Beer Style: Smoked Beer
Piwo Grodziskie
Digital and Plus Members OnlyPiwo Grodziskie (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.037 FG = 1.007 IBU = 30 SRM = 4 ABV = 3.9% Ingredients7 lbs. (3.2 kg) oak-smoked wheat malt0.6 lb. (0.27 kg) German pale ale malt14 oz. (0.4 kg) rice hulls5.6 AAU Saaz hops (60 min.) (1.6 oz./45 g at 3.5% alpha acids)7 AAU Saaz hops (0 min.)
Up in Smoke
FREERauchbier is the most famous beer brewed with smoked malt. Scott Burgess fell in love with the style while living for a decade in the rauchbier epicenter of the world — Bamberg, Germany. He explores the differences between some of the best examples and shares how homebrewers can brew their own rauchbier.
Bierkeller Rauchbier clone
FREEBierkeller Rauchbier captures some of the depth of smokiness and dryness (and color) of Schlenkerla’s famed rauchbier as well as some of the rusticity and sweetness of the beer brewed at Spezial (especially their Märzen).
Rauchbier
Digital and Plus Members OnlyRauchbier (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.053 FG = 1.013IBU = 21 SRM = 16 ABV = 5.3% Ingredients6 lbs. (2.7 kg) German smoked malt (rauchmalz)3 lbs. (1.4 kg) Munich malt (6 °L)1 lb. (454 g) dark Munich malt (9 °L)8 oz. (227 g) aromatic malt8 oz. (227 g) Caramunich® III malt
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company’s Croydon is Burning clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.063 FG = 1.016IBU = 21 SRM = 16 ABV = 6% Ingredients11 lbs. (5 kg) rauch malt0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) light Munich malt0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) Carapils® malt0.5 lb. (0.23 kg) melanoidin malt3.2 oz. (91 g) Carafa® III malt4.5 AAU Herkules hops (60 min.) (0.3 oz./8.5 g at
Grodziskie
FREEGrodziskie (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.030 FG = 1.007 IBU = 30 SRM = 3-4 ABV = 2.9% Ingredients 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) Weyermann oak-smoked wheat
Smoked Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlySmoked Porter (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.065 FG = 1.016 IBU = 31 SRM = 39 ABV = 6.5% Ingredients7.7 lbs. (3.5 kg) American 2-row (2 °L) 2.6 lbs. (1.2 kg) beech smoked malt (8 °L) 14.1 oz. (0.4 kg) Munich malt (8 °L) 14.1 oz. (0.4 kg) crystal malt (40 °L) 14.1
Närke Kulturbryggeri: Tanngnjostr & Tanngrisnir clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBerith Karlsson, from Närke Kulturbryggeri, said of this smoked doppelbock spiced with juniper twigs, “being a double bock lager, (it) is named after the two goats pulling the wagon of Thor, the god of thunder.”
Brauhaus Faust-Miltenberger: Faust Schwarzviertler clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis dark brown amber lager features a solid caramel flavor and a great mouthfeel.
Haandbryggeriet: Norwegian Wood clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJens P. Maudal, Head Brewer at Haandbryggeriet in Drammen, Norway, says, “The recipe is our recreation of a traditional farm ale that was every farm’s regular drinking ale, and a stronger version was normally brewed for the Christmas holiday season.”
Kissmeyer Beer & Brewing: Baltic Porter clone
Digital and Plus Members Only“Medium bodied, dry, with a crisp lager background. Medium bitterness, aroma and flavor dominated by roasted malts, noble hops, and a noticeable but not overpowering smokiness. The taste is rather long, crispy dry with intense roast maltiness, subtly enhanced by the addition of a little bit of raw licorice. Think: Your favorite Baltic porter with some extra layers of smoke, complexity and depth!” — Anders Kissmeyer
Great Basin Brewing Co.’s Smoke Creek Rauchbier clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA dark rauchbier brewed by Great Basin Brewing out of Sparks, Nevada which won gold medal at the 2006 GABF. If you don’t want to smoke your own malts, they can be purchased, but smoking your own malts can be a fun endeavor.