Iron Hill Munich Helles

Draft at the Lancaster location...amber pour, white head...bready malty aroma...similar flavor, faint hops...chewy mouthfeel...OK beer.

On tap at newark location... "Lodestone Lager" Poured into pint glass. Decent head. Looks like your typical lager.... Taste like your typical lager as well... Only a little crisper and fresher. Overall, for a lager not bad.

On tap at Newark and Wilmington Brewery. Lodestone is your standard lager, on the lighter side. Poured a clear, medium copper color with almost no head. Smells sweetand doughy. Tastes of sweet hops with an aftertaste of fruit and a hint of alcohol. Somewhat flat mouthfeel.

(On tap in Lancaster, called "Munich Helles" but it’s the same beer.) Only a hint of hops. Very yeasty. Mild. Doesn’t taste remotely German. Doesn’t taste at all like this style. Much too bland/boring.

Poured a dark golden color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of doughy yeast, toast, toffee, and light citrus. Taste of more citrus fruits, with toffee, toasted dough, and citrus, with a bit of corn here as well.

Sweet, somewhat corny and grainy. Flavorful and somewhat fruitty, really enjoyable.

Clear yellow gold color with white head. Malty aroma and taste. light bitter finish. Not bad but not great either, that’s why they are going to stop making it as the waitress told.

Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear gold, fine white head, faint malt aroma, rich bready malt flavor, nice low bitterness underlies the malt to provide balance and a light bitter finish

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 1.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: 4