9.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2019
at 10:58
10/10
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2019
at 15:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Zoo. Clear amber/ruby body with an off-white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of smoked cheese, cinnamon, apple and earth. Flavour of wood and salted raisins. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Very satisfying, and less intense than Schlenkerla smoked beers. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2019
at 20:17
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear, medium amber / almost brown with a big beautiful head. Very moderated smoke aroma compared to the really heavy Bamberg beers, nevertheless has that powerful almost-peaty burned smell. The flavor is light bacon, refreshing, woody, a bit of hops. The smoke comes through cleanly from nose to aftertaste. One of the only smoke beers I could drink all night.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2019
at 19:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
08-07-19 // tap at Brauerei Spezial Clear amber brown. Caramel nutty with a smoky touch. Smooth. A bit lo low carbonated for me. Sweetish. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2019
at 20:11
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
It’s already getting dark now so it’s a bit hard to see out here on the roof, but this bottle pours something that looks brown and seems clear, with probably an offwhite head. Sweet greasy rauch malts, peat, old tobacco, cola with brown bread and bacon. Moderate sweet and bitter, umami like a marsupilami. Medium body and soft carbonation. Seems a bit more watery than some other rauchbier varieties I’ve tried (at first), I guess that’s a consequence of this lager style rauchbier. My favorites are more malty and resiny, basically greasy like a pig. This is quite up there though. Decent stuff. Can taste the beechwood smoke. Loving it. I mean, is it love? It makes my heart race out of my chest and my head spin on my neck. Does smoked beechwoodresin induce an increased heartrate? YES. This ole redneck dont need no stinkin scientist to prove that jazz. Right here it casts boners in Valerian steel! The rumpathump is strooong in this one. Liquid forest fire man, think of it. Now think of it again and think of it for real! Put it in a bottle. This stuff is like an injection of three eyed raven juice, Ent DNA straight up the vein. But then like evil! Like the gnomes that brew this spirit enhancing juice have tortured the trees, taunted them with fire and wrung em out to drain them from their lifejuice. I can hear trees screaming in gnome tree torture hell while I drink this stuff. Scream beeches, scream! That’s why it’s called Spezial. --- Beer merged from original tick of Spezial Rauchbier Lager on 03 Jul 2019 at 17:21 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2019
at 21:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Zum Franziskaner. Pours amber. Aroma and flavor are bacon, smoke, malt, caramel, sugar. Feels slightly bit too thin. Overall: very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2019
at 06:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg at Zum Fraziskaner, Stockholm. Well, what a beer. It was dark as mahogany. Smoked but perfectly so for a lager style. Smooth af. Gluggable and yet fulll bodied. Great job. (12/5/19).
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Keg at Akurrat, Stockholm. Wasn't as magical this time. But not unexpected as Zum makes everything taste better. 8.6 to 8.4 on lazy rating. (6/8/25).
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Keg at Akurrat, Stockholm. Wasn't as magical this time. But not unexpected as Zum makes everything taste better. 8.6 to 8.4 on lazy rating. (6/8/25).
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 20:54
7/10
Good, sweet bur not too sweet. Osterjause, smoked ham, good balance. Thanks G!
Tried
on 03 May 2019
at 21:16
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2019
at 15:28