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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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 afireinside96 (826), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Bottle shared with the Devonshire guys. Pours gold in color with a white head. Smells very doughy. Taste is standard helles lager with a side of smoke. The flavors don’t blend, you can easily pick them apart. Nice, easy drinker.


 Pwn3d (1054), Manhattan, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Jun 8, 2008  
My notes after 13 beers is "Tastes like natty". hah. well although it wasnt that flavorless, it doesn’t exactly live up to its counterparts. I’m sure there is some smoked flavors, i just couldnt pick them up.


 stefanje (938), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Jun 7, 2008  
500 ml bottle courtesy of SoLan. Pours a translucent gold color witha big white head that had good retention. The aroma is light with semi-sweet malted grains and light smoke. The flavor is that of a good lager with with a light smoke accent. The mouthfeel is a bit on the light side but still very nice for a lager. The finish is short and dry. Overall: A very enjoyable smoked lager, and one that should pair well with a great deal of BBQ’d food. Thanks Solan.


 yespr (12020), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 7, 2008  
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a dense, huge and white head. Mild bitterhops and faint smoke aroma. Mild creamy mouthfeel. Nice cornish medium sweet flavour and light hoppy bitterness lurking through. Dry almost wooden finish with a slowly building bitterness.


 Brewer101 (163), New Jersey, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 6, 2008  
so i wasnt much a fan of this smoked beer. It was my first introduction to smoked beers, and this one just didnt do it for me. Its a strange taste to add to a beer. It poured a light yellow/orange, with no head and no sediment. Its aroma was defined mainly by the smoked characteristic. The flavor was very mild, not much flavor at all. Bit of a skunked flavor though. The palate was light, no body.


 jredmond (1029), New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/515/20
Jun 5, 2008  
Bottle. Pour clear yellow with no head. Slightly skunky aroma. Taste is some carbonation with dry finish.


 Trev (859), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Pours a hazy gold with a thin white head. Grassy aroma, slightly skunky, light bready malt, meaty smoke as well. Quite lively carbonation, grassy hop flavour with a medium malt and sausage like smokey,with a dry finish.


 radiomgb (1957), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Light golden in colour, thin white head, good retention, nice lacing. The aroma is lightly smoked, some sweetness from the malt, bread.The flavour is a bit smoky but nowhere near the other Aecht beers, quite sweet, pale malts, herbal and earthy. Sweet mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. Finishes lightly smoked, lingering sweetness.

Its nice, light but sometimes even lacking in smoke flavour. Quite soft at times, even some floralness.

500ml bottle from the Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York.
Opened on December 19, 2007.
No date.



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