 ryan (1682), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
May 15, 2007
Clear pale yellow body with small white head. The aroma is dense hickory smoke, light herbal hops and a touch of biscuit underneath. The flavor is lightly smoky, herbal, lightly grassy with some bread and honey. Medium/light body is softly carbonated with a nice bitter finish. Superb.
DrDavid (117), , Vermont, USA
Aug 18, 2008 (Bottle). Some smokiness in aroma, but also malts. Color is "helles" indeed...light golden, with a white head. I agree with malrubius that this would better be classified as a Dortmunder/Helles lager, rather than a smoked. Yes, there is a definite touch of smokiness to the taste, but nothing approximating their Rauchbiers.
malrubius (402), USA
Aug 18, 2008 500 ml bottle in Schlenkerla glass. Golden with lasting white head. Mild smoke grass and honey aroma. Toasty malty flavor with very mild smoke and clean finish. Medium-light body and medium carbo. Very mild smoke residue adds an interesting layer of complexity to this nicely made German lager, but THIS IS NOT A SMOKE BEER. There is no smoked malt used in this. Why is Stone SMOKED porter classified as a porter, and this fine non-smoked lager classified as a smoked beer. Correctly classified as a helles lager, this would be in the top 5% of it’s style, and deservedly so.
travita (707), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Yellow goldish in color with a decent white head. Clear and light looking. Smell is smoke, malts, off aromas and starchy (potatoe like). Taste is sweet , malts, bland. Ok body.
Magic_dave6 (3642), London, Greater London, England
Aug 10, 2008 Bottle in Quinns. Aroma is pale german lager malts, the smoked character is very subtle, herbal bittering hop. Taste is similar, really well balanced and tasty.
KimJohansen (3026), Copenhagen V, Denmark
Aug 9, 2008 Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet aroma with malty and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with notes of smoke, caramel and hops. Smoked bitter finish.
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