From what I have read, smoked beers are fairly well preserved and do not require high hopping or pasteurization. I emailed Schlenkerla to see if they pasteurize their beer. "Hello ******, All beers of us are unpasteurized. Regards, Agnes Kraus" Does anybody know how long Rauchbiers will keep in the fridge?
the same as any other beer. Typically a Rauch is 20-30 ibus. its boiled and hopped and assuming the brewery is clean and knows what they are doing you can push and unpasteurized beer to the limits ( finding that limit is up to you). Personally id wouldn't go longer than 3 months post purchase. But experiment. I won't kill you
