Rauchbier
Anspach & Hobday in Croydon, Greater London, England 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.02
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Our homage to the great smoked beers of Bamburg, the Rauchbier is a smoked dark lager, brewed in London.
Drawing on a decade of commitment to the celebration of this style, the Rauchbier is brewed with a unique smoked malted barley, kilned over open beechwood fires.
The beer is a deep mahogany in colour, and pours with an off white head. A brooding aroma of sweet beechwood smoke meets the nose, and rich flavours of toasted malt and sweet-cured bacon follow on the palate.
Drawing on a decade of commitment to the celebration of this style, the Rauchbier is brewed with a unique smoked malted barley, kilned over open beechwood fires.
The beer is a deep mahogany in colour, and pours with an off white head. A brooding aroma of sweet beechwood smoke meets the nose, and rich flavours of toasted malt and sweet-cured bacon follow on the palate.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Weich rauchiger, moderat herber Beginn. Angenehme Süße, die Herbe steigt an, gleichzeitig sinkt die Intensität des Raucharomas. Moderat bitter, getreidig, trockener Hintergrund. Nettes süffies Rauchbier, wenn auch etwas harsch. 9/11/8/8/9/8
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2026
at 20:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Very peeted. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2026
at 09:16
7.9/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Draft
at
Anspach & Hobday - The Arch House
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:18
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
from Mr. Hop (webshop)
on 20 Jan 2025
at 18:58
7.9/10
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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.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2024
at 16:18
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2023
at 20:53
7.1/10
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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).
Tried
on 17 Nov 2022
at 19:21
7.4/10
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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
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2022
at 10:42
7.6/10
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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
Tried
on 17 Oct 2019
at 08:29
6.5/10
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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
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2018
at 23:59