What type of beer is rauchbier?

What type of beer is rauchbier?

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Rauchbier is a German-style lager brewed with rauch (smoked) malt. At one time, smoked beer was commonplace, not the novelty it is today.

What is German rauchbier?

Rauchbier is a German-style beer brewed with smoked malt. It can be any style, but most commonly it is a medium-strength lager. Rauchbier (German for “smoke beer”) is quite popular in Franconia, especially in Bamberg and its surroundings, where it is usually brewed to märzen strength.

How is rauchbier made?

Bamberg Rauchbier Certain breweries maintained the smoked beer tradition by continuing to use malt which had been dried over open flames. The malt is dried over fires made from beechwood logs. The beer is then filtrated to remove the opaque colour and yeast remnants, and put into oaken vats.

Who makes Rauchbier?

As of 2017 there are only two breweries left in the world (Schlenkerla and Spezial of Bamberg) that have been malting & brewing Rauchbier the traditional way continuously, hence Slow Food® has made Schlenkerla Rauchbier a passenger in its “Ark of Taste”. Schlenkerla, the historic smoked beer brewery.

How do you pronounce Rauchbier?

Here’s how it’s actually pronounced: “Bear-Lean-Er Vice-Eh”.

Is altbier a lager or ale?

Altbier, however, is not purely an ale, nor is it a lager. It is a hybrid. It’s made with the pale malts and Saaz hops of a classic German Pilsner, plus some darker roasted grains; then it employs an aggressive, top-fermenting ale yeast that attenuates the wort completely to reduce the sweetness.

Why is altbier called altbier?

Altbier (German: old beer) (sometimes, just Alt), is a style of beer brewed in the historical region of Rhineland, especially around the city of Düsseldorf in Germany. Its name comes from it being top-fermented, an older method than the bottom fermentation of lager beers.