steveh
10-07-2003, 06:04 AM
I had bought a bottle of this a couple weeks back and it had been languishing in my fridge too long. What a wonderful beer! For Rauchbier lovers, that is.
I popped the cap on the bottle and as I turned to replace the opener in a drawer I could smell the smoke-roasted malts just from the spout! Having seen so many light, golden bocks come from Germany lately, I was pleased to see how dark, ruby red this beer was, and quite clear when held to the light. Nice white head, though not long lasting.
Aroma was, of course, deep smoky malts - and the flavor followed suit, yet the after taste was pleasingly dry and clean - not sweet as Schlenkerla's Marzen's aftertaste.
The body also tended toward thinner than the Marzen, but make no mistake - there's plenty of body in this beer. The dryness and thin mouth feel is no doubt due to the higher alcohol content common in a bock beer (6.6 ABV in this one according to Beer Advocate), no residual sugars here.
The only problem in tasting this beer is that I only had one bottle! Time to pick up some more.
S.
I popped the cap on the bottle and as I turned to replace the opener in a drawer I could smell the smoke-roasted malts just from the spout! Having seen so many light, golden bocks come from Germany lately, I was pleased to see how dark, ruby red this beer was, and quite clear when held to the light. Nice white head, though not long lasting.
Aroma was, of course, deep smoky malts - and the flavor followed suit, yet the after taste was pleasingly dry and clean - not sweet as Schlenkerla's Marzen's aftertaste.
The body also tended toward thinner than the Marzen, but make no mistake - there's plenty of body in this beer. The dryness and thin mouth feel is no doubt due to the higher alcohol content common in a bock beer (6.6 ABV in this one according to Beer Advocate), no residual sugars here.
The only problem in tasting this beer is that I only had one bottle! Time to pick up some more.
S.