Ettaler Kloster Edel-Hell

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Ettal, Germany

Slightly hazy upon initial pour, darker golden coler with surprisingly thin head. Grainy adn malty aroma, hint of honey. Taste is same, sweet and grainy, flavor slightly cloying on finish. Very little carbonation. I don’t get a chance to drink Helles all that often so despite it not being all that impressive, it’s still a treat.

Bottled. Clear gold, tiny foaming head. Sweet malty aroma, mild herbal hops and alcohol. Nicely malty, balanced flavor, herbs, hint of apple, white bread, sweetness, some rust and coarse dustiness in the finish. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation. Starts off good with solid malts, but after a while shows it’s true so-so quality.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear light to medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, dough. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20091014]

50cl bottle, Alko. pale yellow color, hoppy aroma. Flavour is malty, hoppy. Not as good as I expected.

0.5 l bottle from Alko. Golden color. Malty, honeyish and herbal aroma. Sweetish, malty and honeyish flavor with balancing bitterness and hint of herbal hops. Good fresh maltiness, well made beer.

Clear, pale golden color with small white head with minimun lace. Very fresh, smooth and sweety malty aroma is also buttery and slightly grassy. Flavor is sweety malty, grassy and a bit buttery with mild hops. Palate is very smooth and light- to medium-bodied.

Yellow colored with little white head. Grassy hopped aroma with some fruity apple tone, thin caramel also here. Medium bodied, soft palate. Flavor is sweeter with fruits and some sugary tones, some buttery-grainy tone also present. Aftertaste is sweet still with some drying palate.