Grätzer
Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Grätzer / Grodziskie Rotating|
Score
7.21
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A style lost to time, Grätzer or Grodziskie is a polish oak smoked wheat ale. Once referred to as "polish champagne" this beer is very unique! Our interpretation is light in color, effervescent, well-hopped, and with a kiss of oak smoke to round the flavor. Please enjoy a taste of beer's regional history.
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CosmicCharlie (9609) reviewed Grätzer from Schilling Beer Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours pale clear yellow into a stein. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Mild smoky lemon aromas. Crisp with sweet smoked hay, pepper and juiced lemon upfront turning to earthy, dry hop in the medium length finish. Nice.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Grätzer from Schilling Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Draught at the brewery, 4/29/16.
Light golden body shows a soft haziness and a copper tint. White head atop is small and slowly fades to a ring.
Smokiness in the nose is "dry", very woody and quite peppery as well, with only a soft touch of more smoked meat coming with extended warming/breathing. Very delicate honey, baguette and light sourdough notes emanate from the malt, as just a faint hint of lactic character is noted on the finish. Some salinity/minerality is present and quite charming. No alcohol or flaw.
Dry wood smoke greets the mouth as peppery hops help lighten things while a tight, dainty carbonation keeps things drinkable and crisp. As well, the soft lactic notes add mild acidity and salt, whitebread and burnt oak-like smokiness collect on the finish. What it doesn’t have is any heavy smoke flavor, nor doughy, unfinished yeasty flavors. The production/execution on this beer is jaw-dropping. The carbonation, attenuation and flavor balance is absolutely stunning, with no one flavor dominating, nor anything ever becoming fatiguing. Fantastically drinkable and flavorful, especially given its low gravity.
It was a great trip up to Hill Farmstead, but a Schilling beer would take home top honors on this trip. I have a feeling that’s going to keep happening quite often. What a brewery!
johnnnniee (7492) reviewed Grätzer from Schilling Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Crowler shared by someone Friday night, thank you anonymous BFD’er. Dark brown in color with a smallish off white head. Big smoky earthy yeasty nose. Flavor is what the nose promised. Big campfire wheat and yeasty earthy flavors. Little to no hop flavor or aroma. Light easy to drink but a bit to heavy on the smoke for my tastes.
AdamChandler (5747) reviewed Grätzer from Schilling Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Small haze dark orange 3 finger light bubbly head. caramel, maple ice cream and ham on the nose. just a faint salt brine. Taste is actually siilar to the nose. I get sea-salt, tumeric, other cooking spices and a brine. a bit too close to baked ham. I’ve had more ham-like smoked german beers but this is difficult for me mostly as I’m just not a fan of the style.