7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

1/3 pint @ Anspach taproom, London.
Cuivrée-ambrée, col blanc-cassé léger.
Arôme est délicieux, et reprend les grandes lignes des fumées de Bamberg. Fumé mais sans tomber dans le surfait tout en ayant qcq références maltées en support - toasté, léger caramel tout en ayant une sensation houblonnée assez fraîche en balance - notamment sur le floral.
Palais est sur une très belle note fumée - pas mal de rappel de bacon et fumoir avec une solide base maltée restant tout de même délicate - petite note presque crystal, grillé, caramel avec une balance en amertume qui accompagne le tout.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

0.44 l can from 'Mr. Hop', best before July 2025. Almost clear, dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite smoky aroma of caramel, smoked ham and some nuts. Gently sweet, malty, quite smoky and a little fruity taste of caramel, nuts, smoked ham and light raisins, followed by a short, moderately bitter, a little dry finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent Rauchbier, a little anaemic compared to Schlenkerla but still a pleasant drop.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy dark copper colour, beige foam. Nose of smoke, bacon, some dark fruit, light sweet. Taste is bitter, smokey with sweet fruity hints. Easy drinkable.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Rich amber beer with a tan head. Bacon and light smoke aroma. Bacon and smoke flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. bacon and smoke linger with light malt.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught, third on a sample tray at The Rake. Clear, dark ruby-black body, upper part lacing body, covering beige head. Peaty and grainy nose, promising. Smoked flavoured a la bacon, hints of mid-sweet grain, and wood. Mid-sweet, smoked malty ending with a little backdrop of chocolate. Good drinking. (Borough, Greater London 07.11.2022).

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg in the A&H taproom. Nutty brown with a huge foamy off white head. Sweet smoky aroma, flavour is dry smoke and dried fruit

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at fierce Edinburgh. Pours clear reddish orange, nose is smoked sausage, caramel, toffee, taste is similar, dry, woody, chewy. 8/4/7/4/15

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft: Poured a brown with an off white to beige head. Aroma is Smokey. Taste is light Smokey with a roasted malt back

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at the brewery during their Oktoberfest shindig. Pours a lightly hazy cola brown, some tight off white head. Nose has cold smoke, a little smoked fish, some plum/prune, raisin, wet malt. Flavor is similar, sweet with malt and a bit of cola, the smoke is there, a little BBQ sauce, some raisin. Finishes watery and cheap smoke. A miss.

Chalky and astringent. Beachwood. Bland. Should have been dumped.