Okanagan Spring Light (Helles)

Brewed by Okanagan Spring Brewery (Sapporo)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Vernon, Canada

Similar to their bavarian style lager, but a little crisper and a little thinner. Not bad.

Hazy gold,large white head.Light malt nose. Slightly lemony bready malt flavor,no noticeable hops

Bottle from Josh, served in pint glass: Poures a clean golden hue with a small but lasting fizzy head and some lace. The aroma has notes of grassy and noble hops, crystal and biscuity malts, a hint of pear, and some buttery aspects. The taste is mostly sweet malt and grainy with just a bit of fruity background. The finish displays a lingering grassy tone and little bitterness. The feel is rather flat and watery. Drinkable but that is about it, isn’t very refreshing for the style either.

Pours a clear yellow with a fairly persistant thin white head. Light pale malt aroma. The taste is pale malts with little or no bitterness, crisp carbonation and a thin watery finish.Still not totally undrinkable

Clear gold colour with thick to fast fading white head. Fruity malt nose. Mild malt taste with dry malt finish.

Light and tasty with enough crackerish malt to satisfy. This is the best BC light beer I’ve tasted although it’s also the only Helles that I can remember quaffing so I can’t compare in that department. Enough flavour to make it worthwhile and a crisp finish too.

One of the best Okanogan beers...this emulates a true Bavarian helles in flavor profile. Pours a slightly clouded deep gold into the stein...rocky 2 finger cap with good retention and good lacing on the glass sides. Moderately carbonated. Aroma of sweet light Munich malts over a cidery tone with hints of grassy-herbs...very nice! Up front this is all malty enjoyment..a big whack of biscuit dough hits smack in the gob then a the woody-herbal hops balance nicely in mid gulp...the finish is accented by a slight drying effect as the whole lovely gulp takes on a lemony-citrus tang....then that signature helles biscuit malt after taste. This is a very good domestic rendition and the best of the Okanogan beers IMHO ...but then, I like natural malty German lagers.

light malty aroma. Pours a flat yellow, not much head. Light fruity flavours. Taste like a regular macro lager. Lacks that refreshing finish of a good helles.