Iron Hill Munich Helles

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Newark, Delaware USA

Typical lager aroma, faint, some corn. pale more golden beer, translucent, short white head. Clean, more canny, a bit more hops, some grain (compared to IH light lager). Light, refreshing palate.

Serviceable lager with good bitterness. Medium yellow and significant lace. Minimal aroma and drying finish,

Don’t remember this one too well, but it was on a sampler of about 6 beers I had at Iron Hill with dinner. Fairly standard medium bodied lager but with decent flavor and malt/hop balance. A hearty summer / fall choice.

At North Wales location. Another BMC clone, a touch better than the average swill. Slight sweet malt. Meh.

12-ounce bottle (left over from WBC ’06). Pours dark straw color with a scant white head. Bready on the nose, with a little sweet malt behind. There’s very little attack, and the body is predictably light (but quenching, as the style goes). Medium and somewhat undefined hop finish. Refreshing, fairly clean, very easy to drink, nice for a muggy and/or hot day.

on tap-pours a white head that laces with yellow color. Aroma is medium malt/grain. Taste is medium malt, secondary hops with some flat bite, creamy.

Draught sample, Wilmington DE location. Pale, clear, bright gold with ok head retention....fresh, clean grassy nose with a touch of dry heather, quite soft overall but not soggy....light slightly metallic grassy character on the tongue, just a bit too mineralic but otherwise fine, hints of dry corn and oregano....refreshing, dry grassy/earthy hops in the finish...pleasant but forgettable.

On tap at the North Wales location. Pours a tanslucent golden with an average foamy yet bubbly white head that left some lacing. Aroma of grains, cereal and a sweet malt. Flavor was crisp and clean, malty with a decent hop bitterness.