Allgäuer Bayrisch Hell

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Kempten, Germany

(500 ml bottle: $2.59 at Hollingshead Deli in Orange, CA) My second attempt with this beer, and unfortunately, the day and year have been blocked out on the label, so I don’t know the date specifics for this bottle. Lots of flavor here -- very bready, somewhat sweet -- but it also seems pretty significantly oxidized and even a little metallic. Good thing I don’t find oxidation a serious detractor in most cases. It certainly smells oxidized, but overall, the nose is a bit unpleasant. Medium bodied. Medium-dark golden in color with a slight haze. At least half an inch of white head covers the beer for several minutes before fading to a wide ring. I wish I could get a fresh sample, but how many times do I have to buy the same beer in my quest?

Pours straw coloured with a medium bubbly head. Aroma is lightly roasted malt with a touch of grassiness. Taste is all malt up front with a nice hop bitterness to finish. Very refreshing and very drinkable

Bottle. Medium sized white head that was mostly diminishing, fine-medium sized bubbles, yeasty, hazy, no visible carbonation, and a yellow golden hue. The aroma was malty, caramel, sweet, and a hint of spicyness. Flavor was sweet, lightly bitter and malty. Quite tasty. Tingly palate. Worth a try IMO.

This bottled brew poured a medium sized head of frothy fine to large sized mostly lasting white colored bubbles that left behind an unnoted lacing. The body contained soft carbonation, was hazy with yeast floaties and orange brown in color. Its aroma contained notes of smooth yeasty bready and was nice. Its mouth feel is initially slightly tingly smooth with a lingering mellow palate and a bready aftertaste. Its flavor contained smooth malt hop yeast notes and was very tasty. An excellent beer that I would buy again.

Yellow-orange with a creamy-smooth texture. Citric in character, and almost wheaty, like the illegitimate offspring of a hefeweizen and pilsner.

Bottle pours a slightly hazy pale golden, large white pancake batter like head, web like lacing, with very light lacing.   Pale malt aroma, slightly grassy.   Semi-sweet grassy flavor, malty.   Medium body and mouthfeel.   Finishes fairly clean, light malts and grassy.   Nothing fantastic, but not bad either. &nbps Seems a bit heftier than other Helles examples.

Standard lager color, little white head. Sweet malty aroma with some grassy and tangy unclear notes. Flavor is sweet and has some unclear tones too. Ending in flavor is little bit of alcoholic with nice hoppy aftertaste.

Aroma is very much like an Apple wine. diminishing white head that is unimpressive. Very thin light body. Taste is watery, with wheat, apple, malt, and apricot notes.