Pour slowly classy limited edition brown-bodied 9.2% alcohol-smitten smoked beer (to avoid over-carbonation). Whiskey malt sweetness, orange peel bittering, and subtle hop restraint develop better flavor profile if allowed to breathe in the glass. Pleasant barley strand emerges alongside medicinal backdrop where citrus-aided prune juice motif enjoins busy mix. Despite limited appeal for mainstream crowd, experienced pros will enjoy fascinatingly unpredictable splendor.
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AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER MARZEN
Dark amber-grained ‘rauch’ beer stays creamier than drier Aecht smoked beers. Beechwood-smoked peat malts gain hard salami slab absorbed by maple honey nut easement conveying heady sweetness to dried cocoa repsite. Sappy pine-combed hop toastiness bastes omnipresent wafting cedar-redwood sear. Strangley, at busy cured meat finish, hints of cherry rhubarb pie or tangelo detected.

