Sudwerk Lager Münchener Helles

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Davis, California USA

(Draft: Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery in Davis, CA) Though this comes across as vaguely similar to a golden/blonde ale, but less fruity and sweet, it’s a very flavorful and grainy German helles. Only mildly hoppy and bitter, so the sweeter grains tend to dominate. Fairly grainy aroma dominates the nose. Light-to-medium bodied, and with enough sweet graininess and mild hoppiness, it’s not really all that clean or crisp. Golden in color, with an average sized off-white head that quickly settles to a ring, leaving only a few specks of lace on the glass. Not bad, and actually quite good for the style, but if you’re going to drink Sudwerk beers, this is probably the least impressive I’ve had.

Rich, gold color. Clean, malty aroma that is firm with a subtle toastiness. Maltiness is honeyish with a low bitterness allowing malt to dominate. Smooth and very easy to drink with a touch of creaminess. German graininess noted.

One of the best lawnmower beers ever. Clean sof an nutty with some nice malt and tet hops balance. very refreshing and easy drinking. Drink more of this and leave the Macro swill alone.

Bright gold. Light body, but not necessarily watery; moderate carbonation. Malts were grainy and husky with some hay. Very "beery." Other notes of toasted multi-grain bread. Mild bitterness blended with a little roast. Dryish, alcoholic finish.

Dark golden yellow; moderate head. Aroma is initially quite raucous and belchy, but calms down to a pleasant mix of soothing malt and honey with a bit of rye. Tastes moderately sweet with some light caramel and hints of pumpkin. Granular, spicy hop bitterness. Quite nice, but is better served at more of an "ale" temperature.

Good Beer, and a Thanks go out to Psychprof for this one. Gold, translusent poured with relatively no head in my pilsner glass. The first thing I noticed was the hallertau hops aroma, mixed with a slightly sweet, lightly carmelish aroma. Full bodied for the style. Subtle bitterness on the finish.

The appearance of this beer is attractive..nice darkish golden colour to the beer..with a clean white head that disapates to some lacing. The smell for me was pretty run of the mill lager..though I may be coming down with a cold! I like the taste of this beer..has big hoppy taste above the malt..i like this. This beer feels good and smooth on the palate only the back of the throat getting "hit" All in all a good solid Helles...surprisinglly its getting better as it gets hotter! strange indeed

Light golden with a tall popcorn colored head. Aroma of pale malt and noble hops. Starts with thick pale malts and finishes with clean hops kick. You need good malt to make this type of brew work and they certainly hit this one.