8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Bruxellensis Festival. Lovely clear deep amber colour, thin beige head. Smokey aroma, bit of bacon. OK in mouth, some candy sugar, then more subtle smoked bacon on end. Not as good as some other rauchs I’ve had. 3.2 nope no idea what that rating was for. This is from bottle near deep black dark ruby with lasting tan head. Bottle at Spezial Gasthaus Bamberg. Charcoal smoke aroma. Some dark malt on aroma. Yes more smoke some charcoal jn the mouth. Never ashy though. Juicy. Dark fruits. Like burnt raisins. A level of heavy charcoal continues. Some light smoke. For a heavy beer. Its quite light in mouthfeel and finish. Lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2006
at 13:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the Bruxellensis Festival 2006, Brussels, Belgium
Clear, amber body. Creamy, off-white head. Aroma of smoked bacon, flowers, ... Hoppy bitter with hints of some sweetness from honey.
Clear, amber body. Creamy, off-white head. Aroma of smoked bacon, flowers, ... Hoppy bitter with hints of some sweetness from honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2006
at 13:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy, amber golden colour with a nice, dense, off-white head. Aroma of wheat, but not really the usual banana esters. Medium-bodied with some lightly sweet and soft notes. Some phenol. The smokiness is just a vague edge appearing as the beer warms. 040906
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2006
at 14:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Yellow-brownish tinted, huge (and badly poured in the wrong glass) over yellow orange beer, that needs vigourous shaking to losen the yeast. Smokey, with a marked wheat vector, that makes it surprisingly carbolic. Bit of clove, but the carbolic impression dominates. The taste has way more wheat than smokiness (compare this to the Schlenkerla Lager!). There’s even such a small sourish edge, probably the wheat, but because of the rauchmalt, it acquired a porter/stout character. Still quite some restsweetness, pineapple juice-like. Very slick, creamy MF; well bodied. More proof, if any needed; I do NOT like the combination of wheat with: smoke, lot of hops, alt,...)o
Tried
on 05 Sep 2006
at 11:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Beautiful red-chestnut ot bernstein colour; medium, amberish head. Restrained smokiness, bready, chestnuts-in-the-ashes. Quite restrained overall, really; some parsley (aroma often associated with amber malts). Sweet-roasted main taste, slowly acquiring some smoked dimension. All very gradually, but retronasal the beer acquires a great fulness, sweet, but not anywhere cloying. No typical ham smokiness - smoked cake? Full bodied, slick, grist, ever so slightly adstringent. The main thing about this beer it the absolute fulfilling, gratifying, well-boding feeling it gives; whereas it is nowhere as imposing or outspoken as a Schlenkerla - but o, how balanced.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2006
at 11:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm, 2 Sep) Colour is amber, slightly hazy, with a huge white head. Fresh wheat character in the nose, notes of banana and hints of smoke. Taste is rather fruity with wheat, banana, smoked ham, ripe apples and plums. Rather short finish. Refreshing but rather average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2006
at 09:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Spezial. Clear dark amber colour with small head. The flavour is smokey and malty, but quite mild. Taste is really light.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2006
at 07:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ the Spezial Brewery in Bamberg. Poured very dark copper, almost black with a big thick head. Huge nose of smoked malts with a lot of fruit aromas. Flaver is powerful and the mouthfeel is rich.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2006
at 01:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught. Hazy golden colour, small white head. The flavour is citricly fruity with a hint of teaish bonbon. OK bitterness in aftertaste, late and nice. Good mouthfeel.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2006
at 03:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught. Clear dark amber colour. Small head. The flavour is slightly smokey, but quite mild. Medium to high carbonation. Thin to medium mouthfeel. Goes down well.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2006
at 10:52