. Taste is burnt wood (couldn't tell you if it was oak or not) and bacon dominant with background sweet malts, vaguely caramel and suggestion of dark fruits. Smoke is less prominent as it warms. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth texture, average carbonation and mellower lingering smoke flavor in the finish. Overall, the smoke is a bit too dominant. It's distinctive and pretty good but I wish it complemented the malts rather than smothering them.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2020
at 02:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Head quickly dissapeared. Intensive aroma of ham, hearth, wood, smoked cheese, caramel, malt, some chocolate. Taste of smoke, sausage, caramel, melanoidins, licorice. Little alcoholic. Medium carbonation, high body, high bitter. Very nice one.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2020
at 19:03