What is the name of that German beer

dasbeaver · Post by **dasbeaver** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:19 am

Its smoked, and kinda tastes like smoked sausages?

I had a couple one night but I forget the name.

thirsty4beer · Post by **thirsty4beer** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:49 am

is it a made up beer like homers skittlebrau?

UnkleLemmy · Post by **UnkleLemmy** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:57 am

The style you are talking about is a Rauchbier, a Bavarian Smoked Lager. The paticular brand you'll have to figure out on your own. Where did you have it? Its a pretty rare style a beer that is almost impossible to find at bars.

dasbeaver · Post by **dasbeaver** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:57 am

This is it, Heller-Trum
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

no wonder I forgot the name.

There is a bar here in Toronto that serves a lot of different beers named Taigh Osda's (house of beer) at decent prices. I've had to boycott them until they put Haacker Pshorr on tap gain.

UnkleLemmy · Post by **UnkleLemmy** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:38 pm

DasBeaver wrote:This is it, Heller-Trum
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

Do I know my beer styles or what people? All bow down to my superior beer knowledge.

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:00 pm

Does it really taste like sausage? Because, if it does, I may have just found the engine of my destruction.

Homer: Oh, God, please send me a brand-new morning taste treat.

CrunchyPissCrystals · Post by **CrunchyPissCrystals** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:10 pm

move over eggs. bacon has a new best friend. fudge.

dasbeaver · Post by **dasbeaver** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:53 pm

Well, you wouldn't mistake it for sausage in a blind taste test or anything, but it definately makes you feel like your killing two birds by drinking beer and eating all in one. I've only had a couple though, I don't know what it would do to you if you got hammered on them........I'd hate to be in the same bathroom as me after that.

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:41 pm

UnkleLemmy wrote:
DasBeaver wrote:This is it, Heller-Trum
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

Do I know my beer styles or what people? All bow down to my superior beer knowledge.

Your knowledge is vast, and all shrink before it.

AndrewS · Post by **AndrewS** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:05 pm

I had a few in the style at a NY State microbrew contest. I'll just say you need a strong stomach for that stuff. I couldn't stand the taste, it was like drinking a stout that had smoked salmon sitting in it.

Palinka (RIP) · Post by **Palinka (RIP)** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:39 pm

AndrewS wrote:...a stout that had smoked salmon sitting in it.

Now that sounds good! Especially with a good peaty whisky on the side.

One for the Frog · Post by **One for the Frog** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:55 am

fishy-fishy... come to papa...
hmmmmm...

Combat Rock · Post by **Combat Rock** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 10:06 am

I went out and got a bottle last night. I thought it was pretty good stuff. Seems like they should have it at Hickory farms. I only had one though, so I don't know how many I could actually stomach.

dasbeaver · Post by **dasbeaver** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:18 pm

One of us brave souls should commit to an evening of drinking only that, for the sake of science.

Any takers?

SparkTheRookie · Post by **SparkTheRookie** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 4:36 am

Uh yeah, I like that "Rauchbier"... had two or three of them as a friend of mine bought it in the area around Bamberg and took it to my room :)

@DasBeaver: Kinda cool thing you got Hacker-Pschorr over there... ever heard of "Augustiner Edelstoff" or "Meckatzer"? Perhaps you could persuade your local bartender to import a few of these... you'd like it ;)