Kräusen
Heller-Bräu Trum in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home 27th December 2021. Pours a clear chestnut brown, with a massive annoying and growing head, I had to shot gun a load of foam to start it off. Aroma is light smoke and meat. Taste is caramel and light smoke, yeast and malts, east drinking, some meat, roasted notes and bacon, pretty good, but not as luxurious and intense as some of this brewers offerings
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2021
at 22:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber color with huge white head. Aroma: smoke, bacon, caramel, honey notes, pale malt and noble hops. Taste: smoke, bacon, malt, noble hops. Medium body, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness. Really tasty and unorthodox lager.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2021
at 17:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Glass, 5 ounces, draught, drunk at L'autre œil, savoured on September 5, 2020; eye: coppery, clear, no effervescence, nice sheet of beige head, good lacing; nose: smoky, meaty, light malt, slight caramel; mouth: smoky, meaty, light malt, slight caramel, light salt, light caramel, slight molasses, slight acridness, meaty finale with presence of smoke, medium body, lightly below average carbonation, slightly raspy texture; in summary: correct FRANÇAIS
Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue à L'autre œil, savourée le 5 septembre 2020; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, belle couverture de mousse beige, bonne dentelle; nez : fumé, viandeux, léger malt, très léger caramel; bouche : fumé, viandeux, léger malt, très léger caramel, léger sel, léger caramel, très léger mélasse, très légère âcreté, finale viandeuse avec présence de fumé, corps moyen, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : correct
Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue à L'autre œil, savourée le 5 septembre 2020; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, belle couverture de mousse beige, bonne dentelle; nez : fumé, viandeux, léger malt, très léger caramel; bouche : fumé, viandeux, léger malt, très léger caramel, léger sel, léger caramel, très léger mélasse, très légère âcreté, finale viandeuse avec présence de fumé, corps moyen, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : correct
Tried
on 23 Aug 2021
at 13:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
retrospective rating based on my notes; clear orange to amber colour, medium sized dense ecru head; aroma of smoked ham, toasted bread and some caramel notes; taste of malty sweetness, intensive smoke notes and surprising spiciness; good one
Tried
on 02 Aug 2021
at 17:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Jonas, cheers my friend, this is a great beer! Had this Tuesday 6th July 2021 during Beer School (Beer with Nat). Golden in colour, actually quite a deep gold, edging towards, light amber with a large white head. Malty and smoke on the nose, but not hugely smokey, taste follows a similar pattern, i.e. everything in moderation, but there is a little aroma of charcoal and the anticipated sausageyness, but balanced with a decent malty base and steady but not too invasive sweetness. I have had quite a few from these guys, they rarely put a foot wrong but this hits the high notes by being just simply perfectly balanced. Ok I know that if I were to go through some of my other ratings for these guys, some of them might be higher, but this is a glorious beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2021
at 21:03