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Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier - Dortmunder/Helles

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 Percentile 
78
overall
Brewed by Brauerei Heller
Style: Dortmunder/Helles

Bamberg, Bayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4383.35/5.03.34/5.04.3%98Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
A golden-colored lager beer with a hint of smokyness (from smoke residue in the brewery filters, not smoked malt). Editor’s note: Since this is not intended as a smoked beer, and is not billed as such, it has been classed here as a Helles, despite some samples having residual smoke character. Original gravity: 11.5% Alcohol: 4.3% Bitterness: 30
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 sunevdj (1764), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 14, 2008  
Bottled @ Ølbaren. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Dry and malty. Mellow smoked aromas. Medium carbonation. Medium body. Dry finish. Awesome.


 bhensonb (4182), Woodland, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Sep 13, 2008  
Bottle from Wine and Cheese Place in (near) St. Louis, MO. Amber tinged gold color with a frothy, quasi-lacing, white head. Light smoky aroma. Medium body with coarse carbonation. Flavor is smoke, and almost something green veg. Not a lot of bitter, but enough to do the job. Comes across spicy as well as smoky. Must be a lot of noble hop - now I see it’s 30 IBU. Very tasty and refreshing beer. Far from boring.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2008  
(50cl bottle, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of fireworks smoke, butterscotch, and hot melting plastic. Flavor of lightly smoked meat and some grassiness with a watery mouthfeel.


 theisti (1638), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 8, 2008    Updated: Jan 19, 2009
1 Pint .9 fl oz. bottle purchased at Lukas in Kansas City, Missouri. Pour is clear golden, with a bunch of carbonation bubbles. Pretty half inch white head. Good lacing on the glass. Aroma of dusty sweet maltiness and grassy floral hops. Some smoked meat behind the initial nose. Taste is clean slightly sweet maltiness and the grassy spicy hops and yeast behind that. The smoked roastiness is in the finish, and became stronger as the beer warmed. It was never obtrusive, and added a really nice dimension to the beer. Clean, easy drinking beer - nice one!


 Homer321 (127), Rockledge, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 7, 2008  
poured form 16oz bottle into wide mouth glass. this beer is crazy light in color. probably one of the lightest beers I have ever seen. low in carbonation with decent lacing. light smokehouse scent in the nose that comes through in the flavor along with some underlying sweetness. very complex for a lager, and very nice.


 drpimento (785), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/103/514/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Poured a slightly hazy pale yellow. There was a very slight head that quickly dissipated and no lace. There’s nothing on the label except the name that indicates the smokey quality of the beer. And I’d forgotten that about the name. Not bad though. Balanced considering the smoke. Of course a smokey finish. Slight smoke in the nose. Be fun to cook with.


 robinvboyer (1419), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 2, 2008  
smoked? well i guess there are slight smoke notes in the aroma, and a touch in the flavour but i’m getting more bready sweet maltiness than smoke in the flavour and aroma. Really an excellent helles, some nice hops round it out, not sure i would consider this a smoked.


 BeerBiker (1384), Odense, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 31, 2008  
[Beer Cleaning day at Rugmarken.] Bottle bought in Bamberg. Ok smoked, but could need more smokemalt and intensity.



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