Rauchbier
Dovetail Brewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating|
Score
7.13
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Dark with reddish tones and an off-white head with a rocky foam standing above the rim of the glass; as you bring it to your nose, you feel like you are eating a bar of chocolate in a smokehouse, full and rich with generous hopping to balance the flavor of beechwood smoked bacon.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Mellow smoke character, toasted bread, earth. There are some tangy-fruit kind of notes that seem off - perhaps suggestive of an infection. Could be good but seems out of shape.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2025
at 21:35
7/10
Keg at the brewery. Pours deep amber, nose is smoked meat, chocolate, grassy, dried fruit, taste is toffee, caramel, smoky, sweet. 8/7/8/8/7
Tried
on 05 Aug 2025
at 14:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
.3L at the brewery - hazy amber with a thick head - notes of dark bread and raisin, a hint of spice and caramel - smoke arrives late and is deep and complex - sadly, the finish gets a little watery and flat, so it’s not as satisfying and consistent as classic examples of the style, but it scratches the itch.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dovetail Brewery
on 07 Apr 2025
at 20:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Brown with amber haze and off white head. Nice smoke, caramel, some bready notes, moderate sweetness. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dovetail Brewery
on 04 Nov 2024
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Pours dark brown with an off-white head. Dark malt, smoked meats, smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2024
at 22:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at Churchkey is a murky amber with some lacey beige head. Smokey nose, earthy, sweet, malty. Flavor is smoked carrot and dried leaves, malt and caramel and some sausage. Dry finish, slick.
Tried
on 31 May 2024
at 00:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Dovetail, pours a clear dark mahogany with a medium beige head. Aroma is full of nicely smoked, slightly ash malt, with bready notes and a hint of burnt toasted nuts. Flavour is much the same, with campfire smoke, some ash, and burnt toasted nuts. Pretty reminiscent of a Bamberg rauchbier. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2023
at 18:17
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2022
at 15:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with small beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong smoke, wood, cocoa, dark fruit. Medium body, smoke, wood, raisin, cocoa, light dry finish, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2022
at 18:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Somehow never had this one until now perhaps. Clean doughy backdrop for the luscious smoke tones to shine. Could certainly hang in Bamberg, a delicious and true example of the style. Unfiltered deep brown, ruby red body. Glass lacing off white head. Excellent.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2021
at 05:36