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.
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UNIBROUE RAFTMAN SMOKED BEER
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER URBOCK
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER WEIZEN
Lacey-headed, flaxen-bodied, water-softened German with noticeable yeast viscosity, pungent burnt wood frontage, smoked salami waft, and peppercorn finish. Off-dry hop effervescence caresses buttered mocha and distant prune nuances beneath. Carbonation holds up well, though advertised ‘wheat’ prominence lags.

