Braybrooke Beer Co Smoked Helles

Smoked Helles

 

Braybrooke Beer Co in Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Lager - Helles Regular
Score
7.08
ABV: 4.3% IBU: - Ticks: 9
This Smoked Helles was inspired by some of our favourite lagers from Bamberg, the spiritual home of smoked beer. To get that distinctive flavour we added a small amount of beech smoked malt to a classic Helles recipe.

The result is an easy drinking, lightly coloured, Smoked Helles, with a rich and pleasantly carbonated body, the gently smoky aroma giving way to a tasty malt sweetness and a crisp finish. Perfect to enjoy during the barbecue season.
 

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5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear golden colour with medium off white head.Aroma of hops and malt mild citrus and only really light smoked note nice more juice mild and sweet sour finish.

Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 02 Dec 2025 at 10:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Scott and Mandy's, Dumbleton, Worcs', Friday 8th October 2021 purchased directly from the brewery webshop. Pours mid gold colour with a white head. Nice smokiness on the nose, nice malty sweetness in the mouth. Soft moutheel, light crisp bite, good, in fact very good.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2021 at 16:53


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Deya Taproom. Clear golden, white head. Aroma is smoky, woody, meaty. Taste is quite smoky, meaty, sweet bready and grainy, some grassy hop. Medium bodied. Well put together.

Tried from Draft at Deya Brewing Taproom on 04 Oct 2021 at 16:52


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at LCBF, Tobacco Dock, London. Pours clear straw with a white cap. Aroma: straw, grass, light smoke. Taste: light sweet & bitter, straw, grass, smoke a little more prominent. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Beautiful balance, refreshing, another beaut from Braybrooke.

Tried on 22 Aug 2021 at 21:35


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle in the garden, with the barbecue going, 23rd July 2021. Pours clear straw. Aroma is straw and grass, light smoke. Taste is refreshing, straw and fresh grass, light smoke in the background, works really well.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2021 at 15:15


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Brew Cavern. It pours lightly hazy orange with a decent white head. The aroma is pleasing smoke, smoked cheese, bonfire, farmhouse loaf, doughy and biscuit. The taste is dry, quite crisp, snappy, bitter - sweet, white bread, doughy, cracker, biscuit, some spice, smooth smoke, smoked cheese, bonfire, grass and grain with a dry finish with a small puff of smoke. Average body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Fun stuff. Think it works well.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2021 at 15:59


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle from House Of Trembling Madnesses. Clear deep golden body with a white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of cereal, smoked malt and light cheddar. Flavour of lightly smoked malt and a light bitterness on the finish. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Another great lager from Braybrooke.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2021 at 22:22


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear honey-gold with a creamy white head. Moderately sweet, nice forward smoky notes, campfire, biscuits, white bread. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Smoky finish, sun-kissed biscuits, light bitter grass and straw. Great stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2021 at 20:02


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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Brewdog Nottingham golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are Smokey and then sweet. Slight grain. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2021 at 14:45