Smoked Helles
Steel & Oak Brewing in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.48
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Our second Anniversary release is a nod to our love for the smokey beers of Bamberg Germany.
Applewood-smoked malt from the nearby Skagit Valley was added to the base malt bill to give Smoked Helles soft, balanced smoke notes to enhance the gentle maltiness and clean finish of this lager.
Applewood-smoked malt from the nearby Skagit Valley was added to the base malt bill to give Smoked Helles soft, balanced smoke notes to enhance the gentle maltiness and clean finish of this lager.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear deep gold body and modest foam. Maybe some vague sweetness on the nose, but everything is way too faint sadly - I'm smelling this, not snorting it. Taste is honeyed grain with a bit of wood, ending smooth but a little wet. I was hoping for more smoke, it's nice enough but a little suboptimal.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2021
at 21:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473mL can, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out campfire smoke upfront, with light herbaceous notes, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour follows through with a nice campfire smokiness, cereal malt sweetness, and straw. Really like the campfire smoke character with just enough sweetness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2021
at 04:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Bright blond colour, chill haze, medium sized head with some retention. Mild aroma of malt, not smoke (unless you know about it). Mellow malt base, sweetish, with an atypical sour malt note, balanced bitterness (more than American, less than German average). Just an infinitesimal hint of smoke. I had expectations, and I'm quite disappointed. It's a decent Lager.
Bright blond colour, chill haze, medium sized head with some retention. Mild aroma of malt, not smoke (unless you know about it). Mellow malt base, sweetish, with an atypical sour malt note, balanced bitterness (more than American, less than German average). Just an infinitesimal hint of smoke. I had expectations, and I'm quite disappointed. It's a decent Lager.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2021
at 08:32