Ottos Helles Lager

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
State College, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at the brewpub on 4/9/07: Pours a transparent bright golden with a thin, frothy white head. Aroma of slightly sweet pale grainy malt and a touch of floral noble hops. Body starts lightly malty turning more bitter and thinner toward a crisp finish. True to style and drinkable.

Draught at the brewery. Clear solid yellow color, a bit darker than most, with light trails of bubbles rising quickly through the body, with a thin white head. Light, syrupy flavors of corn and hay, with a moderately peppery nose. Simple tasting overall, crisp and refreshing, but still simply made.

Pours dark golden, with medium head. Nice aroma of malt, some hops, citrus, and honey. Tastes malty, slightly sweet, with some crisp hops and honey flavors at the end. Refreshing.

Golden color, little to no white head. Spicy, sweet malt, light citrus aroma. Light bitter hops, very malty, possibly some adjunct taste?

Re-Rate. Tap at the brewpub. Poured into an imperial pint glass- nice clear gold with lively carbonation, a nice lasting fluffy head and some nice lacing. Aroma is grainy, fresh pils malt, bready, lightly sweet and very light herbal german hops. Nice slightly sweet, with a dryish grainy flavor with more bready fresh pils malt, and a nice crisp quenching finish. This was a lot better than the first time I had sampled this at the brewpub a couple years ago.

Aroma was weak, but reminded me most of a classic German pils. Light golden yellow with small, lacing white head. Light smooth carb and medium body. Nice hoppy-sweet balance. Tastes like a classic German pils. Clean and crisp with subtle sweet after and nice finish. Refreshing lager.

Clear yellow-straw body with moderate visible carbonation and a loose, sudsy white head. Aroma is fresh with pleasantly buttery malt qualities plus floral and honey notes. Good malt character in the flavor with light residual sweetness and some lightly crisp, developing bitterness. A nice, clean helles after a long drive.

Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a medium golden color with a small white head. The aroma is light sour malts with a hint of floral hops. The flavor is your typical sour tangy lager with a hint of dry nut on the finish. Fairly basic.