Affumicator
Gänstaller Braumanufaktur

 

L- Superficially black, but held right by a halogen bulb it is a very dark ruby red. Poured clear, though I do notice some sediment left in the bottle. 3mm fine-bubble creamy looking mid tan head. ps holds up well for a 9.6% and forms lacing down the sides...
S- I can smell the smoke on this from 30Cm away as I type - despite in winter my sense of smell is not so great!
T- Boom - pungent smoke! Then into a smokey deep-roast richness. The hops are certainly present, they leave a very light zing across the palate after the swallow.
F- It feels big! I wonder if it is liquor-barrel-aged as it now feels as it is has liquor notes, and that feel, to it. This (to me) is a beer for winter. It's big, intense, and for slow-sipping after dinner by a log-fire.
O- Would go well with cheese and crackers after dinner, bold enough to stand up against a pungent blue cheese. Well it's quite something, the impression it makes, that's for sure! It's a bit more dominated by mega-smoke than I'm likely to buy again but it's very interesting enjoying this one. If there were a sub-cat for 'Statement Beers' this might be a worthy addition.
330ml bottle BB: 27.06/2021 Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.

Bottle: Poured a dep brown color beer with a large light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of deep smoked malt notes with some caramelized cereal notes also perceptible. Taste is also a great mix of deep smoked malt notes with some caramelized malt notes and a semi-dry finish. Body is full with good carbonation. Another German smoked beer masterpiece.

 

This one pours a kind of flat looking and murky brown color, with no head or lacing.

This smells intensely smokey, and a bit roasty, with slight smoky phenols, peat, and caramel.

This is not good. It's got a weird syrupy character, with an intensely smoky and bitter taste to it. If it was less syrupy, and better attenuated, it would be better, as the smokey character itself isn't all that bad, until it warms, and it just gets so overwhelming. I don't understand what's the point here.

This is very, very syrupy, and not all that drinkable. There's a very low level of carbonation.

This is honestly appalling. I am very disappointed here.

1.25 Euros/500 mL bottle at the brewery. Reviewed 10/22/18.
Capped bottle marked “Mindestens haltbar bis 24.04.19” on the front label. Stored at room temperature in the brewery store and consumed at room temperature from a hand washed and dried glass coffee mug.
Appearance – 4.
Body – Medium brown, clear.
Head – Large (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), tan, creamy, good retention, diminishing to a four mm ring and complete layer.
Lacing – Fair – Complete partial ring of tiny bubbles.
First pour – Medium brown, hazy.
Aroma – 4 - Caramel malt.
Flavor – 4.25 - Less caramel and more malt than the nose. Slightly sweet. No hops, no alcohol (4.9 % ABV), no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 4 – Less than medium, bordering on syrupy, soft carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 4.25 – I had this both on tap and from a bottle and there is very little difference – both are good.
Rating 4.25, rDev 0% (First review).

 

On-tap at Mugs Alehouse, Brooklyn, NY

A: The beer is very hazy dark caramel brown in color. It poured with a finger high beige colored head that died down and left a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Strong, intense aromas of smoked malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and is quite smokey and has underlying notes of caramel and raisins.
M: it feels full-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The aroma of this beer might scare some people who don't like the smell of iodine and Band-Aids, but the taste is somewhat more balanced with underlying malty and fruity flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

 

 

On tap at Brewberry Bar in Paris, France. Poured in a 12.5cl tasting glass. The smoke is strong in there, in the smell mostly. Some caramel notes. Funny to try

 

 

L:
-pours a clear red-brown with a small,foamy,beige head
-low carbonation visible
S:
-smoke,chocolate,bacon,iodine,raisins,nutty,herbal,syrupy
T:
-smoke,chocolate,caramel,spicy,grassy,herbs
F:
-low to medium carbonation
-medium to full body
-alcohol noticeable
O:
Very similar to Schlenkerla's Märzen, but much bigger.
Great Smoked Bock.Excellent Winter/Autumn Beer.

 

Murky dark amber color with a bit of tan head. Aroma is quite intense on the smoked malts but also sweet, syrupy, brown sugar and honey notes. Taste is also quite sweet and sticky with intense smoked malt flavor and an earthy hop bitterness on the finish. Medium plus body, low carbonation. There is some alcohol warmth but it's not too bad. Overall it's a quite balanced beer but still a bit unrefined.

 

Poured from fridge temp. Almost no carbonation. Pours dark brown - reddish. Nose is huge smoke and malt - different from smoky beers that I have tasted in the past. This is better. Taste is crazy. Licorice, vanilla, burnt wood, earthy. This is absolutely crazy - HUGE flavor and crazy smokiness. Almost a sweet smoky - hickory. Huge fan!

 

Bottle. Smell is excellent: powerfull scamorza cheese plus malt and a hint of alcohol; taste is well balanced between the malty bock character, smokyness and hops; mid carbo and body, feels almost liquorous but drinks like a 5%abv beer. Excellent smoked bock beer