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Rauchbier
Sly Fox Brewing Company
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- From:
- Sly Fox Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Rauchbier
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 11.66%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 01, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 25, 2005
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Ratings by DarkerTheBetter:
Reviewed by DarkerTheBetter from Minnesota
4.18/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.18/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This beer came an amber gold with a thin oatmeal head.
Smelled of salty chicken and smoke with a dry molasses.
Tasted of smooth honey and cherries that hesitates for a moment and then drops into a smoked slightly salty ham. Theres a unifying crisp sweet cedar and grass hops that ties these two together.
The mouth feel is light to medium bodied with a light carbonation.
The dynamics of this beer are stellar! I cant wait to try this beer again.
BTW, my girlfriend, who used to live in Bamberg, tried this and liked it very much. I think that says a lot about the quality of this beer.
Well done!
Feb 20, 2006Smelled of salty chicken and smoke with a dry molasses.
Tasted of smooth honey and cherries that hesitates for a moment and then drops into a smoked slightly salty ham. Theres a unifying crisp sweet cedar and grass hops that ties these two together.
The mouth feel is light to medium bodied with a light carbonation.
The dynamics of this beer are stellar! I cant wait to try this beer again.
BTW, my girlfriend, who used to live in Bamberg, tried this and liked it very much. I think that says a lot about the quality of this beer.
Well done!
More User Ratings:
Rated by Tony210 from New Jersey
2.84/5 rDev -29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
2.84/5 rDev -29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
So smoky I couldn't drink it.
10/6/18
Draft at Meat & Potatoes, PGH
2.5 rating
Oct 07, 201810/6/18
Draft at Meat & Potatoes, PGH
2.5 rating
Reviewed by DuaneL from Delaware
4.5/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap at Tria Fitlers Square Phila. We both liked, DL especially. A wonderful, malty, smoked lager! Will find out if they can or bottle it soon!
Nov 21, 2016Rated by Kayakingmaddog from Pennsylvania
4.86/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.86/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Loved the taste. A very smoky beer with much character. Big thumbs up!
Aug 26, 2016Reviewed by WissBrauSean from Pennsylvania
3.95/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I'm not a rauchbier enthusiast and only have had a few before, but after doing some research on the style, this sounds like a pretty darn good rauchbier.
It poured what looked like (it was a bar after all) a very clear amber with a full white cap and thin lacing.
The aroma was malty and smokey like caramel candy and sausages.
Smoke and malts take the lead and it has a mildly dry finish and lightly hoppy. (notes from the bar)
Light to medium body and sweet with a dry finish and low carbonation.
I described it as very pleasant but a little too sweet on the bar napkin.
Mar 02, 2013It poured what looked like (it was a bar after all) a very clear amber with a full white cap and thin lacing.
The aroma was malty and smokey like caramel candy and sausages.
Smoke and malts take the lead and it has a mildly dry finish and lightly hoppy. (notes from the bar)
Light to medium body and sweet with a dry finish and low carbonation.
I described it as very pleasant but a little too sweet on the bar napkin.
Reviewed by DrinkSlurm from New York
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from tap into nonic pint at Standard Tap, Philly. Pours a golden brown...more brown than golden, a bit of head and lacing. The aroma really shines here...lots of subtle smoke and sweet maltiness - not crazy, but deff present. Again, the flavor is on the more aggressive side of subtle with the smoke; perfect amount for me, with a nice sweet malt balance. Easy easy easy drinker and very pleasant. I have been drinking some really nice rauch's lately...a lot with the subtleness of smoke and bacon - which I really prefer, and this one really hits the mark for me. Overall, a great rauchbier for this who like the subtle smoke without the bacon...
Feb 14, 2013
Rauchbier from Sly Fox Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
56 ratings
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