Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

Aroma is smokey with a decent level of malt too, clear amber, pours a medium sized white head. Taste is lightly smoked malt, with just the right amount of hops. Very well balanced, lovely drinking, and the smokiness is most unique. Really fine! I’ve wanted to try this one for a long time, Thank You for sharing mds!

Pristine clarity and a bright yellow-gold color underneath a sudsy, white foamy head riding upwards of an inch thick. Formidable aroma is spelled out by slightly smoked applewood, lemon lightness, buttery sourdough with some charcoal fumes, and toasted & crisp maize and corresponding husks. Flavor confirms that this is a helles at its best. Toasty applewood and balsawood licked by flame. Light pilsner base with a pillowy, curt lemon charm. Baked corn in the husk paired with hearty and buttery sourdough. Medium-bodied, crisp and the posterchild of palate stopping power. Slight and mild noble hop bite and a perfect symbiotic relationship from all contributors in this one beautiful bottle. Small smoky trailings with crisp wood characteristics join with a fruit lemon and pils musk lightness in its final glory. Absolutely incredible.

(on bottle)Very well balanced beer here. Has a present, but relaxed smoked aroma. The carbonation is perfect and tonesforward a good malting along with fine notes of coal, wood and rope. A very drinkable lager, with a hint of bondfire.

Bought this one because it looked very very german. Smells a little sweet and floral. Yellow body with thin, quickly dissipating white head. Smoky. Definitely can tell why it’s a smoked... Not many other strong flavors surface. Thin, goes down easy. An okay beer, but not something I’d get all the time.

Pours to a watery golden body with champagne bubbles and a decently thick frothy white head. The aroma is quite smokey. Odd that they don’t use smoked malts, it surely picks up a lot of the smoke aroma. Smoked andouille sausage, floral rose hops, very unique. I can’t detach my nose from the glass. The flavor is light floral hops, perhaps lavendar and tea leaves, corn-like sweet malt, light smoke. The palate is surprisingly not too thin. Very easy to drink.

Bright straw color with a moderate white bubbly head. Mild medicinal smoke aromas, with hints of floral hops and a touch of dry grain. Very light and soft of the tongue. Pale malt sweetness is taken away quickly by a light birch smoke flavor. Rather full bitterness in the finish and linger. Easy drinking smoked brew, perfect for that mid summers night grill out.

Pours a pale gold color with light carbonation, decent head and no lacing. The nose is sweet with some light residual smoke, peat, plum, clean pilsner malt. The flavor initially has a large amount of smoke, but the hop bitterness and malt sweetness quickly overcome that, then it slowly recedes back to reveal the remaining smoke. Clean and balanced, this accentuates the subtle smoke very nicely. The mouthfeel is nice, a bit tingly, but well rounded and easy to drink. The finish has a nice snappy hop bitterness on it. A good smoked beer and an even greater lager. I like things like this. It tastes like it even made the journey over quite well too.

Tryed this beer at Max’s, it is absolutly wonderful. very clean taste, the first sip really tasted smokey but that soon went away to reviel the flavor of hops and malt. The beer overall is well ballenced, no one flavor hits you too strong.