Kräusen
Heller-Bräu Trum 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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ the brewpub in Bamberg. Pours hazy dark amber with stable off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, with mild estery notes. Sweetish flavour of malt and yeast, with mild touches of hops and hints of smoke. Estery and malty aftertaste with smoky notes and mild hoppy touches. A nice one. I am happy to finally have made my way to the brewpub and taste it.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2022
at 12:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz can from jcos (as the Aliased beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Helles Märzen), 5/20/22. Rusty golden-amber color, off-white head. Smoke, caramel, and bread. Grainy and a little spicy. Lots of flavor here. This is another really good one.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2022
at 18:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 50cl, BB 05/2022.
Couleur pâle, cuivre, col épais blanc-cassé.
Arôme est frais, pas mal sur le malté avec un léger rétro-nasal apportant un bon côté de fumé - petite note de fleur de houblon en fin de bouche. Garde ce bouquet allemand délicat de Aecht.
Palais présente une belle note de fumé - c'est bien le côté typique de Aecht du fumé latent - petite pointe caramel, fin chocolat le tout repris pas des notes de fumé. Houblonné vert frais avec une amertume fine tout au long - in fine, version réussite mais très similaire à la classique.
Couleur pâle, cuivre, col épais blanc-cassé.
Arôme est frais, pas mal sur le malté avec un léger rétro-nasal apportant un bon côté de fumé - petite note de fleur de houblon en fin de bouche. Garde ce bouquet allemand délicat de Aecht.
Palais présente une belle note de fumé - c'est bien le côté typique de Aecht du fumé latent - petite pointe caramel, fin chocolat le tout repris pas des notes de fumé. Houblonné vert frais avec une amertume fine tout au long - in fine, version réussite mais très similaire à la classique.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Malt Attacks
on 06 Mar 2022
at 09:51
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Smoked meat, creamy barley malt, and hay aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with large white head. Moderately sweet citrus, ham, barley malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body and balance. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2022
at 23:40