No, a Rotbier (i.e. red lager) used to be common in Franconia. The city of Nuremberg in particular was known for its Rotbier. Since its production was extremely laborious, Rotbier was replaced in the 19th century by Braunbier (i.e. brown lager) which was produced using modern, simpler brewing methods. It was not until 1997 that the beer style was revived. For Aecht Schlenkerla Weichsel Rotbier, the malt is dried over fire with cherry wood (not over beech wood fire as with classic smoked beer). In contrast to the spicy beech-smoked malt, the cherry wood smoked malt has a fruity, almost sweet smoke aroma and provides a copper-red color in the glass. The aroma hops add berry notes to the multi-layered smoke flavor.
That sounds good, I'm not a fan of smoked beer but that Rotbier sounds very interesting- thanks for the explanation
They look bloody lovely!
I had a shocker too. The car suddenly developed a misfire so bad it shook the car violently and produced loads of white smoke (unburnt fuel). It turns out this is not uncommon with the 5.0 litre supercharged V8 engine in my car - 4 of the 8 fuel injectors went at the same time, all on the same bank of cylinders!
Nasty. Electrics on mine. Finding someone with the knowledge of modern vehicle electrics was the hard part
I was never of fan of smoked beers but love these smoked lagers. Think I will try one with smoked cherry wood which a few brew stores now sell.That sounds good, I'm not a fan of smoked beer but that Rotbier sounds very interesting- thanks for the explanation
