This is no Kolsch, nor does it ever pretend to be. I’m not sure where that came from. It is a hell, simple and plain. I mean that quite literally, this walks right down the middle for the style - a little malt, but not too much; a touch of dryness, but only a touch. Lacking in assertiveness, this would be okay as a quick pint after work, but not much else.

(500ml bottle) Crystal clear straw body with medium white head. Aroma is medium sweet, cookie dough, some floral, fruity. Taste is medium sweet, bread, some floral, fruity, light herbal/grassy. Watery light body, some crispness. Not bad, just generic.

Bottle. Fresh malty, slightly grassy aroma. Malty, hay-like,slightly chalky flavor with some citrus and vanilla. Quite complex and tasty helles.

500ml bottle. Filtered and clear medium dark yellow with a standard white medium-sized bubbled head. Dusty sweet nose of sweet corn and light dough and cracker. Flavor is similar, slick and sweet corn, some very light lemon zest and a wheat cracker flavor over the middle. Finishes slick and crisp. A decent beer, I dig helles more and more and this one wasn’t so bad. I think if I had this a few years ago I would have panned it but I’ve grown to really like a crisp and lightly sweet helles.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light yellow, dense particles ranging in size from tiny to medium. Aroma is lightly malty (grain), lightly hoppy (herbs), moderately yeasty (dough, sweat). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter, lightly acidic. Finish is moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Starts sweet, ends sour, not much aroma, yeast dominates.