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Smokehaus Rauchbier
Devils Backbone Brewing Company
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- From:
- Devils Backbone Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Rauchbier
Ranked #54 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #23,064 - Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 14.6%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 18, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 06, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.78/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From the bottle, it pours a mahogany amber color with a nice light tan head that does hang around a bit. In the nose, it is a bit of smoke and a sweet malt. In the mouth, the sweetish malt is evident as well as a bit of smoke as well. Not bad!
Sep 28, 2019Rated by ThatDarnLobster from Tennessee
3.62/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Tastes just like ham and a bonfire. Strangely, it works.
Aug 10, 2019Reviewed by Jeffreysan from Virginia
4.82/5 rDev +32.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.82/5 rDev +32.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass
Appearance: Pours a very pretty, clear, deep, dark, mahogany color with a quarter of a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into no head what-so-ever.
Aroma: Nice aromas of toasted malt and smoke up front as well as some faint notes of caramel. Mainly the aroma is smoke and toasted malt.
Taste: Wow! A delicious, well-balanced, smoky, not ashy rauchbier! Tons of toasted malt and caramel-like sweetness, beautifully balanced by rich, roasty smoke. As stated earlier, this is a smoky, but not ashy beer. Excellent!
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and extremely smooth as there is no carbonation what-so-ever. With an ABV of 5.6%, there is no alcohol on the palate.
Overall: Wow! What an exceptional rauchbier! So many rauchbiers are like drinking the ashes out of an ashtray, but not this one!! This one’s malty and slightly more than a little sweet with lots of caramel to beautifully balance the meaty barbeque brisket-like smoke of the beer. This is the rauchbier I’ve been looking for my whole life! Outstanding on its own, but I bet this is absolutely spectacular with barbeque!
Jun 12, 2015Appearance: Pours a very pretty, clear, deep, dark, mahogany color with a quarter of a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into no head what-so-ever.
Aroma: Nice aromas of toasted malt and smoke up front as well as some faint notes of caramel. Mainly the aroma is smoke and toasted malt.
Taste: Wow! A delicious, well-balanced, smoky, not ashy rauchbier! Tons of toasted malt and caramel-like sweetness, beautifully balanced by rich, roasty smoke. As stated earlier, this is a smoky, but not ashy beer. Excellent!
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and extremely smooth as there is no carbonation what-so-ever. With an ABV of 5.6%, there is no alcohol on the palate.
Overall: Wow! What an exceptional rauchbier! So many rauchbiers are like drinking the ashes out of an ashtray, but not this one!! This one’s malty and slightly more than a little sweet with lots of caramel to beautifully balance the meaty barbeque brisket-like smoke of the beer. This is the rauchbier I’ve been looking for my whole life! Outstanding on its own, but I bet this is absolutely spectacular with barbeque!
Reviewed by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
4.03/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
I don’t like smoky beers but this was pretty good. A nice unique beer from a brewery that can be rather inconsistent with their offerings. Certainly a great price point at only at $6.5 for a full pour- 4
A - Pours a beautiful amber with a minimal beige head, average lacing - 4
S - Some smoke but not overwhelming, like someone just brought some smoked meet into the house - 4
T – Malty, low bitterness, the smoke is not overwhelming (again) - 4
MF – A nice finish, dry, medium bodied, no coating or otherwise lasting smoke flavor - 4.25
Apr 05, 2015A - Pours a beautiful amber with a minimal beige head, average lacing - 4
S - Some smoke but not overwhelming, like someone just brought some smoked meet into the house - 4
T – Malty, low bitterness, the smoke is not overwhelming (again) - 4
MF – A nice finish, dry, medium bodied, no coating or otherwise lasting smoke flavor - 4.25
Reviewed by Beejay from Virginia
3.85/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A:Medium brown in the glass transforms into ruby when held to the light. a nice solid light tan head on top.
S: Sweet and smokey with an underlying grain and hay smell. Like bread coming out of a wood oven.
T: Sweet and smokey. Nice bread flavor.. the smoke in this isn't too overpowering, or cloying, like with many other smoked beer.
M: Medium in body with medium high carbonation.. the finish is somewhat thin, but I think it works that way.
O: Overall tasty. Enough flavor to make this interesting, but not overpowering. Tasty-licious. It's like tasting a distant campfire.
Mar 02, 2015S: Sweet and smokey with an underlying grain and hay smell. Like bread coming out of a wood oven.
T: Sweet and smokey. Nice bread flavor.. the smoke in this isn't too overpowering, or cloying, like with many other smoked beer.
M: Medium in body with medium high carbonation.. the finish is somewhat thin, but I think it works that way.
O: Overall tasty. Enough flavor to make this interesting, but not overpowering. Tasty-licious. It's like tasting a distant campfire.
Smokehaus Rauchbier from Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
23 ratings
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