110K+OT Batch #1 Der Rauch Gott
Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Series Out of Production|
Score
7.52
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Retorp. Bottle # 3/29. Clear black with a tint of red and a small off-white head. Sweet aroma of roasted malts and a little smoke. Nothing much more than medium body, a little tired in the mouthfeel. Hard roasted malts, chocolate, tobacco and ashes with smoky accents. Slightly hard roasted malt bitterness. 300809
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Extra thanks to Retorp and tpd! Dark brown. Smokey nose with toffee, deep dark malts and some dark fruits. Sweet palate but rich smokey, roasty, meaty notes. Very complex. A delicious, sipping dessert beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Growler at DLD 09 ... thanks to Daknole for this ... Deep black ... little smokey roast malt nose ... loads of roast malts quite smokey and the smokeyness builds
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle 4/29 courtesy of CCB, thanks a ton for this damn good beer. Pours dark dark brown with wafer thin tan head. The aroma is big bold smoky rauch-ness with a smokiness getting close to but not reaching Schlenkerla levels of bacon-y camp fire char. I get caramel, molasses, a hint of earthiness and some chocolate all hanging out behind the veil of smoke. The taste is the same with a solid smokiness up front moving into sweet slick sweetness coming from caramel, molasses and faint malts. Nearing midway chocolate notes sore to the front and lead into burnt malts and scorched molasses just as the smokiness re-doubles its influence. Into the finish I get brunt notes and solid lingering smokiness hanging around for a while as I come to grips with the full body, full flavor, full velvety creaminess of the experience. I think what this beer needs is a bit more balance in the nose and taste with either, dare I say, bolder notes around the smoke or a little less smoke. To me that would take it from stellar to frikin’ amazing (4.3 to at least 4.6).