Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

500ml bottle, Stateline Liquors. Pours a mostly clear pale yellow body with a slight yeast haze. Small very fizzy head with minimal retention, bright white in color. Aroma is that beautiful campfire and smoked meat scent of an authentic Schlenkerla Smoke beer. Below lays some bready malt and light hay. The smoke is still in the forefront of the flavor, but a little lighter than the Marzen and Urbbock beers. Kind of an unusual style to be smoked, the more I drank, the more the Helles flavor became apparent. Lots of hay and doughy malt and a little hoppy bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a moderate level of fizzy carbonation. Nice full round texture. Pretty darn good, but not my favorite from them. You really can’t beat these guys for Smoke beers, at least those that are available here in USA that is.

Bottle, a clear giolden colour with some carbonation rising to the large frothy white head. A sweetish hoppy aroma, with some yeast on the nice and a touch of that smokiness towards the end. A smoky touch again to the flavour, but with a dry lager palate and a bitter grassiness in the finish. A different lager.

Large bright white head of fine bubbles. Lots of carbonation. Smokey and grassy aroma. Kind of weak and the smoke is not all that strong which is nice. Medium gold in color. Wheat flavor and texture. Smoke is even lighter in the flavor. Kind of shows up in the aftertaste. Pretty dry and a hint of hoppy bitterness. An ok smoked brew but the other offers from Aecht Schlenker are much better.

11/30/06: Bottle.
Aroma of light wheat, grass and yes - smoke. Bright, golden-yellow body. No head/lace. Flavor is peat-ie with wood chips and slightly stale. As beer warms some lemon is also noted. Note to self: I really like the packaging.

Clear gold, pillow white head. Nose is bread, very light campfire, a little lemon. Extremely well balanced. Flavor is light malt, crisp hops and just a hint of smoke. I’m having a hard time sipping this one - its wonderful and demands larger gulps.

Mildly medicinal iodine-like resinous smoke malt in the nose. Brilliantly clear golden body is topped by a decent white head that recedes slowly to a partial cover with some lacing. Lightly medicinal smoke flavour with a sweet somewhat thin malt body. Creamy texture with fair carbonation. Bottle sampled with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Olivier MTL.

Clear gold, pillow white head. Nose is bread, very light campfire, a little lemon. Extremely well balanced. Flavor is light malt, crisp hops and just a hint of smoke. I’m having a hard time sipping this one - its wonderful and demands larger gulps.

Bottle. Poured clear pale color with a large frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate smoke grassy aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet smoke flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.