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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

Broad Distribution
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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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 FatPhil (3468), Espoo, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 14, 2008  
500ml bottle (Utobeer, London) (as ’rauchlager’)
Slightly honey-like aroma, some smoke too. Smooth palate - soft but pleasant carbonation. Sweet soft body, slightly honeyey, and with gentle smokiness.


 Maria (6167), Thisted, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Golden with a big, nice and creamy head. The aroma has weak notes of smoke, light flower and malt. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of flower, light citrus, light malt and it’s smooth and pleasant. I only find the smoke in the aroma.


 alebrewer (121), Mentor, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Light lager aroma, you have to search for the smoke. You’d miss it if you didn’t know it was there. First taste I definitely tasted the smoke, but just a hint as described. It definitely makes this otherwise ordinary lager a little special.


 bluemeow76 (693), Lewis Center, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 27, 2008  
Drank as part of my beer tour at Winking Lizard. It was decent. I did not detect the so-called "smokyness" from the commerical description. It was light, kind of wheaty and sweet flavored.


 Dogbrick (2855), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Bottle at Winking Lizard. This brew is a hazy yellow-gold color with a thin white head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing. Aroma of malt, grass and smoke. Medium-bodied with a subtle smoked character, and flavors of bready malt and grassy hops. The finish is clean and sweet with a smoked malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.


 frylock (1024), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jun 18, 2008  
Golden colored beneath a tight white head. Biscuit like doughy malt aroma. Crisp clean malt flavors with hints of smoke in the background and just a touch of lemony hops in the finish. Quite nice.


 BeerGestapo (738), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Jun 16, 2008    Updated: Jun 28, 2008
(German) Bottle shared by the Knights. Pours a golden yellow with a sm-white head. There is a slight skunky aroma to this brew, but the taste is of smoked meat, with a dry finish. Not bad, but i don’t think i could drink a few of these back to back.


 TheCaptain (549), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 16, 2008  
Another shared with the Dev-Knights. Pale gold pour with a white head. A light grain aroma with the smoked body kind of at the back end, not overpowering. Some complexities but overall refreshing and rather light, no real bitterness at all.



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