On tap at Wolf's Ridge, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is nicely smoky, smelling pretty on point for a German smoked helles. Flavour is bright, perfectly smoky, with just a tiny hint of sweet biscuity malt. Smoky, bright and highly drinkable. Really nice.

Keg at the taproom. Pours clear light golden with a white cap. Aroma: smoked malt, dough, bread, yeast. Taste: light, crisp, light to moderate sweet & light bitter, smoked meat, grainy malts. Light to medium boy with soft carbonation. Decent smoked helles. .

Can. A- Ham brine, mild smoke. A- Gold color, clear liquid, white head. T- Umami, gentle smoke, corn, malted grain, Hormel Cure81 ham, subtle candied orange peel. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- This is just great. Perfect on a balmy winter day but is light enough to be equally great on a scorcher of a day. Since Aecht is so hard to find in Nebraska nowadays, finding a good smoked beer is a treat. Gentle smoke throughout on the nose and palate that doesn't turn it into a meat beer and allows the grains to peek through. Perhaps a touch prickly on the palate. Really wish I'd have bought a 6 pack or two last time I was in Ohio. Takes me back to Bamberg.

Sample at the North Market Ohio Craft Brew Festival on 09/23/2016. Slightly hazy yellow-gold color with a medium thin white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Smokey aroma with malt and yeast notes. Light-bodied with a smoked malt character and notes of grainy malt and fruit. The finish is smoked meat and malt. Decent overall.