Biersal
Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.09
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Traditional smoked lager modeled after the smoked beers of Bamberg. Beechwood smoke is used to dry the barley during malting, resulting in a smoky aroma and hint of smoke in the flavor. Rauchbier is a German-style lager brewed with rauch (smoked) malt.
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Biersal from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 4/5/22. Clear, beautiful, ruby-garnet with deep orange highlights and a large, dense, butter-tinted, white head that shows strong retention. Smokey and with some light pretzel dough-like malt behind it. Spring water, mineral and soft, herbal hops with no alcohol, flaw or overdone specialty malt character. Sourdough, woody smoke and mineral with a fairly malty texture and great attenuation. Peppery and woody smoke doesn't dominate, allowing mineral and hop character to persist on the finish. Hint of caramel, pretzel and honey on the end. A bit less malt depth than I'd hoped for but otherwise great.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Biersal from Notch Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep mahogany into an English pint. Mocha head with medium retention recedes leaving no lacing. Sweet toasted brown bread and bacon aromas. Medium bodied with sweet caramel and brown bread upfront turning to bacon and bbq in the medium length finish. Nice one.