Kräusen
Heller-Bräu Trum (Aecht Schlenkerla) in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
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7.33
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In the world of German brewing, Kräusen refers to the intense proliferation of bubbles and foam formed during fermentation of a young or "green" beer. And Aufkräusen (literally to kräusen it up), refers to a historic brewing technique in which some green beer is added to a fully-matured lager. This is a very old and very typically German tradition, and today even English-speaking brewers refer to this technique as krausening. Krausening brings the vibrant freshness of young beer to the more refined, austere flavors of a fully-matured lager.
Aecht Schlenkerla Kräusen starts out as normal Helles Schlenkerla Lager and matures for months in the old rock cellars underneath the brewery. Just before filling it is blended using the before mentioned "Kräusen" technique with classic Märzen Rauchbier. The result is an unfiltered, bottom fermented and amber color Märzen Lager hybrid with a vibrant and slightly smoky flavor.
Aecht Schlenkerla Kräusen starts out as normal Helles Schlenkerla Lager and matures for months in the old rock cellars underneath the brewery. Just before filling it is blended using the before mentioned "Kräusen" technique with classic Märzen Rauchbier. The result is an unfiltered, bottom fermented and amber color Märzen Lager hybrid with a vibrant and slightly smoky flavor.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille en importation privée. Merci à Phil. Olfactif au fort profil fumé avec notes céréalières et surtout boisées rappelant la saucisse fumée, le jambon et le bacon. Le liquide est ambré, fortement effervescent et presque limpide. La mousse est énorme, semi crémeuse et très persistante. Le fumé domine largement en bouche, s’accompagnant d’une effervescence piquante et d’une bonne amertume en finale. On y décèle de subtiles notes de caramel, de céréales fumées, de boisé de barrique ainsi que des houblons herbacés et terreux qui composent une finale quand même assez amère. L’ensemble fumé est agréable, bien équilibré et s’intègre bien à l’amertume assez élevée. Très appréciée ! O:7.79 V:3.71 G:9.14 C:3.88 G:16.58 T:41.1
Tried
on 06 Nov 2024
at 22:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Malt and smoked aroma. Malty taste, less smoked, and kind of buttery taste.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 18:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Fermentoren Pours deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, smoke, bacon and grass. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long smoked and grassy finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft
Tried
on 28 Jul 2024
at 22:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear dull gold with white head. Super feint smoke malt, soft and subdued a bit minerally and buttery, My least favourite of the Schlenkerlas, meh
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2024
at 05:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pale amber, bright. Medium head. The base pale malt is somewhat thick, slightly gloppy. There's a touch of smoke overlay. Low level diacetyl. On the palate, the butter is a touch more prominent, smoke still mellow, low bitterness, but the base lager's faults are coming through here - gloppy and buttery. A Schenkerla that doesn't nail the base beer, that is odd.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2024
at 04:59
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2023
at 20:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
bottiglia 50 cl, schiuma beige pannosa persistente, colore ambrato velato, al naso delicato affumicato spek castagne legno, in bocca pane tostato speck caldarroste, corpo rotondo, carbonazione moderata, oily cremosa, dolce con amaro moderato. Ottima gustosa con affumicato delicato. Heller-Bräu Trum sempre al top. c. Birraland.it 17.11.23
Tried
on 17 Nov 2023
at 18:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber color with frothy creamy head. Malt, roast, heavy smoke, bit caramel aromas. Light sweetness and bitterness. Average body, bit oily, medium carbonation. Long smokey finish
Tried
on 20 Oct 2023
at 18:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours clear copper with a thin beige head. Aromas of light smoke and caramel. Taste is more of the same. Light smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2023
at 20:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep copper but fairly clear. Wispy white head. Nose - burnt wood and roasted barley. Taste - more lightly smoky barley and wood. Palate - perhaps medium bodied and gentle dry smokiness on the finish. Overall - good if a little less intense than their usual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2023
at 22:01