Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

Bottle at home. Yellow with a white ehad, quickly gone. Aroma light malty (smoked) and hoppy. Flavor light sweet, moderate sour, long. Light body. A specialty, ok.

Yellow with a small white head. Malty aroma with a hint of smoke. Sweet and malty, with more smoke in the flavour.

Crystal clear, light golden body with minimal visible carbonation. Wispy film with small, bubbly patches. The aroma shows wet hay, light corn syrup, and traces of honey as the malt base. A sweet breadiness and faint traces of smoke are soon to follow. Minimal, grassy hops are detectable on the nose. I dare say I even picked up trace scents of smoked pork. The flavor is sweet up front, with corn malts and honey showing strong. Grassy hops and a sharp, dry smokiness add balance. Medium to light bodied with a crisp, dry, smoky finish. Easy to drink and quite sessionable. A very intriguing brew, and one that has enlightened me to the diversity of the "smoked" genre.

Bottle. Grassy, wet leaf and a mild corn sweetness on the nose. Just a hint of smoke. Pours bright yellow with a very thin white head. Lager breadiness and biscuit on the tongue with the smoke taking a back seat. Medium bodied with a dry smoky finish.

Pours a most beautiful gold with a nice flyffy white head that settles moderatly to a thin film of carbonation. Legs begin then as small mountains of foam sitting on the beer. Steady sparkling carbonation. Dry leaf nose is reminiscent of walking thru woods. The smokiness begins lightly and elevates to a medium smokiness that is expertly mingled wh the malt and light hops. Body is med and last a good while. Moves into hop smoke finish that is also extended. A tuly enjoyable brew that was a pleasant find at Half Time in Pogh. NY. A trip to bamber has just been put on the radar.

A delicate, clear golden lager... well it’s a Helles alright, covered by a healthy, lasting white foam. Clean and incredibly smoked for a beer with no bamberg malt. Delicate and flowery, woody. Soft and rather round in the palate, yet cleansed by a firm carbonation. I must say that the smokiness is its dominant feature really, but this is exactly what I wanted when opening it and was thus highly satisfied. Hugely drinkable. Minimal grassy hops procure a dryness that balances out the soft pils malts.

Very nice beer. Lighter then the other smoked beers I have had, it still had that mice BBQ flavor.

Golden colored, little white head. Dominating smoke in sweet aroma, some fruits and cardboard also here, misses some character with this smoke. Medium bodied. Flavor is also dominated by smoke, same cardboard and mild fruits here too. Aftertaste dries strongly. Good one, still expected more out of this.