Rauchbier schmeckt ja gut! - smokey goodness

[gallagherman]

I had wrote off Rauchbier, or smoked beer, after I tried a local brewpub's take on the style. It was awful, like sour old smelly cheese. I therefore decided that all Rauchbier was terrible and it never entered my life again... until the other night at an excellent establishment near me called The Publick House. I saw they had one type of Rauchbier, Schlenkerla and for some reason (possibly due to the Gulden Draak and the Celebrator) I ordered one. I was expecting to not even finish it. However when I first sipped it my eyes lit up and my tongue began to dance. The combination of the smoke and malt was truly unique and delicious, I was so surprised. I am now a convert. Does anyone else share my experience and has anyone tried to brew this amazing style? Let me know what your guys think!

 

[homebrewer_99]

That's great!!!

I lived outside of/worked in Bamberg for 5 years and went to the Schlenkerla often...

 

[avidhomebrewer]

I've made a couple of smoke beers over the years. I tried one with 1# of smoke malt and another with 4#. For my tastes, the second one had a bit too much smoke character and the first had not quite enough, so I guess somewhere in between would be a good bet. It isn't that hard to overdue it with a smoke beer; a little goes a long way.

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Great beer man! I discovered it on a trip to Germany and somehow I ended up in Bamberg...

 

[niquejim]

The best recipe I've found is
99% Weyermann Smoked malt(NOT PEATED MALT)
01% Carafa special 2

It should have lager yeast, but I've tried it with US 05 fermented at 60-62 and it was really good

 

[DrunkTrucker]

I tried Schlenkerla a while back. I love smoke flavor in it.