Medium cream head over deep reddish brown beer. Heavy phenolic nose, tarr, smoke, brown bread & malts. Phenolic with a sourish touch, bit pharmaceutical. Gets gradually sweet(er). Bit mineral, almost salty. Not very well-bodied, light, very mild carbonation. Starts punch-in-the-face, ends almost tame.

Dutch Rauchbier, sampled at 3B in Sneek. Pale greyish white, slowly breaking, medium thick, small-bubbled head on a dark bronze-brown beer with ruddy hue. Aroma of ketchup and ‘smoky’ barbecue sauce (weirdly), ketjap even, caramel, smoked beef, bonfire ashes, fig jam, honey-glazed spareribs, tomato concentrate. Sweetish onset, clean with hints at fig and medlar, medium carbonated; smooth and rounded mouthfeel, caramelly malt sweet core with indeed a drying, umami-forward, meaty smokiness to it, almost horse steak-like and combining with the sweetness in, again, this very barbecue sauce-like overall effect. Ends with light herbal hop bitter accents, providing a bittersweet ending. Weirdly sweet for a Rauchbier, but admittedly the end result is a pleasant, even fun one, very reminiscent of smoked barbecue sauce from a flask. I like a good Rauchbier and this one at least is not afraid to be smoked enough, as is all too often the case, though for me it could have been even more.

Bottle at home. Nice darker amber red color, beige head. Smell and taste malts, slight sweet hints, then a nice bitterness. Caramel notes. Medium body and decent carbonation. Quite nice.

Fles 33cl bij Paviljoen Lutterzand. Lichtbruin bier met schuim. Smaak is licht bittter hoppig, licht zoet en ietwat kruidig.

Bottle. Amber color. Floral, bready caramelly aroma. Medium bodied, bready flavor, floral, toffee, some distant fruit. Toffee finish. Just the slightest hint of roast. Fairly well balanced. A good example of the type.

Bruin bier met stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is licht bitter en zoet met iets van vanille, honing en iets van kruidige bloemen. Een bier zoals ik dat graag zie.

Fles 33cl thuis. Flink rooksmaak, zoet, licht fruitje, kruidig, malttonen, bokzoetje, oily, citrustonen. (29-2-2020).

33cl bottle from a trade with bierkoning, thanks! A hazy golden beer with a huge most good lasting white head. Aroma of ripe sweet banana, phenols and wheat. Taste of sweet banana juice, sweet moderate strong wheat malt, phenols. Okay!

Rauchiger Beginn mit eher wässrigem Hintergrund. Geringe Herbe, etwas bitter, Teer. Trocken rauchiger Mittelteil, leicht herb zum Ende. Okay. 10/9/10/9/8/9