Switchback Brewing Company Flynn on Fire - Gates of Helles

Flynn on Fire - Gates of Helles

 

Switchback Brewing Company in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

  Smoked / Rauchbier Series Out of Production
Score
6.78
ABV: 5.1% IBU: 27 Ticks: 3
Smoked Helles Lager

The perfect way to enter the realm of smoked beers is through the Gates of Helles. A soft touch on the smoke superbly complements this helles-style lager. The result is an amazingly satisfying and refreshing golden lager whereby the smoke brings complexity and depth to the world’s most popular style of beer. Crack open the Gates of Helles and abandon all hope of returning to conventional flavors.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery that pours a clean light golden colour with a frothy white head, good stay and some froth lacing. Smoked malt aromas with some light sweetness from the grains. The flavours are really the same - sweet and smoked malts. Thankfully, the end is dry, so not lingering like syrup. Makes this easier to drink. A nice smoked Helles lager.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2019 at 23:27

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at bottleshare: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is woody, smokey, hammy. Taste is lightly sweet, pretty smokey. Smooth. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2019 at 22:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
Draft at the source. Hazy yellow color white head. Light burning straw aroma. Taste is subtle campfire. Very mellow. Light body.
Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2018 at 17:12