Helsinge Rököl

Brewed by Helsinge Ångbryggeri
Style: Smoked
Söderhamn, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Tap at Glenfiddich 68, Stockholm. Dark brown with a big foam head. Not much scent, just a hint of chocolate and malts. Moderate bitterness, just a tingle on the tongue. IN the mouth there’s dark chocolate, some sugars, biscuits and roasted nuts. Nice but lacking in aftertaste.

Draught at Akkurat. Clear dark brown - offwhite head. Smokey. Chocolate malty. Sopay. Light soapy sourish. Fruity notes. Light to medium smokey. Sweet malty.

draft at Akkurat in Stockholm. clear copper body with a foamy and rocky white head. robust and rich nose of honey-drizzled smoked ham, light touches of campfire and peat. with time develops more of a Munich toffee note that’s rich and sticky. medium-light body with superb balance - toasted, firm malt with good acid, low hop rate, medium sweetness that works well for it’s 5% size. perhaps the closest to the real thing I’ve had outside of Germany.

3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Hazy dark amber beer. Tidy off white head. Light dry palate. Pale malt with a trace of smoke and a trace of citrus. Dry finish. Not ticking too many boxes here.

A Sim rate (bottle at the "oh6gdx it’s Pat’s birthday" bash): Bit malty and a bit sweet in the aroma. Flavour is malt, malt, malt with some smoke that’s tolerable.

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].

Clear medium to dark amber brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, smoke, meat - plastic, light roasted. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]

Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at chriso’s. Pours clear amber with a foamy, white head. Caramel malt and light smoke aroma. Light sweet flavor, some meet and honey. Light in body with fine carbonation. Lightly sticky finish with some mild smoke. OK stuff overall.

Bottle at Chriso Patriks Bday tasting. Dark brown beer lasting off white head. Strong brown malty aroma. Decent beer. Bit sour perfume. Some smoke. Some perfume

500ml bottle. Pours a deep, clear copper, with a firm white head. Pronouncedly smokey nose, lots of malt, caramel, smoked ham, bacon, hints of hops and earth. Dry, medium bitterness, medium body, quite lively carbonation, a bit thin mouthfeel. Malty, distinctly smokey taste, malt, caramel, somewhat spicy, bacon. Not bad, but I recall it being better on tap. (2011-02-12)

Another Bishop Arms suggestion. The beer pours a light watery brown without any head, a dubios start that is easily overcome. This is a smoke sessional all the way, light smoke on the aroma and taste. Super easy to drink and totally flavorful but not so much smoke you get tired of it.

On tap at Bishops Arms, Vasagatan in January 2011. Dark amber with a medium, slightly tan head. Mild aroma and taste of smoke, malt, wood and caramel. Medium body and carbonation, nothing special but very drinkable.