Season 2 Episode 7: Thank You for Smoking - Rauchbier

Published: Jan. 30, 2019, 12:21 a.m.

b'The beer scouts are kicking off 2019 with an introduction to one of the more obscure and exotic of traditional German beer styles \\u2013 smoked lager, or \\u201crauchbier.\\u201d Fortunately for us, we didn\\u2019t have to travel all the way to Bavaria to find delicious locally-brewed rauchbier, as Bierkeller Columbia (of Columbia, SC) has been serving steins of their fantastic rauchbier at pop-up biergartens around the state capital since 2015! For this episode, we decided to let Bierkeller\\u2019s rauchbier go frothy head-to-head against the world famous Aecht Schenkerla Rauchbier, considered by many to be the definitive rendition of the style. We also picked up a krowler of Bierkeller\\u2019s rustic Kellerbier lager to wash down all this smoky goodness and keep our palates fresh! Featuring: Bierkeller Columbia\\u2019s Rauchbier and Kellerbier, Aecht Schenkerla Marzen Rauchbier, and Zwonitzer Rauchbier.'