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Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

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

Bamberg, Bayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4433.35/5.03.34/5.04.3%98.1Lager glass
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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 theisti (1654), 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 (809), 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 (1428), 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 (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
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.


 Capa (964), Yokosuka, Japan
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Draught at Blind Tiger. Golden, light head. Smoked pork, bacon, sweet malts, biscuit, and light hops in the aroma. tastes of smoked bacon, sweet malts, some light fruits, and a touch of hops. Very mellow overall. Gets hard to drink after a full pint, but still quite tasty.


 joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 23, 2008  
thanks homer321 123 321 123 nice aroma with hints of smoke and lager yeast like a lightly smoked cheese i am not a big smoked beer lover and truley enjoyed this beer i noticed some undernotes of cognac and cigars this is a beer that needs to be sipped to appreciate


 mcbackus (740), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Aug 22, 2008  
bottle shared by homer321" pours a nice golden straw with a great bubbly whtie head. aroma is a good sweet smoke almost BBQ like, nice sweetness that is fruit like peach or pear, good crisp malt. flavour is a lite with a good mellow smoke, decent sweet malt adn a great finiish



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