 argo0 (6958), 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.
bu11zeye (5603), 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.
CaptainCougar (5519), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 9, 2009 On tap in the summer of 2008: Pours a transparent bright golden with a thin, spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of fresh grassy noble hops and lightly sweet pale malt. Body has good carbonation and light malty sweetness with a nice German hop balance. Very authentic, drinkable and enjoyable.
hopscotch (5507), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 28, 2008 Draft... Clear yellow lager with a mid-sized, fluffy, white head. Good retention. Sweet honey and peppery hop nose. Medium-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel. Mostly sweet, but nice bitterness and acidity. Grainy. Sweet, but also tannic, finish. I’m not a big Keller or Helles guy, but this one is nice.
Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 28, 2008 On draught at Delaneys. Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells earthy with some nice caramel hints and a touch of pepper. Tastes dry with some touches of sage and a sweet malty finish.
JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 7, 2008 First off, I can’t believe the low ratings for this. Tap at Barcade. Very pale golden-coloured beer with a thick sticky white head. Aroma is great, fresh and bready with a lovely light citrus/zesty hallertauer/tettnanger hops over a very crisp pilsner malt base. Flavour is very simple but perfectly balanced, crisp European pilsner malt with a lightly minerally backnote of bitterness. There is enough hop aroma is the nose to invite you in but the low bitterness lets the crisp maltiness also shine through. Clean crisp bitterness with a lightly grassy flavour on the back... man, this beer in fantastic. They’ve nailed the style and on a muggy New York evening, I can’t think of anything I’d rather have. In fact, I’m going to have another.
¾ (4999), Colorado, 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.
HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 21, 2008 on draught at Cole’s in Buffalo NY. Slightly cloudy gold pour with a solid foamy-creamy white head. There’s a hint of earthiness in the aroma, mostly to my nose grassy fresh light hopping and clover. The taste followed right on - an initial quick sting of grassy/floral hops, then mild caramel malt, which quickly faded. It had an average body, crisp and lively mouthfeel, no aftertaste at all - a solid patio beer, I could drink several pints of it.
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