Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
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Re: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
First impression was faint smoky aroma mingled with the smell of the best Helles IT. One would think these two scents to be incompatible but in this beer it seems to work. Behind the subtle smoke flavor was bready malt with faint caramel and citrus. I don’t typically care for rauchbiers but this one is quite delicious and would make a great starter beer for people scared of smoke.
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Re: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
Remarkably, this beer doesn't use Rauchmalt. It just picks up ambient smoke from the brew house.
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Re: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
That's a serious hotbox contact high then because this beer was only slightly less smoky then a commercial grodziskie I tasted.
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Re: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
It definitely tastes smoky. I would believe the repitch story (I've gotten intense smoke from just a repitch before). But also, they use all the same equipment, hoses, etc.
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Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
Second the repitch story.
For those favoring the bold, I highly recommend replacing 100% of the Pima with rauchmalt. It's fantastic.
For those favoring the bold, I highly recommend replacing 100% of the Pima with rauchmalt. It's fantastic.
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Re: Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier
Having tried both Weyermann and Best rauchmalt with lodo, I can tell you that if you are chasing Schlenkerla, then you want the Best rauchmalt.
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