Helles Kitchen
KCBC (Kings County Brewers Collective) in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating|
Score
7.13
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Smoked Helles Lager with Pilsner, Munich and Beechwood smoked malt.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Grain, light smoke, toast, pork, little herbal. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2023
at 01:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brewery draught, 4/28/23. Clear, brassy-gold. Small, white head. Easy smoked malt with honey, bread, light floral hops and clean mineral. Soft and malty, very malty in fact, outdoing the smoke. Honey, graham, white bread. Gentle bitterness, clean. Phenomenal amount of flavor for its size. Pushing it in the sweetness, but just enough attenuation.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2023
at 22:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz can from Halftime, canned 4/9/20, so it probably shouldn't be retired, but in the 3 months since it was canned it has 0 ratings, so maybe RB itself should be retired? This can was consumed on 7/15/20 for my 8900th rating on here, not a very exciting #, but a round one none-the-less so it still needs to be mentioned I guess. So as for the beer, it pours a completely clear pale golden color with a sheeting white head that basically sticks around forever. Bubbles fizz inside the glass even after it has been sitting for a while. Smoke works great on this one, meat and peat play nicely on some pale malts, grass, and earth, but the smoked malts are the star for sure. Crisp, clean, and delicious. Pretty much nailed it from my perspective. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2020
at 21:40
7/10
Solid through and through
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewers Beer Bar - Tredje Långgatan
on 19 Jun 2018
at 19:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap@Fermentoren, Copenhagen (15/06/2018) - pours a hazy gold with white head. Sweet crisp malty and light fruity, some light tinged smoked wooden notes, straw, hay, medium to light body, sweet malty faint smoked close.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2018
at 13:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Malt and Mold. Faintly cloudy pale yellow with small foamy white head, honey-malt aroma, high carbonation, faintly sweet malty taste with smokey flavor, smooth body, long smokey finish. Good brew.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2017
at 12:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
At the source: pours golden with white head. Aroma is smoky bread and sugar. Taste is fairly smoky with that low hops helles backbone. Quite good.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2017
at 15:09