Water Street Munich Helles

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

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

On tap at the Milwaukee location (on the menu as Munich Lager). Poured a light to medium golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas and tastes of grain and on the malty side. Hard time really picking anything out. Too light and thin for my tastes.

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.

Same look as the amber. Really not much different, exept maybe a different yeast strain. Lack body and malt for style.

On draught at the brewery/brewpub in Delafield, Wisconsin as Munich Lager. Pours a clear golden pale brew with a fast dissolving white head head leaves behind a fine film and thin white ring. Aroma of some light golden and caramel malt, grassy hops and some extra fruit flavors that the Honey Lager was missing. Taste has a light malty flavor, a dry and powdery caramel malt flavor with some grassy hops. Finish is slightly dry with a fast disappearing grassy hop that becomes crisp and clean cut.

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.

Yellow color with a frothy head. Stale grains in the aroma. Verging towards wet cardboard? Oh no, it’s already there. Quite the moldy beer.

On tap at their downtown Milwaukee location. The pour was medium golden with a medium sized white head. Aroma of fresh lake water, perhaps a bit of wort. Flavor was yeasty and corny with a bit of wheat-cereal like heavy maltiness. Good to wash down the sausages I had with. Fairly decent mouthfeel. Average.