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Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating|
Score
7.84
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Translated as “ignite” or “spark,” this German inspired specialty smoked dark lager uses Alder smoked malt from Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls, Maine. An intoxicating campfire aroma melds with cocoa and roasted coffee beans before finishing crisp and clean with a kiss of noble hops.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home late night. Should’ve saved until another day since fell asleep mid drink. Oh well. Dark pour and aromas of smoke and caramel. Tastes ashy, smoky cured meat, caramel, malt, some bread crust and chocolate. Smooth
Tried
on 31 May 2025
at 12:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewery draught, 5/21/25.
Clear, ashen, dark maple. Small, dark beige head.
Smokey big firewood and burnt twigs. Rich but crusty malts with brown bread and big toast. Clean and so much delicious woodsmoke. Damp and thick.
Smokey, rich, malty, with crusty bread and damp campfire. Very ashy. Malty, not exceedingly so, and yet the smoke and burnt twigs somehow seem more or less balanced.
Clear, ashen, dark maple. Small, dark beige head.
Smokey big firewood and burnt twigs. Rich but crusty malts with brown bread and big toast. Clean and so much delicious woodsmoke. Damp and thick.
Smokey, rich, malty, with crusty bread and damp campfire. Very ashy. Malty, not exceedingly so, and yet the smoke and burnt twigs somehow seem more or less balanced.
Tried
from Draft
at
Schilling Beer Co. - Store and Tasting Room
on 21 May 2025
at 23:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
6 oz draft. Aroma of smoked malt and cured meats. Flavor follows with the addition of roasted coffee and old wood. The smoke isn’t over the top. Medium plus in body. Quaffable without a doubt.
Tried
from Draft
at
Schilling Beer Co. - Brewery Pub & Kitchen
on 20 May 2025
at 20:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark mahogany-tinged cola into a willi. Mocha head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Caramel and bacon aromas. Crisp with sweet chocolate-covered bacon, smoked meat and caramel front to back. Lasting, earthy smoke finish.
Tried
on 12 May 2025
at 22:07