Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

Brewed by Brauerei Heller
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Bamberg, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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

After having the Rauchbier and thinking it was ok but not something I would buy again, this one intrigued me, perhaps it would be the right balance of smokiness, here it goes. Poured into a 0.4 liter mug/Stange hybrid for export lager, it will do until I get a good Bavarian crystal mug. It has a nice white one finger head. The color is amazing, it is nice darker helles color with a tiny bit of haze, almost like a Dortmunder, with a nice amount of bubbles. Very nice lacing as well. Alot of people got bacon scent in the original Rauchbier Maerzen, but all I smelt was burnt wood, this one smells a bit more like bacon, especially when I popped it open and i got a huge bacon whiff. After the pour the smokiness/bacon dies down and it is a nice malty sweet smell with some breadiness. I am also getting a slight bit of hops that blends with the smoke scent. Wow great taste woweee. Starts off quite sweet with the malts, and they last quite a bit, its a long flavor. Hops come in with a smoky bite, some spice, and some citrus flavors. The lingering flavor is smoke and hops, it has a slightly dry finish. A very complex and satisfying taste. The carbonation is perfect, has a nice bite on the tongue. This almost reminds me of a Dortumunder Export with smokiness and some Bavarian Helles charm, I guess I picked the right glass too then hah. As it warms the smokiness on the palate intensifies but it never gets to the slightly offensive levels the Maerzen got too. The drinkablity is pretty high but I probably couldn’t down more than 2 of these big bottles. The 4.30% abv make’s me think a couple of liters of this would be feasible, if only this were in the mini-kegs they sell here and not the Maerzen. This was a lovely surprise, this beer is just packed with flavor, but it isn’t a big, bulky brew just light and flavorful. They ave succeed in creating a whopper of a low abv beer that I would stack up against many big beers. If you want a reprieve from your everyday Bavarian Helles this is the way to go.

Pale yellow in colour. Coriander grass and smoked aromas; bitterish taste with pepper and smoke aromas; bitter finish with pepper and bacon. A very interesting beer - a smoked helles. It has a good combination of smoked malt and spicy hop flavours. Very full-flavoured for its strength. It doesn’t contain any smoked malt in the grist, but picks up its smoky character from the filter. So it really should be classified as a Helles not a smoked beer. Though the beer is unique and really falls into a style of its own.

500 ml bottle in Germany. This correctly classified as a helles lager, this is in the top 2% of it’s style, and deservedly so. Golden with lasting white head. Mild smoke grass and honey aroma. Toasty malt 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 Helles, Palate is mellow smooth and some light smokiness. Superior beer!!!

basement aromas, herbs, spruce, bread, toast, nuts, earthy, cooked vegetables, clove, licorice, golden, cloudy, white foam, rocky head, light sweetness, very bitter, lightly sour, sticky, full body, average carbonation,

Had this the first time in Bamberg at the brewery and it was phenomonal. I have had it since then in bottles stateside, and it doesn’t quite hold-up, but is still very drinkable. Great smoke aroma is deceptive, since it does not have a very heavy smoke flavor. Great on a summer evening.

Wow, I didn’t expect this one to be smoked, just an ordinary helles. Actually it comes across more like a pilsner, with its distinct hop bitterness. Begins with a bright golden, crystal clear color with a creamy 2 fingered head. Aroma has a touch of charred wood. Flavor is more smoke, with some rounded clean bready malts, which melds evenly into a full hoppy finish, with a resiny almost grapefruity character. This is really outstanding and characterful for a low gravity lager.

Bottle from Bottleworks. Hazy orange, well, diaphanous appearance, with a hazy orange color. Wispy head.Aroma is nice and woody. Sublte smoke, with a honey aroma, and touches of caramel malt. Fucking amazingly nuanced, and lovely to smell. Initial flavor is smoke, wood, and light honey. Caramel dips in and out. Nice lingering light bitterness, with that wood and smoke carrying on. I can really taste both the wood and smoke in this one. One of the best beers in all of the mother fucking universe. I say that, and I have yet to venture into other galaxies where the production and consumption of beer may or may not exist.

500ml bottle from knightly spirits. FL VC #9. slightly hazed golden, small, dissapating white head. lovely clean helles with smokey edges. one of the best lagers ive ever had. id session this all day long if i could. highly reccomended.

Bottle.Pale gold with a medium head,aroma of smokey meat,wood,malt,taste of smokey fires,grass,dry malty sweetness,light dry finish.