Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier

Postby **Bilsch** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:44 pm

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.

Postby **ajk** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:30 pm

Remarkably, this beer doesn't use Rauchmalt. It just picks up ambient smoke from the brew house.

Postby **Bilsch** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:45 pm

That's a serious hotbox contact high then because this beer was only slightly less smoky then a commercial grodziskie I tasted.

Postby **Brandon** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:02 pm

Postby **ajk** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:20 pm

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.

Postby **Ancient Abbey** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:35 pm

Second the repitch story.

For those favoring the bold, I highly recommend replacing 100% of the Pima with rauchmalt. It's fantastic.

Postby **Ancient Abbey** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:20 am

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.

Postby **Cavpilot2000** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:28 pm

Postby **ajk** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:50 am