Helmar Big League Brew

Brewed by Michigan Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Webberville, Michigan USA

(GABF05) Crystal clear apple juice body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, light peach. Taste is medium sweet, peach, earthy. Light body with low carbonation.

I was sure that this was a gimmicky drain-pour designed to shilk baseball fans, but was surprised to find it to be a decent brew. It pours a rich amber color with a creamy off-white head. The aroma is malty and fruity. Creamy mouthfeel, this has a good malt-to-hop balance for the style. Tasty, bitter finish.

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Bottle: Clear amber hue with small frothy head and good lace. The aroma has notes of grassy and floral hops, caramel and toasted malts, and mild pepper. The taste starts nicely bitter with a supporting sweet malt balance. The finish is bitter, dry and a touch spicy. The feel is good for the style. Overall, I was surprised that this beer is so good. I expected less from this novelty.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a head of foamy fine to medium sized bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a very hazy typically carbonated body. The funky aroma was malty and musty. The mouth feel was tingly at the start with a mediumly tingly finish. The flavor contained notes of malt hops and brown malt. Eh, not for me.

An earthy orange color with a thin, but standing white head. It has a big buttery aroma. Metallic caramel candy dominates in the flavor. Decent.

Bottle compliments of patrick767. Very small ivory head that mostly diminished, no lacing, visible carbonation, hazy-opaque, and a deep orange hue. Nose was caramel, malty and some hoppiness. Flavor was malty, caramel, lightly hoppy, lightly bitter, sweet and has a dry finish. Smooth, dry and a somewhat thin mouthfeel. Medium body. Not a great brew, but definitely not a bad one either.

Thanks to Darkover for the hookup. Pours clear amber-brown with a medium light beige head that lasts pretty well. Aroma of caramel and earthy hops. Medium body with grassy hops flavor and some malt flavoring. The finish is hoppy and the bitterness lingers awhile. Overall this is kind of a one-note beer but it’s okay.

Bottle: Aroma has a strong grassy presence with some floral hops and a touch of caramel. Pours a transparent amber with a small white head that quickly becomes a ring. Sweet up front with some caramel. Finishes with a roastiness and light floral hoppiness. Hops are rather weak because they disappear quickly leaving a sweet and roasty aftertaste. Very easy smooth and easy drinking, but a little boring.