Niet miepe met Ype, maar voor een West Coast gewoon te zoet

Heerlijk fris aroma, smaken zijn wat gras/hoppig bitter, droog, wat citrus en gember, neigt meer naar de kruidige dan de fruitige kant, goed bitter, niet vervelend imo, maar zeker geen allemansvriend. Lekker

Ok rook moutig, maar ‘t is natuurlijk geen Schenkerla, had wat mij betreft nog meer richting de ham/bacon mogen gaan.

On tap @ Bierfestival Groningen. Generalized review and rating due to losing my notes.

On tap @ Bierfestival Groningen.
Generalized review and rating due to losing my notes. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cluyn on 28 Apr 2022 at 18:45 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: On tap @ Bierfestival Groningen. Generalized review and rating due to losing my notes.

Bottle at home, Nivala. Via Ratebeer swap thanks to TomHendriksen! BBE 01-10-2023. Enjoyed straight from the bottle. Aromas and flavors: Some coffee, dryness, some licorice, roasted malts... was boozy but getting better.

0.33 l bottle from 'Mr. Hop', best before December 2022. Almost clear, dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish-malty, quite smoky aroma of smoked eel, caramel and toasted nuts. Gently sweet, malty, rather smoky taste of smoked ham, caramel, nuts and bread crust, followed by a short, gently bitter, fairly smoky finish. Medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice Rauchmärzen, well done.

Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is heel wild schuimend. Het is een troebel amberkleurig bier met een volle schuimkraag. Het aroma van bloemen en fruit. De smaak van gebrande mout, fruitig en bitter.

‘Rauchmärzen’ by this Frisian craft brewery, bottle shared by Craftmember. Using the term ‘Rauchmärzen’ so explicitly sets the bar high, as this is clearly a direct reference to the original core beer in the immortal Aecht Schlenkerla range of ‘true’ Bambergian Rauchbier. Off-white, thinnish, tiny-bubbled, open and breaking but stable head, clear deep ‘metallic’ orangey-amber colour. Aroma indeed very strongly smoked with the powerful smoked bacon and smoked horse meat effects associated with Aecht Schlenkerla (and others), cigarette tobacco even, bread crust, pink peppercorns, dried peach, old crackers. Crisp, clean onset, very clearly a Lager indeed with malt sweetness setting in right away, minerally carbonated with smooth, even somewhat oily mouthfeel; the malt sweetness makes a slight turn to the cake- and honey-like but never gets there, as the Rauchmalz effect comes in just in time, adding smoked bacon ‘umami’ effects – though in a much softer way than expected based on the nose, to be honest. Light toasty-malty and floral-hoppy aspects ‘fill’ the finish while the smokiness gently lingers. Daring, in trying to imitate Aecht Schlenkerla’s ultimate Rauchbier in such a straightforward, undisguised and unambiguous way – more beers like this should be made by craft brewers these days, in my opinion. Of course, compared with the original, this one seems more superficial, more ‘easy’ and less thoroughly smoked with less complexity, but it is most certainly a step in the right direction.