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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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 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/514/20
May 28, 2009  
Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is mostly smokey with some graininess, and a hint of hops. Lightly smoked but not overbearing with some malty flavors and a slight hop character on the finish. Overall not too bad.


 DerBiermeister (510), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/102/511/20
May 26, 2009  
Smells smoky. Looks like a boring lager with very little head soon. It’s weird because its smokiness is its main attribute. The palate is not too complex.A little disappointing for a German beer.


 jeffc666 (1889), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
May 26, 2009  
Yellow body lasting white head. Lightly smoky sweet smorgasbord aroma. Flavor is similar. I find it lovely. Very quaffable.


 cmillward (430), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 23, 2009  
Draft @ redlight redlight. Pours blonde with a ring of creamy white head, leaving some nice lacing on the glass. Light Bamburg smoke, creamy lightly toasted malts, touch of noble hops. Smoke is much less prominent in the flavor, but otherwise similar to the nose, sweat light malts and clean, crisp light hop finish. Light and lush in the mouth. Very nice.


 alraicercsu (166), Ft.Collins, Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
May 14, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a golden yellow color with a white head. Smelled of grain and little hop. Flavor was a little too spicy. Wasn’t overly impressed.


 Barrios (858), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 24, 2009  
Bottle pours a clear golden body and an eggshell head with legs and light lacing. Smells of clean grain and spicy hops. Flavor is the same as the aroma. Finish is a little metallic and yeasty.


 lassem (304), Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/102/513/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Pours a sparkling clear yellow with a traditional thick but white fading head. The aroma is smoky combined with yeasty notes. ..clearly they use smoke-malts in this one too. The taste is rather pale and lager-like with a certain freshness going on... then the smoky finish hits you and the taste grows a bit. In the end you sense the yeasts again. The taste is not bad actually.The palate is pretty watery.


 KnN (721), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/54/102/58/20
Apr 4, 2009  
My own fault. Had I known this was a smoked beer I wouldn’t have even poured it. Poured a nice yellow/amber color with a decent white head. One whiff and I knew I’d made a mistake, althought the smoke wasn’t nearly as overpowering as it can be in other smoked beers. The flavor is smoke with a bit of a sweet undercurrent. Trying to think of what this might pair well with. . . maybe smoked salmon? Smoked beers are just not my thing, but this one wasn’t awful.



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