Rauchbock
Totem in Evergem, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Smoked / Rauch Beer Regular|
Score
7.20
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nathanvc (5939) reviewed Rauchbock from Totem 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
20 August 2022. At 12de Gents Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Pieter & the whole crew!
Clear amber to brown, thin, tan head. Aroma of smoked tea, 'lacquered bacon', dying bonfire, toasted chestnut, rubber, band-aid, smoked fig. Taste has sweetish pear, apple, fig in a nutty, slightly toasty malt body with herbal & umami-smoky notes. Herbal, bit peppery hoppy finish, balanced interplay between dried fruits, smoked wood and tobacco. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very solid brew.
Alengrin (10989) reviewed Rauchbock from Totem 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The newest Totem creation to date, a smoked Bock, an idea already explored by a few Dutch microbreweries within the context of their yearly Bock tradition, but - at least to my knowledge - not yet in Belgium. Cheers to Klaas and Liesbeth! Moussy, pale yellowish beige, creamy, stable head, hazy bronze to caramel brown with ruby red glow. Aroma of caramel sauce and toffee, ketjap manis, smoky barbecue sauce, vanilla (oddly, but in a volatile way), fig compote, cranberry jam, tomato concentrate, croissant dough. Sweet onset, fruity in a cleanish way with notes of candied fig, cherry jam and medlar, softishly carbonated with very slick, smooth but full mouthfeel; rounded caramelly and slightly peanutty malt sweet core with a growing barbecue sauce-like, mild smokiness and that vanilla touch retronasally; the sweetness remains while the smokiness slowly builds, but the latter never overtakes the first. Ends with a dash of herbal hops (tea) providing mild bitterishness, as well as warming, port-like alcohol; the smokiness lingers, but the sweetness keeps dominating till the end. I guess the caramelly sweet, smooth and clean character of this beer justify the 'Bock' part of its name, but for me personally the 'Rauch' part could have been more outspoken too as I love smoked beers - but this is just a personal note, because as usual, Totem delivers a very solid, delicious and creative beer here, tasty enough to chug down a few of them at the Ghent Beer Fest last weekend...
mike_77 (13696) reviewed Rauchbock from Totem 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark reddish brown colour with thin soapy head. Aroma and flavour are nicely smokey, quite a leathery one.
tderoeck (20818) reviewed Rauchbock from Totem 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
20/VIII/22 - on tap @ Gents Bierfestival, BB: n/a (2022-1049)
Clear dark red brown to amber beer, big creamy beige head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: good, smoky, very malty, grains, cow fodder, very German character. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: oh my, lovely, a bit sweet, malty, grains, hay, good smoky character. Aftertaste: good bitterness, hoppy, some malty backbone, smoky touch, very good! Really like this one!
