 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 6, 2008 (Draught) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of corn, biscuit, floral, and wheat. Flavor of nuts, toasted grain, grassy hops, and caramel malt.
argo0 (6994), Washington DC, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 29, 2008 (growler, thanks kmweaver) Clear straw body topped by medium white head that mostly dissipates. Aroma is moderately sweet, juicy melon/honeydew, jasmine, light wet leaves. Taste is medium sweet, melon, some grain, white grape, light grass/earthy. Watery light body.
TURDFERGUSON (1606), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 29, 2008 Draught at speakeasy. Poured a sort of cloudy yellow golden with a small white head and lace. Flavor is nice and simple, unfiltered, earthy, and very fresh tasting. Nothing too exciting, but no noticeable flaws either. Enjoyable and refreshing.
kmweaver (2489), Sebastopol, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 28, 2008 Draft @ Grey Lodge. Pours a clear, whitish-straw color; slightly pale; thin white head with patchy lacing. Basic cereal, sugar, and white grape juice in the aroma; slightly uninspired, but seems on-style, certainly (yellow fruits, toastiness, not overly bitter). Medium mouthfeel: toasty malts, crackers, yellow fruits, and light breadiness; very clear, nicely dry rendition; very drinkable stuff. Medium finish: yellow fruits, toasty grains, and crackers.
dkachur (2424), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 26, 2008 Draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Yellow golden pour with a small head and good lacing. Grassy, fruity aroma. Taste is grain, grass, a sharp hop presence and several fruity notes including grape and strawberry. Full bodied.
swoopjones (1920), Buffalo, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 20, 2008 On tap @ Hop Devil Grill, NYC. Pours a pilsner like yellow. Floral, some malty sweetness, floral hop bitterness,> clean crisp & esy drinking
¾ (5006), Oregon, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 16, 2008 Draft pint at the Brickskellar in DC. Pours a cloudy wheat color with a fine-bubbled, foamy white head. The nose has an unusually high amount of weizen yeast esters: banana, clove, a faint bit of sweetened coriander, and at the same time it’s mildly earthy and minerally. Hop character is appropriately minimal in the nose as well as on the palate, while the body is somewhat lacking the fullness that’s expected in true Helles. Instead it’s somewhat fizzy but not harsh on the tongue (like soda water would be), and it’s a little filmy and flimsy overall. Flavors mostly center on a muddled pils malt, no surprise given the strong yeast character in the nose, but it tastes like the character of the pils malt is just washed out by the yeast... not to say that this is a true dirty, musty keller helles, no, it’s far too clean and polished, it tastes like a aluminum tank when it should taste like a wooden barrel.
AdamSkillin (376), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Helles means light (in color, not weight), and this beer is that. It has a bready, yeasty nose, definitely a session-style lager, I’d love this with a lobster tail drenched in drawn butter, but for a beer on its own, it is great but not exceptional.
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