Water Street Munich Helles

Brewed by Water Street Brewery
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Delafield, Wisconsin USA

On tap at the Milwaukee location. Poured clear brighter golden with a short cap of white head. The aroma picked up rich bready and caramel malts with a pinch of lemon.. semi-sweet pale malt undertones. The flavor had toasty pale and bready malts with lemon zest at the sides.. some dry yeasty notes and spices at the back-end. Lighter-bodied and crisp on the palate with a little tackiness toward the back. This was powerfully average.

on tap. Pours a transparent pale yellow. Small white head. Aroma is wheat/cereal grain. The flavor was much the same, with a bit more of an earthy grass flavor. Crisp and clean, and light on the palate. Much better than most of their other offerings.

On tap at the downtown brewpub on 6/21/07 as Munich Lager: Pours a transparent deep golden with a wispy-lacing small forthy white head. Grainy sweet light caramel and Munich malty aroma has a hint of noble hops. Body starts with decent thickness and a drier, earthy, almost cardboardy flavor with some faint sweetness. There seems to be something off with this.

On tap downtown. Pour was clear amber-straw with a nice head, which produced pretty good lacing. The aroma was grassy with some grainy malts also present. The flavor was likewise grassy and grainy, pretty smooth beer, high summer drinkability. The mouthfeel was on par for the style, refreshing. Nice one within a somewhat boring style.

Name: Munich Lager
Date: 06/21/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Milwaukee

clear gold, fine white head, lots of drippy lace, light malt aroma, light malt flavor, touch of munich sweetness, well balanced by a light bitter finish,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

This is a very light drinking and smooth beer. It looks and tastes similar to a pale lager but with some pleasant differences. I liked it as a nice summer beer but it has its limits.

From growler. Pours a hazy light gold color with a thin white head. Aroma of wheat and yeast. Taste of malt , corn and yeast. Thin body with a yeasty doughy finish.

Draught at the brewpub (Downtown Milwaukee location). Clear dark golden color with disappearing off white head that didn’t leave any lace. Smelled of light sprucy hops and grainy malt extract. Slightly sweet on the tongue. Tasted of malt extracty maple syrup and bacon. Might be good on french toast, but shouldn’t be served in a beer glass.