Aecht Schlenkerla Weichsel Rotbier 500ml Bottle

Country: Germany

Brewery: Brauerei Schlenkerla Heller

Style: Red Ale

Format: 500ml Bottle

ABV: 4.6%

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 our Aecht Schlenkerla Weichsel Rotbier, we dry the malt over fire with high-quality 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 colour in the glass. The finest hops add berry notes to the multi-layered smoke flavour. With 4.6% ABV, Aecht Schlenkerla Weichsel is a full-bodied, pleasantly quaffable beer.

BBD 9/24