Smoked Beer Appreciation Thread (2025)

We need @elNopalero and @Resistance88 input on this thread .

 

Must be a sign! Just so happens I have a Scherlenka Schwarzbier in the fridge right now. …

 

Here ya go! Smokey deliciousness!!!

 

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen, my Eleventh Day of Christmas beer. Whenever I see a Rauchbier I'll usually buy it in the hope that it's going to deliver rich, eye-watering notes of wood smoke. This one does, in spades.

 

What the heck are you drinking from, a flower vase?

 

Cross-post from the cellar reviews thread:

2013 Alaskan Smoked Porter


I had one of these about 11 months ago here: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/cellar-reviews-2024.675664/page-4#post-7927446 (see, I got a new fridge!)

Pulled another out of the cellar today, man, it is tasty!
Appearance: Black, small dense head.
Smell: Black olives, ashes, roasted malts, distant smoke.
Taste: Dark chocolate, roasted malts, a bit of caramel, then a very long and lasting finish of smoke.

Maybe this bottle had a better life than the one from last year, it is outstanding! It's a different beer than when fresh, but I would not be able to tell this was 11-12 years old.

 

That picture can also go in the Dirty Glass Appreciation thread.

Great Rauchbier though.

 

Hammerheart Gorm the Old


So glad they are back, even if it is only can drops once a month or so.

 

Drinking this right now. Lovely beer. Masterfully done.

 

Fair State Grodziskie

I wish this came in 12oz 6 or 12 packs, I'd drink way too much of this!

 

Hammerheart Leif's Lager


Lightly smoked lager, tasty stuff!

 

The base beer has a bit toouch of a hoppy base. With the smoke it gives an acrid aftertaste. I let it warm, and the sweetness of the malts help it out about %75. If you got it local, give it a try. I wouldn't trade for it or anything tho.

 

Crosspost from NBW:

Surly Oakenator Smokenator

Appearance: Clear amber, good head.

Smell: Smoky, not too strong.

Taste: Some mild sweetness, then a smokiness comes through that is helped along by a coating mouthfeel. Hammy oak and mild sweetness.

Overall: I jump at almost any smoked beer so when Surly posted a smoked doppelbock, I got a crowler at the first available opportunity. It's not overpowering smoke, and it's nicely balanced, not too strong or too sweet. Tasty!

 

Pretty beer too to go a long with your comments.

 

What do you know...another Schlenkerla posted here. This one might be my favorite from the brewery, and the rauchbier style as a whole. I'm sure I posted this in one of the previous years threads, and has been posted here multiple times from others as well. A good one for a rainy/gloomy/cold afternoon here (yeah it does get cold on occasion around here ha). With some ECM jazz spinning.

Love the smoke character, love the malty character, love the balance between everything.

 

Hel & Verdoemenis "Smoked Imperial Stout Aged in Scottish Barley Whiskey Barrels"

this was aged in a Port Charlotte (Bruichladdich) barrel. smoke level was pretty light. rear label date stamped "27 JAN 2016".

 

Work week done, time for some smoke..Schlenkerla Eiche Doppelbock


Been a while since I had one of these, still big time smoke flavor!